ABOUT BBC STUDIOS

BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe. 

We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Prehistoric Planet to Planet Earth III.

The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena. 

From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain’s most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we’re the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK’s largest distributor of British content.
 

LIFE AT BBC STUDIOS

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here.

The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourages applications from underrepresented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background. More information on our D&I plan can be found here.

BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group’s science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here.

We are proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and we strongly encourage applications from disabled people . If you meet the minimum criteria for this role and declare that you are disabled, we will ensure to advance you to the next stage (minimum criteria above).

If you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please contact us on reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk. 
 

THE ROLE

As a Senior Data Quality Manager, you will play a crucial role in structuring and governing our data to drive meaningful actions and insights. The Data Quality Manager will be themselves an exceptional data quality analyst and will develop and implement our customer data quality strategy and operating framework by developing and implementing our customer data quality strategy and operating framework.

Specifically, you will be responsible for these activities: 

•    Leading on the development of the Data Quality strategy and framework
•    Initially upskilling with the data engineers on Platform teams to ensure data quality practices are carried out whilst the team is being built out.
•    Establishing and enforcing data governance and quality standards and best practices across domains, promoting data governance awareness and fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making.
•    Developing and implementing data processes and practices, including data lineage tracking, data quality management, metadata management, data issue resolution etc. 
•    Upskilling with the data engineers on Platform teams to ensure data quality is. principles are integrated into data systems, applications, and infrastructure. 
•    Collaborating with domain data product owners, data engineers and relevant stakeholders to assess data governance needs, introduce necessary standards and data quality controls, and ensure compliance 
•    Maintain a roadmap for regular data audits to ensure compliance, address potential issues, and enhance data quality. 
•    Promote data governance disciplines and culture internally, educating the business on analytics, reporting, data management, and data quality. 
•    Drive improvements in data quality and review data collected and used against data governance requirements.
•    Use data tools, reporting, and knowledge sharing to democratise data across the company.
 

WHAT DOES IT TAKE?

 Key criteria

•    Significant experience in a data governance role within a large organisation
•    Experience developing and / or implementing data quality strategy/Framework
•    Experience carrying out data profiling, cleansing, creating dashboards and issue management.
•    Experience in managing a team as this role will have direct reports
•    Excellent influencing skills and ability to build effective relationships across business, technical, and governance functions. 
•    Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
•    Strong understanding of data quality concepts and methodologies  
•    Experience in working with Data Quality/Observability tools (Sifflet or similar)

Desirable Skills 

•    Experience working hands-on with big data systems / complex dataset management and high-level programming languages such as SQL and data visualisation tools (Tableau, PowerBI or similar) 
•    Experience with agile or other rapid application development methods 
•    A mix of public sector and commercial experience 
•    Knowledge of different data programming or structured querying languages 
 

WHAT WILL YOU GAIN FROM WORKING AT BBC STUDIOS

  ↵•    Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance 
•    26 days holiday (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days
•    A defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more 
•    Excellent career progression – access to courses, webinars, workshops and the opportunity to work in different areas of the organisation
 

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION

Job Reference: 17245

Band: D

Salary: £ 50,000 - £55, 000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. London Weighting Allowance also offered. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Hybrid role - also required to be based at TVC office on occasion