Job Introduction
Handelsbanken combines a long-established relationship banking model with secure, resilient, and customer-focused technology. Our technology teams enable the Bank’s decentralised way of working, delivering systems built for stability, trust, and long-term value.
We are on a multi-year technology and digital transformation journey to enhance customer experience and improve how colleagues work together. By modernising platforms, simplifying processes, and better connecting data and systems, we help relationship teams focus on customers and less on complexity.
Our decentralised culture extends to technology. Teams are trusted to take ownership, make informed decisions, and deliver sustainable, high-quality solutions. We value engineering excellence, pragmatic problem-solving, and strong collaboration across technology, business, and risk.
We offer technologists the opportunity to build lasting careers, deepen their expertise, and contribute to meaningful change. We look for people who care about quality, security, long-term impact, and who want to shape the future of a relationship-led bank.
Check our Handelsbanken website for further information
The opportunity
Data Governance Officer is a key role in our journey to becoming a data driven organisation.
Working within the UK Data Management function, the role holder is responsible for contributing to the design, implementation, oversight, awareness and maintenance of the Bank’s approach to data governance. This includes:
- contributing to the design, documentation and implementation of the Data Management Policy, frameworks, control standards
- supporting the establishment of the Bank’s operating model for data ownership and the Bank’s data governance committee structures.
The role reports directly to the Data Governance Lead, and is part of a small team of data governance officers responsible for embedding best practice data governance practices across the Bank.
Key responsibilities
Design and implement data management frameworks, control standards and procedures, acting as a champion for data governance, raising awareness of data controls, and helping the business to unlock the value of data.
Create and mature operating models, processes, governance structures for the effective management of data in the Bank
Prepare, present, and effectively communicate data management content at data governance forums and management committees
Collaborate with colleagues to ensure clear and robust governance frameworks exist for data management, including data quality management, metadata management, master and reference data management
Provide advice and support on how data should be created and captured and maintained effectively, safely and collaboratively, working with data producers, data consumers, data owners and stewards
Perform regular horizon scanning, impact assessments and provide recommendations on new and emerging data-related regulation and industry trends
Support and influence the definition of clear goals to improve data collaboration, data quality, and reduce data architecture complexity
Be passionate about data governance and continuously strive to promote data governance through the development of system and process controls
Operates in line with the Bank's Risk Management framework (including sub-frameworks) and relevant risk and compliance policies and procedures, ensuring appropriate and timely escalation of any concerns to their line manager.
What we’re looking for
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Experience designing and embedding governance processes, operating models, and standards in a regulated environment. You may have held data responsibility in an organisation, led the development of best practice or have been a consultant or business analyst working to deliver a large change project, partnering with business and technology preferably within a Financial Services environment
Experience of leading data governance initiatives that have provided tangible business value
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail and focus on continuous improvement
Self-starter, who has strong organisational skills and can manage competing priorities
Strong presentation skills both written and oral, experienced in presenting complex data concepts to a business audience i.e. running workshops and formal data governance meetings
Experience of influencing a diverse stakeholder group, including senior stakeholders
Collaborator, who can understand the big picture, working with a diverse set of stakeholders, and translate this into tangible delivery output they can execute against
Experience of leading data forums, including preparation of content, running the meetings, capturing and following up on minutes and actions
Experience and understanding of data governance, quality, meta data, master data, and reference data management
Working knowledge of statutory frameworks such as CCPA, GDPR, BCBS and Data Protection Act
Why join Handelsbanken
We want everyone at Handelsbanken to feel supported, motivated, and able to do great work. That’s why, alongside brilliant colleagues, meaningful work and training and development opportunities, we provide a variety of benefits designed with your wellbeing in mind.
In addition, there is a flexible benefits package with the key highlights detailed below.
Application next steps
Your journey with us begins once you have submitted your application. One of our Handelsbanken Talent Acquisition Partners will be reviewing your details and will later organise a phone conversation if your experience aligns with our requirements, we will extend an invitation for you to participate in an interview.
This advert will be live for a minimum of two weeks. However, please note that after the two weeks, the closing date could change at any time depending on the number of responses received.
The Bank is deeply committed to embedding good equality and diversity practice into all of our activities. This is so that we are an inclusive, welcoming and inspiring place to work that encourages everyone to apply, regardless of socio-economic background, age, disability, pregnancy and/or parental status, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), veteran status, marital and civil partnership status, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.
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