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Data Governance Lead

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Data Governance Lead

Dublin, Republic of Ireland | Hybrid
Permanent | Full time
Closing date:  Feb 26 2026

Data Governance Lead

  • Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  • Full time
  • Closing on: Feb 26 2026
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What is the opportunity?

The Data Governance Lead is responsible for driving the implementation and maturity of data governance practices across the organisation!
This role ensures alignment with Group policies, regulatory requirements, and strategic objectives, while fostering a culture of accountability and data stewardship.

In this role, you will:

  • Own and lead the Data Governance framework, ensuring consistent implementation and adoption of the Data Risk Policy across divisions and alignment with Group strategy.
  • Oversee the review and implementation of technical data standards, promoting consistency, quality, and compliance across platforms and data domains.
  • Monitor divisional compliance with the Group Data Risk Policy, identifying gaps and coordinating remediation efforts.
  • Support and enhance divisional data forums and transition to domain orientated construct, enabling collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement in governance practices.
  • Strengthen data ownership and stewardship, ensuring clear roles, responsibilities, and accountability across the data lifecycle.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to business and technology partners, aligning governance initiatives with regulatory, operational, and strategic needs
  • Champion data quality, integrity, and ethical use, embedding governance principles into data management and decision-making processes
  • Lead the execution of the plan for regular assurance and controls testing and assessments of data management practices.
  • Maintain structured documentation and tracking of governance activities, standards, and compliance metrics.
  • Collaborate with risk, compliance, and data teams to ensure governance controls are embedded in data products, platforms, and processes.

What will make you stand out?

  • Validated experience in data product management, data governance, or analytics within Financial Services or a similarly regulated industry.
  • Strong understanding of customer data domains, including data quality, lineage, and privacy considerations.
  • Ability to lead and run multi-discipline teams, ensuring alignment across diverse departments and functions and achieving strategic goals.
  • Demonstrated ability to prioritise initiatives and strategically align them with business objectives, driving organisational success.
  • Confirmed ability to engage and align with senior leadership and key partners, fostering collaboration and shared vision.
  • Strong leadership and partner engagement skills
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex data concepts into business value
  • Structured and focused approach to problem-solving
  • Ability to lead opposing priorities and deliver in a fast-paced environment

Essential Qualifications

Third Level qualification in Data Analytics/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ IT/ Engineering or another discipline including a significant numerical element

More about the team

The Group Data & Analytics Office provides a key service supporting the Group values and Strategic Pillars enabling the Bank to transform by building confidence in our Data, serve our customers and grow sustainable profits in the digital age.
The strategic objective of the GDAO is to build the components to support quality data and analytics to drive an understanding of the customer to create tailored experiences, driving personalised insights and fostering loyalty and competitive advantage as well as developing data maturity in the Group across all key areas of Governance, Infrastructure, Analytics & Value Realisation.
This is a hybrid role, based primarily in Dublin.
We typically ask colleagues to spend a minimum of 8 days per month working in-person to support teamwork and connection. Specific arrangements will be confirmed by your recruiter to ensure they meet the needs of the role and team.
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Why work with us?

The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work-life balance with an opportunity for flexible working, along with 25 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions. Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy and working parent supports.
Your wellbeing is important to us; we have an employee assistance program, WebDoctor and financial wellbeing coaches available. We also encourage and support staff to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance your career!
At the heart of our purpose is our commitment to Inclusion & Diversity:
Bank of Ireland Group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace which values and benefits from the diversity of our workforce, this is supported by the development of our Employee Support Networks.
We offer reasonable accommodation at every stage of the application and interview process. If you require assistance, please contact recruitdirect@boi.com.

Key Competencies

  • Customer Focused - Self
  • Better together - Self
  • Be Decisive - Self
  • Take Ownership - Self
  • Manage Risk - Self

We're on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, lived experience, abilities and perspectives. We provide reasonable accommodations at every stage of our recruitment process for disabilities, neurodivergence or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please complete this form and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email. Any information provided will be treated as confidential within the recruitment team and used only for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations for the application and recruitment process.

Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.

Your Journey, Our Support

We believe that embracing the perspectives of all of our employees is a value that connects us with our customers and our communities, and makes it an even better place to work. We're building an organisation that is welcoming to all, which enables our colleagues to thrive and reach their full potential. 

We are on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We have recently partnered with Auticon, to improve inequalities in employment for neurodivergent adults.

Find out more

Our Gender Balance Network creates an inclusive space where colleagues of all genders can connect, learn from one another, and work together to achieve our gender balance objectives.

We support colleagues from all backgrounds, cultures and ethnicities. We want our colleagues to feel safe, included and experience a sense of belonging.

Our objective is to drive representation and inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community, promote bringing your whole self to work, and increase visibility across locations, regionals and mediums.

Read more about Inclusion & Culture

Flexible Working

We’re committed to giving our colleagues the flexibility they need to thrive. Our hybrid working model is central to this approach, enabling more productive ways of working while supporting a healthier work-life balance.

For roles that offer hybrid working, we typically ask that colleagues spend a minimum of 8 days per month working in-person. Specific working arrangements will be confirmed with your recruiter to ensure they meet the requirements of the role and the team you will be joining. 

Hear how flexible working has helped Helen find the balance that works for her:

Our Benefits


Every job at Bank of Ireland comes with...

Pay & Perks

Competitive pay package
Premium pension contribution
Pay reviews & profit-share scheme
Financial wellbeing coaches
Excellent healthcare contributions

Work-Life Balance

23 days annual leave
Flexible leave: buy or sell your days
6 months paid maternity leave
Fertility and surrogacy policies
Working parent and carer supports

     
Career Growth

Support for professional qualifications  
Award-winning career framework
Clear pathways for development and progression

Hear what San San has to say:

"At Bank of Ireland there’s a range of development programmes and supports. That brings fresh opportunities and the chance to futureproof my career."

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