Head of Data (Governance) 37089
- Define and deliver the BBC’s enterprise Data Governance and Responsible AI strategy, aligned with the ambition to build a more personalised and trusted BBC.
- Set clear governance expectations for how data and AI are created, managed, and consumed across enterprise data platforms.
- Act as a senior advisor to executives on data platform risk, ethics, opportunity, and readiness.
- Represent data governance and Responsible AI at senior leadership forums and externally where appropriate.
- Establish and maintain enterprise data governance frameworks covering data ownership, quality, metadata, lineage, classification, lifecycle management, and access controls.
- Embed data-as-a-product thinking across enterprise data platforms, ensuring data products have clear owners, defined contracts, quality metrics, and are designed for reuse and self-service.
- Work closely with data platform and engineering teams to ensure governance is built into platform design, tooling, and operating models rather than applied retrospectively.
- Enable scalable, secure, and trusted use of data across analytics, AI, and operational use cases.
- Ensure data quality, consistency, and transparency across the BBC’s digital and enterprise data ecosystem.
- Lead the BBC’s Responsible AI principles, policies, and operating model, ensuring ethical, transparent, and accountable use of AI across platforms and products.
- Establish governance for AI systems operating on enterprise data platforms, including risk assessment, bias mitigation, explainability, human oversight, and auditability.
- Ensure compliance with UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act, Ofcom regulation, and BBC policies, working closely with Legal, Information Security, and Data Protection teams.
- Balance innovation on enterprise data platforms with robust controls that protect audience trust and editorial independence.
- Support audit, assurance, and regulatory readiness across data platforms and AI systems.
- Lead and develop a multidisciplinary Data Governance and Responsible AI team, fostering strong ethical judgement, collaboration, and delivery focus.
- Build governance and Responsible AI capability across product, engineering, and data teams through guidance, training, and communities of practice.
- Partner closely with Heads of Data, Platform, Product, Technology, Editorial Policy, and Compliance to ensure shared standards and alignment.
- Significant experience in a senior data governance, data management, or data leadership role within a large or complex organisation.
- Proven experience defining and implementing enterprise data governance frameworks across multiple teams and platforms.
- Demonstrable experience working with enterprise data platforms (e.g. cloud data platforms, data lakes, warehouses, or streaming platforms) and shaping governance approaches that enable scale and self-service.
- Strong experience applying data-as-a-product practices, including ownership models, lifecycle management, quality metrics, and consumer-focused design.
- Strong understanding of data protection, privacy, and regulatory requirements in the UK and EU.
- Experience shaping, governing, or advising on the responsible and ethical use of AI.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.
- Ability to translate complex technical, legal, and ethical issues into clear, practical guidance.
- Media or digital product domain experience.
- Familiarity with emerging AI regulation and standards (e.g. UK AI regulation, EU AI Act).
- Understanding of modern data architecture, analytics, and AI delivery models.
- Experience working alongside platform engineering teams and influencing platform roadmaps.
- Experience engaging with regulators, auditors, or industry bodies.
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