Data Management Manager

Job Description

Data Management Manager

Location: Manchester

Salary: Competitive salary package depending on experience

Career Level: Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of metadata and data lineage solutions using Collibra, Informatica, or equivalent.
• Define metadata models, taxonomies, and business glossaries aligned with governance frameworks.
• Configure and maintain lineage visualisations, metadata ingestion pipelines, and asset classification.
• Collaborate with data owners, stewards, and engineers to ensure accurate and complete metadata capture.
• Drive integration of metadata platforms with data catalogues, DQ tools, and AI/ML applications.
• Provide strategic input on the future of metadata management in the context of AI acceleration.
• Champion innovative approaches to data discovery and lineage, including GenAI powered search and semantic enrichment.
• Work with technical and business teams to ensure visibility and traceability of data assets across the organisation, using platforms such as Collibra, Informatica, or similar.

Learning Opportunities

• Showcase and apply your existing skills onto our clients landscapes.
• Grow your skills working on challenging and innovative solutions in the Data Lineage and Metadata Management spaces.
• Work on new technologies with demanding clients and grow your Data expertise and consulting skillset.
• Work in highly skilled teams advising and supporting our clients through some of the most complex data challenges ever faced.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Collibra, Informatica, or similar platforms.
• Experience in metadata modelling, data lineage mapping, and glossary management.
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks and enterprise architecture.
• Ability to lead technical delivery and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience with AI driven metadata enrichment or GenAI based discovery tools is a bonus.
• DAMA CDMP and DCAM accredited.
• Outlining a vision, strategy and roadmap for data management and developing the case for change to support that vision.
• Defining and implementing reference data and metadata management, including next generation solutions and strategies, operating models, architecture and solution components.
• High technical proficiency in Collibra, Informatica or similar tools.

Benefits

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes up to 25 days' vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first class services we are known for.

Location

Manchester

Application Deadline

Closing Date for Applications 28/02/26

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.