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    Senior Manager, Data Management at - Nairobi, Kenya - Rainforest Alliance

    Rainforest Alliance
    Rainforest Alliance Nairobi, Kenya

    3 days ago

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    Description

    The Rainforest Alliance is a growing network of people who are inspired and committed to working together to achieve our mission of conserving biodiversity and ensuring sustainable livelihoods.

    Through creative, pragmatic collaboration, we aim to rebalance the planet by building strong forests and healthy communities around the world.


    POSITION SUMMARY:
    At Rainforest Alliance, we believe in the value of data.

    The Data Management and Intelligence department is paving the way for enabling data-based decisions by focusing on the delivery of scale-able data products to the market, supporting internal decision-making by unlocking the value of data, and creating a solid data foundation on which we can continue to build out our data offering.

    The Senior Manager, Data Management, reporting into the Director Data Management & Intelligence will play a pivotal role in setting up the foundational data components needed to drive our data agenda forward.

    This person will lead efforts to improve data quality across the organization and ensure that the organization is well-versed on how data can be shared ethically.

    In this role, you will ensure data standards are defined, documented and deployed across complex projects and in overall data management activities.

    We are looking for a results driven self-starter who is keen on implementing new and improved ways of working.

    The emphasis of this role is to not only to identify the right frameworks necessary to successfully manage, share, and address data quality but also embed these new approaches within the organization.

    The Data Management & Intelligence department run point on all activities related to the scale-able offerings related to the Rainforest Alliance.

    As we sit central to this key topic, we work very closely with the organization as a whole.
    The role will lead a team of 5 (plus a trainee and consultant) covering the data management space.


    RESPONSIBILITIES:


    Create and embed robust foundations of data governance, ethics and quality across the organisation, to ensure data product credibility and optimal value generation.

    Overall responsible for the following topic areas and deliverables (this list is not extensive and can be evolved):

    Define and drive the roadmap of the Data Management function
    Provide leadership and oversight of the data management program and operational model.
    Drive organisational change, attitude shift, communication and continuous education of business stakeholders on the value of data governance.

    Build partnerships across function and other departments to ensure the frameworks and standards developed within this team are understood and adhered to.

    Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while bringing up only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
    Lead the implementation of the newly selected Data Catalogue tool

    Ensure delivery within the Data Management team:

    Lead finalization and implementation of the data governance framework within the business, onboard and train data owners and data stewards.

    Define, document and deploy data standards within complex projects and overall data management.

    Identify data quality rules that will be embedded across the data domains and provide requirements for the build of data quality solutions and reports.

    Implement early warning system so intervening actions can be identified. Create a rating system to create a common understanding of data quality levels.

    Ensure that data processes are established and integrated into initiatives across the organization, establishing this team as key members of initiative set up.

    Deliver training on data standards and data quality monitoring across the organization.

    Lead the Data Sharing Policy, for the new Rainforest Alliance certification, which indicates which data can be shared externally.


    QUALIFICATIONS:
    Master's degree in Data Sciences, Business Administration, or related field;
    Minimum 7 years professional work experience to include:

    Experience setting up, working with, and implementing Data Governance Framework (required)
    Experience with Master Data Management (required)
    Experience with data catalogues (required)
    Experience with data classification (required)
    Experience with data quality frameworks (desired)
    Experience with GDPR (desired)

    Demonstrated ability (5 years') in people management; including coaching, mentoring and developing team members;
    Excellent influencing and facilitation skills with a proven ability to convene and reconcile different stakeholder interests and influence towards a common vision/plan;
    Expertise in data governance and affiliated topics, with experience landing this successfully within an organization;
    Solid understanding of market standards and innovations within this space;
    Strategic mindset but with a hands on mentality;
    Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively, culturally, linguistically, and diplomatically laterally and vertically;
    Self-motivated, creative and results-oriented
    Be a problem solver, identifying underlying challenges and work proactively and collaboratively to solve them;
    Fluency in English, both verbal and written, with good communication skills; and
    Ability to travel a maximum of 20% per year, nationally and internationally.
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