Lead Metadata Analyst
Argos · London
Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as a Lead Metadata Analyst means being part of a forward-thinking organisation that recognises the value of trusted, well-governed data. You'll work with a talented team to improve data discoverability and understanding across the business, helping colleagues make better decisions through accessible and trusted data. You'll play a key role in shaping our metadata strategy, driving innovation, and strengthening data literacy across Sainsbury's.
What you'll do
As a Lead Metadata Analyst within the Data Trust team, you will drive the adoption and continuous improvement of Sainsbury's metadata management capabilities. You will lead key activities across the Group Data Catalogue, including data source onboarding, business glossary management, data lineage, stewardship, ownership, certification and metadata standards.
Working closely with business and technology stakeholders, you will improve the visibility, understanding and governance of data assets across the organisation. You will deliver strategic initiatives that enhance metadata management practices, increase catalogue adoption, and support wider data governance objectives.
You'll also provide technical expertise in SQL and metadata technologies, champion best practice, identify opportunities for automation, and help embed a culture of trusted, well-understood data.
Who you are
You are an experienced data management professional with strong expertise in metadata management and data governance. You understand the value of business glossaries, lineage, stewardship, ownership and metadata standards in enabling organisations to trust, govern and maximise the value of their data.
You have experience working with enterprise data catalogues and can confidently engage stakeholders across both business and technology teams. Combining technical knowledge with leadership and communication skills, you drive collaboration, adoption and continuous improvement while helping shape the organisation's metadata management capabilities.
Essential Criteria
- Advanced SQL capability for querying and analysing complex datasets
- Experience working with enterprise data cataloguing tools (e.g. Alation, Collibra or similar)
- Strong understanding of metadata management disciplines, including business glossaries, lineage, stewardship, ownership and metadata standards
- Experience driving data catalogue adoption, stakeholder engagement and metadata curation initiatives
- Experience creating reporting and visualisations to measure metadata coverage, adoption and governance outcomes (e.g. Tableau, Power BI, MicroStrategy)
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