Hybrid Senior Data Manager, Documents

at Climate Policy Radar

• Job title: Senior Data Manager, Documents
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: £60,000 - £75,000 per year
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Own the integration and maintenance of document collections for Climate Policy Radar. Leading efforts in metadata management and data quality processes within a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the aggregation of external document collections into CPR’s systems, ensuring they are structured, consistent and usable
• Define, apply and maintain metadata standards, schema requirements, taxonomies, and controlled vocabularies
• Evaluate and onboard new sources and datasets
• Work alongside the partnerships team to support highly-respected external document collection curators
• Anticipate and manage schema evolution as external providers update or expand their data
• Create and carry out data quality processes, including identifying duplication, improving metadata completeness, and maintaining consistency across collections
• Ensure that content gaps raised by user feedback or analysis feed back into collection priorities and schema development
• Document processes and standards so workflows are repeatable and scalable
• Track and communicate the impact of data ingestion efforts, including metrics on database coverage, data quality and update frequency

Requirements

• At least 10 years of professional experience, with at least 5 years of experience managing large or complex digital document collections
• Strong experience designing and governing metadata schemas, controlled vocabularies, and taxonomy development
• Demonstrated proficiency in structuring and maintaining aggregated datasets from multiple external sources, ensuring clarity, interoperability, and scalability
• Experience evaluating external datasets for structure, completeness and long-term maintainability
• A track record of improving processes — designing workflows that are reproducible, well-documented, and resilient to change
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Benefits

• A deep commitment to employee wellbeing, including policies such as four-day workweek (same pay, Fridays off)
• Generous leave
• Wellbeing allowance
• Vibrant, collaborative, empathetic work culture that thrives on innovation and the impact of our work
• Hybrid work model that encourages collaboration while providing flexibility