I have been at Starbucks for nearly three years, having been offered the opportunity to take on the newly created role of EMEA Data Governance Manager. Since joining, my role has expanded to take in data-related projects and process improvements.
I worked for Barclays for over 30 years with three distinctly different career phases. Initially, my role was a traditional retail banking role, which gave me a great grounding in the way the business worked. I then took a chance and applied for a project management role, which led to my career as a Project and then Programme Manager. I covered a wide range of projects, from organisational restructures and HR delivery to new tech platform implementation and regulatory reporting.
My role became more focused on data-centred projects, which led to this last phase looking at how data was used and supporting the development of new data-based products and services. This included the development of customer-facing materials to support the introduction of GDPR and culminated in the design and implementation of an award-winning data ethics framework for use with new analytics and insight projects.