Job description
| Data Governance Lead Start: ASAP Duration: initial 3-months Location: Milton Keynes (ad hoc travel) Pay: £500-535 p/day (inside IR35) We are seeking a Data Governance Lead with strong, hands-on experience in data ownership, stewardship, and quality management to support a major programme within a leading financial services organisation. Key Responsibilities: - Act as a subject matter expert in data governance, with a proven ability to manage data quality, metadata, and data stewardship activities. - Drive project and programme delivery, including the creation and maintenance of detailed project plans, milestones, and delivery timelines, aligned with regulatory and governance requirements. - Proactively identify and mitigate delivery risks, particularly those impacting compliance and data quality. - Coordinate effectively between data teams, IT, business units, and compliance functions to ensure alignment and smooth execution. - Deliver regular, well-articulated updates and reports to stakeholders, senior management, and steering committees. - Lead change management initiatives to embed governance practices and ensure organisational adoption of tools and frameworks. - Provide hands-on support or oversight in the use and/or implementation of data governance tools such as Collibra, Informatica DQ, or Alation. - Maintain awareness of relevant regulatory standards (e.g. FCA, GDPR, ECB) and ensure data governance practices support compliance. - Champion data literacy across the organisation by promoting clear understanding of governance principles to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Requirements: - Demonstrable experience in data governance, particularly within the financial services sector. - Strong understanding of UK and European regulatory environments related to data. - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to convey complex data topics in a clear and engaging manner. - Prior experience driving organisational change and embedding data governance tools and frameworks |
