Job Description

OverviewA leading financial services organisation is hiring an experienced Data Governance Lead to support a critical, engineering-led initiative.
This role will focus on designing and delivering a risk-based data prioritisation methodology for engineering data and records, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, internal policies, and business priorities.
Working across engineering, data, and risk teams, you will play a key role in defining how critical data is identified, prioritised, and governed, and in developing a clear roadmap to achieve compliance and improve data governance maturity.
This is a hands-on delivery role, requiring someone who has successfully implemented similar frameworks in complex, regulated environments.

Details
Location - London
Hybrid - 3 days / week in the office
Duration - Initial 6 months
Rate - 750 - 900 / day Inside IR35 via Umbrella

Key Responsibilities
Design and implement a risk-based data prioritisation methodology, including scoring criteria aligned to business value, risk, and regulatory exposure.
Adapt existing enterprise data governance policies to the engineering environment
Engage with senior stakeholders across engineering, data, and risk to drive alignment and secure buy-in
Apply the methodology to identify and prioritise critical engineering datasets and records
Develop a pragmatic roadmap and implementation plan to achieve data conformance
Support identification of data and record ownership where required
Ensure outputs are practical, scalable, and embedded into engineering workflows

Experience Required
Proven experience in data governance, data management, or data strategy delivery roles
Demonstrable experience building and applying data prioritisation frameworks, methodologies, or operating models
Experience working closely with engineering or technology teams
Strong understanding of risk, regulatory, and compliance-driven data environments
Background in financial services or another highly regulated industry
Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior technical and business stakeholders
Track record of delivering practical, implementable outcomes, not just high-level strategy

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