London, Greater London | £120k – £150k per year
Data Governance Lead London / WFH to £150k
Do you have a strong knowledge of Data Governance within regulated financial environments?
You could be progressing your career in an impactful role at a tech driven, global Asset Manager with multiple billions of dollars under management.
As a Data Governance Lead you will own and evolve the firm’s Data Governance Framework, ensuring it remains aligned with the Data and AI Strategies, regulatory obligations and target data architecture. You’ll lead data governance forums, drive actions to completion and report on governance maturity, performance and risk to senior stakeholders.
You’ll maintain the register of Data Domains and Critical Data Assets, ensuring clear accountability through designated Data Sponsors and Owners. Collaborating with business teams, you’ll support data owners in managing quality, access controls, metadata and issue resolution, helping resolve ownership challenges and embed consistent practices across the firm.
A key focus will be defining and monitoring data quality standards, including metrics, rules, targets and reporting, while overseeing the resolution of material data issues. You’ll develop and maintain governance policies and guidelines, ensuring controls are proportionate to data classification, risk and business value, and automated wherever possible.
Partnering with Architecture, Platform Engineering and Information Security, you’ll embed governance requirements into platform design and delivery, ensuring they are both effective and practical. You’ll also support AI data readiness by establishing standards for data quality, completeness and lineage, while building data literacy and a strong culture of ownership through training, guidance and hands‑on support across the business.
Location / WFH:
There’s a hybrid work from home policy with three days in the London office per week where you’ll join a supportive, diverse team environment with a large range of facilities.
About you:
- You have significant experience in data governance, management or risk, with a track record of setting strategy and delivering measurable improvements within an Asset Management environment
- You have experience implementing data governance frameworks
- You have a strong understanding of investment, client, operational, regulatory and enterprise data
- You have practical experience of establishing data ownership, stewardship models, domain registers and critical data inventories
- You have experience defining data quality standards and driving remediation
- You’re skilled in developing data governance policies and control frameworks, securing stakeholder approval
- You have hands‑on experience with data governance tools, including catalogues, glossaries, lineage and data quality platforms
- You have a good working knowledge of data protection and financial services regulations relevant to global asset management
- You have experience supporting senior governance forums and producing management reporting.
- You have excellent communication, facilitation and influencing skills, with the confidence to hold senior stakeholders accountable
What’s in it for you:
- Salary to £150k
- Pension
- Private medical insurance including 24 hour GP access
- Enhanced parental leave policy
- 25 days annual leave
- Ongoing training and development and financial support for courses
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