Information Management – Regional Lead

Overview

As Regional Lead for Information Management, you will steer governance, standards, and delivery across regional Water projects. You will align information management with the wider digital strategy, building capability and ensuring robust governance of data, requirements, and systems. You’ll lead an IM community, drive continuous improvement, and shape the region’s information landscape for scalable, well-governed outcomes. This role offers impact across major water programs and a chance to influence client delivery and accreditation outcomes.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid / flexible working
• Competitive salary
• Bonus schemes
• Enhanced pension plan
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

Responsibilities

• Co-develop and embed UK&I IM SOPs, lead regional audits, and report to ELT with corrective action plans
• Collaborate with Client, Framework, and Project Managers to resource standard and strategic projects using the right-person-right-job principle
• Serve as a technical SME on strategic bids and client presentations, translating complex data landscapes into tailored solutions
• Own the regional approach to information systems, managing client platforms, data dependencies, and digital enablement to ensure traceability to project outcomes
• Provide line management, mentorship, and career planning for local IM teams; drive recruitment and upskilling in business analysis, process mapping, requirements definition, and systems thinking

Key requirements

• Senior IM Leadership Experience: leading information management, data governance, and requirements practices in a professional services or engineering consultancy
• Governance & Audit Track Record: establishing SOPs, leading assurance/audit cycles, applying continuous improvement
• People & Capability Development: direct line management, talent acquisition, coaching across business analysis and process mapping
• Client & Digital Acumen: understanding IM frameworks, client platform integrations, digital tools, and ability to articulate data strategies in bids and senior presentations

• leadership
• mentoring
• coaching
• information governance
• data governance
• requirements practices

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