Hewett Recruitment | BCorp™
Data Governance Lead
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Data Governance Lead
Location: Worcestershire / Hybrid
Salary: Up to £80,000, depending on experience
Job type: Permanent, full-time
We are recruiting for an established technology-led organisation that is investing in its data capability as part of a wider transformation programme.
This is a newly created role responsible for developing and embedding a practical data governance framework across the organisation. The successful person will help ensure data is properly owned, understood, controlled, and trusted.
We are looking for someone who has delivered data governance in practice, rather than someone whose experience is limited to policy writing or data protection.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the organisation’s data governance framework, policies, and standards
- Establish clear data ownership and stewardship responsibilities
- Introduce practical data quality controls, measures, and remediation processes
- Improve the management of metadata, data definitions, business glossaries, and lineage
- Work with technology and data teams to build governance into new platforms and processes
- Support major data migration and transformation activity
- Work alongside privacy, security, and compliance stakeholders
- Engage senior stakeholders and encourage adoption across the wider business
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Skills and Experience
- Proven experience delivering data governance or enterprise data management initiatives
- Strong understanding of data ownership, stewardship, and data quality
- Experience working with metadata, lineage, and business glossaries
- Knowledge of an established data management framework, such as DAMA-DMBOK
- Experience working with senior business and technical stakeholders
- An understanding of privacy, security, and regulatory considerations
- Familiarity with modern cloud data platforms and data cataloguing tools
- The ability to turn governance principles into practical processes and controls
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Experience supporting a major data migration or cloud data transformation would be beneficial. Exposure to Azure, Databricks, or similar technologies would also be useful, but broader governance experience remains important.
The position offers a salary of up to £80,000, a bonus opportunity, and a wider benefits package. It is a hybrid role requiring two days per week at the organisation’s Worcestershire office.
Please apply with your latest CV for further information and a confidential discussion.
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