Methods Business and Digital Technology
Domain Expert - Data Governance, Stewardship & Information Management
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About Methods
Methods is a £100M+ IT Services Consultancy that partners with central government departments and agencies to transform the UK public sector. Established over 30 years, we leverage our expertise in transformation, delivery, and collaboration across the Methods Group, delivering end-to-end business and technical solutions that are people-centred, safe, and future-focused.
With a human touch that distinguishes us from other consultancies, system integrators, and software houses, we prioritise people, technology, and data to drive value and sustainability for our clients, staff, communities, and the planet.
We foster collaboration, problem-solving, and a fun yet hardworking culture, where learning from mistakes is embraced. While primarily focused on the public sector, Methods is expanding its client base into the private sector.
In early 2022, Methods was acquired by the Alten Group, a global engineering firm with approximately 57,000 employees, specialising in engineering and IT services.
Domain Expert Role Overview
Location & Work Arrangements
- UK-based, hybrid working
- Regular travel to client sites, Methods offices, and practice/community events
Salary & Benefits
- £80,000–£120,000 base salary, plus bonus
Domain Expert — Data Governance, Stewardship & Information Management
Role Summary
The Data Governance, Stewardship & Information Management Specialist assists clients in establishing data foundations essential for:
- Trusted analytics
- AI and reporting
- Interoperability
- Operational decision-making
- Regulatory confidence
This role focuses on helping large, complex organisations make their data usable, governed, secure, discoverable, high-quality, and accountable, particularly in sectors with:
- Data fragmented across legacy systems
- Operated in supplier silos
- Housed in secure environments
- Governed by regulated business processes
Key specialisms: ✔ Data governance ✔ Master data management strategy ✔ Data quality & ownership ✔ Metadata & information management ✔ Data Loss Prevention (DLP) ✔ AI-readiness data controls
Methods is hiring seven Domain Experts, each aligned with a core strategic offering:
- Client-Side Transformation Partner
- User-Centred Design & Delivery
- Cloud Transformation & Modernisation
- Data Intelligence & Applied AI
- IT Operations & Service Excellence
- Enterprise Platform Adoption & Value Realisation
- Cyber Resilience
Key Responsibilities
- Lead data governance, stewardship, and information management engagements for public-sector and regulated-industry clients.
- Define enterprise, domain, or programme-level data governance models, including:
- Decision rights
- Governance forums
- Data ownership
- Stewardship roles
- Escalation routes
- Accountability frameworks
- Develop data policies, standards, and controls covering:
- Data quality
- Metadata & lineage
- Catalogues
- Access & sharing
- Retention & classification
- Acceptable use & lifecycle management
- Shape master data strategies, including:
- Golden source principles
- Matching & survivorship
- Integration & ownership
- Assess and improve data quality, including:
- Quality dimensions
- Issue management
- Root-cause analysis
- Remediation plans
- Quality dashboards
- Accountability mechanisms
- Support clients with data sharing, interoperability, and access models across departments, suppliers, regulators, or partners.
- Advise on information governance, privacy, DLP, and secure data access, collaborating with:
- Cyber teams
- Architects
- Legal teams
- Data Protection Officers (DPOs)
- Senior Information Risk Owners (SIROs)
- Help clients prep data assets for AI, improving:
- Documentation
- Quality
- Stewardship
- Access controls
- Governance & reuse
- Shape implementation roadmaps for:
- Data catalogues
- Data quality tools
- Master Data Management (MDM) platforms
- Metadata management
- Governance workflows
- Stewardship communities
- Assist sales & bid teams in shaping propositions for:
- Data governance
- Data quality
- MDM
- Information management
- AI-readiness
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Requirements
Essential Experience
- 8+ years in data governance, information management, data quality, master data management, metadata, data strategy, or related consulting/advisory work.
- Measurable impact in areas such as:
- Enhanced data quality
- Reduced reporting risk
- Improved regulatory compliance
- Effective data sharing
- Successful data platform adoption
- Strengthened data ownership
- Better decision-making
- Experience as a trusted advisory consultant to senior stakeholders in:
- Data, technology, risk, compliance, operations, or transformation.
- Background in:
- Public sector
- Regulated industries
- Large complex organisations
- Strong understanding of:
- Data governance operating models
- Stewardship models
- Data ownership & governance implementation
- Experience developing:
- Policies, standards, frameworks, roadmaps
- Maturity assessments
- Governance packs or data management playbooks
- Knowledge of:
- Metadata, master data, reference data
- Data catalogues, lineage, DLP, access controls
- Information governance
- Experience shaping data governance and AI readiness propositions for sales/bid teams.
- Contributions to:
- Communities of practice
- Training materials
- Professional development or mentoring
- Experience in highly regulated environments emphasizing:
- Data quality, traceability, security, compliance, and auditability.
Specialist Competencies
- Data governance operating model design
- Data stewardship & ownership models
- Master data management strategy
- Data quality assessment & remediation
- Metadata, lineage & catalogue strategy
- Data policy & standards development
- Information governance & secure data access
- Data sharing & interoperability
- AI-readiness assessments for data assets
- Governance implementation & behavioural adoption
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Valuable Sector Experience
- Public-sector data governance, information management, data sharing, or reporting.
- Energy, utilities, or critical national infrastructure environments.
- Defence primes, aerospace, aviation, space, or secure engineering supply chains.
- Financial services, insurance, healthcare, telecoms, or other regulated data-intensive sectors.
- Organisations with:
- Large legacy estates
- Fragmented data ownership
- Complex supplier ecosystems
- High audit/regulatory scrutiny
Desirable Experience
- Knowledge of:
- DAMA-DMBOK, DCAM, EDM Council
- ISO 8000, ISO 27001, ISO 15489 frameworks
- Experience with platforms like:
- Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Informatica, Ataccama, Alation
- Azure, AWS, Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric
- Collaboration with:
- DPOs, SIROs, CISOs, enterprise architects, data platform teams
- Familiarity with:
- GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, Freedom of Information
- Records management, data sharing agreements, sector-specific obligations
- Experience building:
- Data governance functions
- Data offices
- Stewardship networks
Security Clearance Requirement
This role requires Security Clearance, including:
- Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) verification.
- Candidates may be asked to complete this as part of onboarding.
- Further details available on Gov.uk.
- Failure to meet clearances may result in delayed or rejected employment.
Why Join Methods?
Core Benefits
- Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience.
- Participation in societal impact-driven projects.
- Strong, inspirational leadership and engaging work environment.
- Collaborative culture, supportive teams.
Income Protection & Wellbeing
- Access to:
- LinkedIn Learning
- Management development programmes
- 24/7 Confidential employee assistance programme for mental/wellbeing support.
- Competitive benefits:
- 25 days annual leave
- Pension Salary Exchange Scheme (4% employer, 5% employee contribution)
- £4x base salary Life Assurance
- Non-contributory private medical insurance (covers spouse & dependants)
- Non-contributory worldwide travel insurance (covers spouse & dependants).
Social & Community Engagement
- Regular social events:
- Breakfast Tuesdays
- Thirsty Thursdays
- Pizza Fridays (last Thursday each month)
- Commitment to charitable causes.
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