Methods
Domain Expert - Data Governance, Stewardship & Information Management
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Methods is a £100M+ IT Services Consultancy who has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK.
Established over 30 years ago and UK-based, we apply our skills in transformation, delivery, and collaboration from across the Methods Group, to create end-to-end business and technical solutions that are people-centred, safe, and designed for the future. Our human touch sets us apart from traditional consultancies, integrating people, technology, and data to foster value creation and sustainability for our clients, staff, communities, and the environment.
We thrive on collaborative problem-solving and a culture oflearning through constructive challenges. Methods is hybrid, fun-driven, and propositional, appealing to mission-driven professionals who value impact and sustainability.
Since being acquired by the Alten Group in 2022, we’ve expanded not just our reach, but our ambition in the private sector, balancing public-sector depth with tailored practicality.
Domain Expert Role Overview
Location: UK-based, hybrid working
Accommodating regular travel for all Methodologies client engagements, internal team alignment events, and practice/community-building.
Salary Range: £80,000–£120,000 base salary, with performance-based bonus.
Domain Expert — Data Governance, Stewardship & Information Management
Role Summary
Your mission is to curate, steward, and modernise the data foundations of diverse, large organisations—so that their analytics, AI, reporting and decision-making are resilient, ethical, and future-ready. You’ll elevate challenges around fragmented legacy systems, risky data access, ungoverned collaboration or stringent regulatory demands into business-practical solutions.
As a domain-expert professional in a dynamic boutique consultancy, your specialisation spans:
- Data governance operating models
- Master-data management strategy (golden source, ownership, matching)
- Data quality (DQ techniques, quality dashboards, remediation)
- Metadata & DLP
- Information governance (privacy, security, compliance)
- Data as a core enabling asset for AI (access, stewardship, control).
Methods aims to deliver continuous knowledge progression for clients—helping them embrace and harness their data drivers. This role isn’t just operational; it’s about elevating key stakeholders (CIOs, CDOs, Data Offices, procurement, compliance, legal) to positions where data equals confidence.
To succeed, you’ll master all seven client-facing domains and exemplify domain leadership—defined as: 1. Mature radical propositions—construct or rework high-impact mutual value propositions. 2. Overt prestige—admina reputation trusted by senior stakeholders. 3. Sales dialogue—feature as subject-authorities to contribute sales-letter subject lines, meeting fuels, and competitive edge.
Responsibilities
Domain-Driven Delivery
- Shape high-quality data programmes: Apply governance, stewardship, and information management in high-stakes public-sector or regulated industries.
- Design governance models: Define clear operating models, decision rights, ownership frameworks and escalation pathways.
- Policy, methodology & operationalisation:
- Draft standards (ISO 27001, ISO 8000), policies, frameworks for quality, metadata, governance workflows & secure access controls.
- Lead data quality assessments—with benchmarks that measure impact and reduce reporting risk.
- Cross-functional stewardship strategies: Unify data teams, business owners, developers with shared accountability for silos, supplier-linked or hybrid workflows.
- AI-Readiness: Help clients strategically prepare their data assets and processes for risk-free, smart AI adoption.
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Thought-Leadership & Market Advocacy
- Collaborate with sales and proposition teams to shape co-investment propositions.
- Contribute case-studies and best practices to community learning assets (playbooks, templates, whitepapers).
- Go-to-Market (GtM) & Bid Pipeline: Grade on complexity to uncover and capture aligned opportunities.
Standing-Up Practice & Team Dynamics
- Develop and nurture the Data Governance/I&M practice methodology to meet client demands that stretch itself.
- Transform theory into learned expertise for juniors, scalable templates for delivery teams and demonstrated credibility for high-value pitches.
Requirements
Essential
- 10+ years experience (or equivalent) in data governance, master data management (MDM), metadata management, information governance, quality orcompliance consulting.
- Demonstrable tangible impact—e.g.:
- Data quality improvements or remediation programmes with explicit ROI.
- Adoption of MDM functions into business-first decisions.
- Introduction of secure shared platforms or reliable audit-FM templates.
- Pragmatic public-sector or heavily regulated sector expertise, with learning baked into sustainability (this is core ethos).
- Technical and business acumen: Equally good in end-user, vendor, or C-level client environments.
- Operational leadership: Shaped complex cross-site schemes, led delivery of standards & frameworks across supply chains or during transformation/merge phases.
Specialist Strengthsproficiencies
| Sector/Specialism | Curated Key Focus |
|---|---|
| Data Governance & Operating Model Design | Data Control Architecture/Service, Rights & Roles Governance, Data Agreements |
| **Master Data Management | Strategy; Golden Source; Identity Matching (Natural, Synthetic); Ownership |
| **Data Quality / Mastery | Quality Maturity Assessment, Issue Types (Chronic vs Ad-hoc), Root-Cause Models |
| **Privacy & Information Governance | DPO Collaboration, Metadata & Lineage, ISO 15489/8000x, GDPR/ FoI Breathing-Cap |
| **Regulatory & Enterprise IT Security | Information Classification; Secure Data Handling; DLP; Audit & Compliance |
| **Interoperability | Cross-system/partner data sharing, DSR metrics |
| **AI-Readiness | Data Reusability; Access Constraints & Workflows; Bias Mitigation is per Features |
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Desired Experience
- ISO Certification Familiarity: Working knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK, DCAM, or EDM Council standards.
- Practical Operating System expertise in conditioning enterprise tools including:
- Governance Platforms: Collibra, Microsoft Purview, Snowflake Metadata, Alation
- Catalogue Solutions: Informatica Data Governance (DGA), Alation Content
- Working Partner: Strong disclosure relationships with business teams, OKRs, risk/reward visualisation.
- GDPR-Ready: Proven experience with data protection design, PIA documentation, right-to-erasure workflows.
- Consultative Mindset: Contribution culture—shared playbooks, lessons-learning-templates, or influencing ethical use without defaulting to GDPR defaults.
Mandatory Criteria
- Security Clearance handling: Mandatory to undergo government-approved Baseline Personnel Security Standards ( BPSS)—registry and verification applied via Gov.UK. Non-compliance may impact terms of appointment (or delay). Candidates may be required to provide references, financial histories, criminal checks.
Desirable Soft Skills
Strong cultural fit invites applicants with aspirations to sustainability, communal practice improvement, and self-starter attitudes:
- Advocate radical transparency within data practices.
- Walk multiple personas—mentally relocating grantholders to DoD directors.
- Proven controversies travel light (think: volume-data quality uplifts at scale).
- Open to learn as much as teach/connect—this is a living community.
Benefits
Cultural & Professional Priorities
Methods offers co_shapeful enrichment through an environment built on innovation, collaboration and care. Expect:
- Antena for project work that has wide-ranging societal impact.
- Leadership that is both robust and supportive.
- A culture that embraces challenges as learning curves—mistakes become stories that strengthen.
Benefits
| Potential Support | Description |
|---|---|
| Ongoing Professional Growth | LinkedIn Learning subscriptions, tailored liturgies: specialist track coaching via MMT |
| Mental Health & Wellbeing | Wellness 24/7 (in partnership with Confidential Employee Assistance Programme) |
| Community & Connection | Breakfast Tuesdays, Thirsty Thursdays, monthly Pizza Meetups plus cultural/charity-led gatherings |
| Time-Off Policy | Fixed at 25 days, with clear expectation for realistic pacing and balance |
| Pension | Salary exchange (4% employer + 5% employee contribution) |
| Insurance | Life Assurance with £60*Bounded coverage, private medical and worldwide travel insurance for spouse/dependants |
Assumed housing allowance varies by tier and tenure. Security may impact amended terms
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