Data Governance & Compliance Lead

DAC Beachcroft; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Income protection

Discounted gym membership

Job summary

DAC Beachcroft is seeking an experienced Data Governance Lead to establish and continuously enhance our enterprise data governance framework across claims, client and case data. You will lead standards, policies and controls enabling trusted data and regulatory compliance in a fast-growing data-driven environment.

Working with business and technology teams, you will define ownership models, metadata management and data lineage, while guiding data owners, stewards and custodians to fulfil their

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, implementing or improving data governance frameworks in regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of UK GDPR and its practical application.
• Experience with data catalogue, metadata and data lineage tools such as Microsoft Purview.
• Knowledge of master data management and data quality management.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Experience driving governance initiatives balancing operations and delivery.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of the firm's data governance framework.
• Define and maintain data quality standards, ownership models, metadata management and data lineage documentation.
• Drive data classification and access control practices across case management, finance and CRM systems.
• Establish and monitor data quality KPIs, and work with business stakeholders to resolve data quality issues and root causes.
• Provide practical guidance, training and communication to enable data owners and stewards to understand and fulfil governance obligations.
• Partner with the Data Protection Officer (DPO) and relevant business owners to ensure governance and regulatory compliance.
• Support GDPR compliance activities, including Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and governance of data used within data estate and AI solutions.
• Act as the primary point of contact for data-related regulatory and governance matters.
• Define policies and standards for third-party and AI vendor data handling.
• Chair a cross-functional data governance forum with documented decisions, actions, risks and accountability.

Skills

Data governance

UK GDPR

Data catalog

Master data

Stakeholder mgmt

Governance initiatives

Communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Job description

DAC Beachcroft is seeking an experienced Data Governance Lead to establish and continuously enhance our enterprise data governance framework across claims, client and case data. You will lead standards, policies and controls enabling trusted data and regulatory compliance in a fast-growing data-driven environment.

Working with business and technology teams, you will define ownership models, metadata management and data lineage, while guiding data owners, stewards and custodians to fulfil their