Data Governance Lead

Open GI; West Malvern; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £80,000

Company pension

Bonus opportunity

Life assurance

Cycle to work

Perkbox

Holiday entitlement 25 days

Flexible start times

Inclusive public holidays

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Open GI in Worcestershire, England, seeks a Data Governance Lead to define, embed and operate our data governance framework. You will ensure data is trusted, secure, and used consistently across the organisation while collaborating with architecture, engineering and regulatory teams.

You will lead enterprise governance, drive data quality and metadata governance, and influence senior stakeholders to enable data-driven product strategy and compliance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading enterprise data governance initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of data management frameworks (DAMA-DMBOK).
• Experience with cloud data platforms (Azure & Databricks).
• Familiarity with Databricks' Unity Catalog offering.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the enterprise data governance strategy, policies, standards, and operating model.
• Establish clear accountability through data ownership, stewardship, and domain-aligned governance.
• Lead data quality management, including controls, metrics, issue remediation, and continuous improvement.
• Govern metadata, data definitions, business glossaries, and lineage across platforms to unlock context-driven AI use cases.
• Ensure compliance with privacy, security, and regulatory requirements working closely with the Data Protection Officer.
• Partner with architecture and engineering teams to embed governance "by design".
• Support large-scale data migration programmes with strong governance guardrails.
• Engage senior stakeholders to drive adoption and cultural change.

Skills

Enterprise data governance

Data management frameworks

Cloud data platforms

Unity Catalog familiarity

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Azure

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Job description

An overview of the role

The Data Governance Lead is accountable for defining, embedding, and operating the organisation's data governance framework to support evolving product strategy, analytics, regulatory compliance, and enterprise transformation. The role ensures data is trusted, well-managed, secure, and used consistently across the organisation.

Your key responsibilities

• Define and own the enterprise data governance strategy, policies, standards, and operating model.
• Establish clear accountability through data ownership, stewardship, and domain-aligned governance.
• Lead data quality management, including controls, metrics, issue remediation, and continuous improvement.
• Govern metadata, data definitions, business glossaries, and lineage across platforms to unlock context-driven AI use cases.
• Ensure compliance with privacy, security, and regulatory requirements working closely with the Data Protection Officer.
• Partner with architecture and engineering teams to embed governance "by design".
• Support large-scale data migration programmes with strong governance guardrails.
• Engage senior stakeholders to drive adoption and cultural change.

What you'll need to succeed

Skills and Experience

• Proven experience leading enterprise data governance initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of data management frameworks (e.g. DAMA-DMBOK).
• Experience with cloud data platforms (Azure & Databricks).
• Familiarity with Databricks' Unity Catalog offering.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.

Other information

Mission and Values

It is our mission to be both the Technology Partner and Employer of Choice to the UK General Insurance market. Our people are placed at the heart of this and diversity, equality and inclusion are central to everything we do.

• Accountability: We own our actions and shape our success on the results we deliver
• Innovation: We tackle challenges with fresh thinking and bold ideas
• Teamwork: We work together, recognising we can't do this without each other
• Trust: We build trust on integrity, transparency and mutual respect

We are looking for an individual who embraces our values in their actions, decisions, communications and processes to inspire positivity and, ultimately, exceptional performance.

Benefits package

• Salary up to £80,000 dependent on skills and experience
• Company pension
• Bonus opportunity
• Life assurance and critical illness cover
• Cycle to work scheme
• Perkbox - an exclusive platform offering a wide range of discounts and benefits
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum, increasing to 26 days per annum after three years of service & a holiday purchase scheme
• Opportunity for a more flexible approach to start, finish, and lunchtimes to allow you to better manage events outside of work
• Inclusive Bank Holiday policy giving you the option to swap days that are important to you for cultural or religious reasons
• Social clubs - whether you're into your cycling, crafts, or other hobbies, we have a number of groups at Open GI where individuals who enjoy the same pursuits can get together
• Wellbeing - wills at work scheme, employee assistance programme and mental health first aiders

Please note, this is a hybrid role requiring attendance at our Worcester offices for a minimum of 2x days per week.

Data Governance Lead • Worcestershire, England, GB