Data Governance Lead - Asset Management

Client Server Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary to £150k

Pension

Private medical insurance including 24

Enhanced parental leave policy

25 days annual leave

Training and development support

Job summary

Client Server Limited in London is seeking a Data Governance Lead to own and evolve the firm’s governance framework, aligning with Data and AI strategies and regulatory obligations. You will lead governance forums, drive actions to completion and report on governance maturity to senior stakeholders.

You will maintain data domain registers, ensure clear accountability, and collaborate with business teams to manage quality, access controls and metadata.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in data governance, management or risk in financial services.
• Proven ability to set strategy and deliver measurable improvements.
• Strong understanding of investment, client and regulatory data.
• Experience establishing ownership models, data inventories and governance policies.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the firm’s Data Governance Framework aligned to strategies and regulatory obligations.
• Lead governance forums, drive actions to completion and report governance performance to senior stakeholders.
• Maintain data domain registers, data sponsors and owners with clear accountability.
• Define and monitor data quality standards, metrics and remediation activities.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Platform Engineering and Information Security to embed governance in delivery.
• Support AI data readiness with quality, lineage and data literacy initiatives.

Skills

Data governance

Governance frameworks

Stakeholder management

Data quality

Regulatory compliance

Data lineage

Data protection

Tools

Data catalogues

Data glossaries

Data lineage tools

Data quality platforms

Job description

London, Greater London | £120k - £150k per year

Data Governance Lead London / WFH to £150k

Do you have a strong knowledge of Data Governance within regulated financial environments?

You could be progressing your career in an impactful role at a tech driven, global Asset Manager with multiple billions of dollars under management.

As a Data Governance Lead you will own and evolve the firm's Data Governance Framework, ensuring it remains aligned with the Data and AI Strategies, regulatory obligations and target data architecture. You'll lead data governance forums, drive actions to completion and report on governance maturity, performance and risk to senior stakeholders.

You'll maintain the register of Data Domains and Critical Data Assets, ensuring clear accountability through designated Data Sponsors and Owners. Collaborating with business teams, you'll support data owners in managing quality, access controls, metadata and issue resolution, helping resolve ownership challenges and embed consistent practices across the firm.

A key focus will be defining and monitoring data quality standards, including metrics, rules, targets and reporting, while overseeing the resolution of material data issues. You'll develop and maintain governance policies and guidelines, ensuring controls are proportionate to data classification, risk and business value, and automated wherever possible.

Partnering with Architecture, Platform Engineering and Information Security, you'll embed governance requirements into platform design and delivery, ensuring they are both effective and practical. You'll also support AI data readiness by establishing standards for data quality, completeness and lineage, while building data literacy and a strong culture of ownership through training, guidance and hands‑on support across the business.

Location / WFH:

There's a hybrid work from home policy with three days in the London office per week where you'll join a supportive, diverse team environment with a large range of facilities.

About you:

• You have significant experience in data governance, management or risk, with a track record of setting strategy and delivering measurable improvements within an Asset Management environment
• You have experience implementing data governance frameworks
• You have a strong understanding of investment, client, operational, regulatory and enterprise data
• You have practical experience of establishing data ownership, stewardship models, domain registers and critical data inventories
• You have experience defining data quality standards and driving remediation
• You're skilled in developing data governance policies and control frameworks, securing stakeholder approval
• You have hands‑on experience with data governance tools, including catalogues, glossaries, lineage and data quality platforms
• You have a good working knowledge of data protection and financial services regulations relevant to global asset management
• You have experience supporting senior governance forums and producing management reporting.
• You have excellent communication, facilitation and influencing skills, with the confidence to hold senior stakeholders accountable

What's in it for you:

• Salary to £150k
• Pension
• Private medical insurance including 24 hour GP access
• Enhanced parental leave policy
• 25 days annual leave
• Ongoing training and development and financial support for courses