Data Governance Lead — Hybrid, Trusted Data & Compliance

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

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.