Data Governance Specialist

La Fosse; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

La Fosse is seeking a Data Governance Specialist to join a Cambridge data team on a 6-month contract. You’ll work across data, analytics, governance and AI, turning complex requirements into intuitive data solutions and ensuring trusted data for AI initiatives.

You’ll collaborate with stakeholders and engineers to enhance front-end data experiences and governance foundations. You will define KPIs, build Power BI dashboards, leverage Databricks AI/BI and Genie Rooms, and contribute to ontology,

Qualifications

• Experience in Data Analytics, BI, visualization or governance.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate questions into data/AI solutions.

Skills

Data Analytics

Business Intelligence

Data Visualization

Data Governance

Dashboard development

Tools

Power BI

Databricks AI/BI

Tableau

SQL

Job description

Data Governance Specialist | 6-Month Contract | Cambridge (2 days onsite) | £700 per day | Inside IR35

La Fosse are partnering with a leading technology business to hire an experienced Data Intelligence & Governance Specialist to join a small, collaborative data team on an initial 6-month contract.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who sits comfortably between data, analytics, governance and AI - someone who can take complex business requirements, turn them into intuitive data solutions, and ensure the underlying data is trusted, well-defined and ready to support AI.

You’ll work closely with business stakeholders and Data Engineers, helping to shape both the front-end data experience and the governance and data foundations behind it.

The Role

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate business questions into effective data, analytics and AI solutions.
• Define and align KPIs, metrics, business definitions and semantic models.
• Build engaging Power BI dashboards and visualisations, alongside Databricks AI/BI capabilities and Genie Rooms.
• Configure and continuously improve Databricks Genie Rooms to enable natural-language analytics.
• Support the development of ontology, taxonomy, metadata, tagging and business glossaries.
• Understand data lineage from source through to consumption, helping ensure data is trusted, traceable and fit for purpose.
• Validate data, calculations, visualisations and AI-generated responses.
• Work closely with Data Engineers to improve data quality, lineage and governance.
• Support the development of AI-enabled data solutions, including areas such as RAG and LLM integrations.
• Gather stakeholder feedback and continuously improve solutions based on business needs and adoption

Your Profile

• Experience in Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Data Visualisation or Data Governance.
• Strong experience building dashboards and visualisations using Power BI, Databricks AI/BI, Tableau or similar.
• Good working knowledge of SQL and data validation.
• Understanding of semantic modelling, KPIs, metrics and business definitions.
• Knowledge of data governance, metadata, taxonomy, ontology and/or lineage.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to break down business requirements and translate them into practical data solutions.
• Comfortable working closely with Data Engineers and understanding what needs to happen across both the front and back end.
• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• An interest in AI-enabled analytics and natural-language data experiences.