Data Governance & Stewardship Coordinator

Renishaw; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Relx, via the LexisNexis Risk team, is seeking a Data Governance Coordinator to ensure data assets are treated as products with governance, quality, metadata, and standards applied across the data estate.

You will act as a link between central data capabilities and Data Stewards, driving adoption of governance practices and improving transparency to build trust in data across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating data governance activities across multiple datasets or products.
• Understanding of data ownership, stewardship, metadata management, and data catalogue practices.
• Knowledge of data quality principles and monitoring approaches.
• Ability to review governance compliance and support the implementation of standards.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management across business and technical teams.
• Ability to coordinate activities, drive adoption of processes, and influence positive outcomes.
• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail and a focus on continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain data governance concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a defined set of datasets and data products across the Lakehouse and wider data estate.
• Ensure data products have clear ownership through assigned Data Stewards.
• Track the completeness, maturity, and usability of data products.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise data governance standards and escalate where standards are not met.
• Embed governance requirements into delivery and change processes.
• Drive the completeness, quality, and discoverability of metadata and catalogue information.
• Monitor data quality outcomes, identify gaps, and support prioritisation of issues.
• Promote transparency through the capture of data lineage and coordination across business, engineering, and central teams.

Skills

Data governance

Data stewardship

Stakeholder management

Data quality

Metadata management

Tools

Data catalogue

Data lineage tooling

Job description

Relx, via the LexisNexis Risk team, is seeking a Data Governance Coordinator to ensure data assets are treated as products with governance, quality, metadata, and standards applied across the data estate.

You will act as a link between central data capabilities and Data Stewards, driving adoption of governance practices and improving transparency to build trust in data across the organisation.