Data Management Lead

Capgemini; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Data Management Lead to oversee enterprise-wide data governance strategies. The ideal candidate should have over 15 years of experience, particularly engaging with senior leaders and managing large teams. Responsibilities include leading data quality initiatives, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks. This role offers a hybrid working environment and a strong focus on diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Positive work-life balance

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in data management.
• Experience with C-suite executives and senior leaders.
• Proven leadership in managing large distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement enterprise-wide data governance.
• Lead data quality initiatives and ensure compliance.
• Oversee data lifecycle processes and collaborate with stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership and team management

Strategic thinking

Problem solving and analytical mindset

Communication and influence

Data lifecycle management

Stakeholder management

Experience with AI tools

Tools

Collibra

Informatica

Reltio

IBM

Atacama

Job description

Who You'll Be Working With

You will join the Data Trust Capability in Capgemini's Insights and Data (I&D) business unit. Insights and Data is a global business unit covering Enterprise Data Management, Cloud Platforms, Enterprise Content Management and AI & Analytics.

Our team is one of the largest and most successful Data Management teams in the UK delivering innovative Data Management and Governance thought leadership to our clients.

The Enterprise Data Management provides services on Information Strategy, Data Governance, Master Data Management, Data Architecture, Data Migration and Lifecycle Management.

We help our clients build an enterprise-class data platform that allows them to move ahead in their journey of data and insights. Primarily working with leading software vendors like SAP, Informatica, IBM, Oracle et al, the team are first and foremost Consultants, putting client requirements and industry best practices at the heart of delivery.

The Focus of Your Role

We are seeking a senior Data Management Lead, delivery focused leader who will be responsible for defining and implementing enterprise-wide data governance, quality, and management strategies and systems. This role oversees data lifecycle processes, ensures data integrity, and partners with business and technology teams to drive data-enabled decision‑making.

The Data Management Lead will be responsible for:

• Leading large scale data management implementations.
• Leading teams spanning across geographies, independently.
• Leading and supporting business growth and driving innovations.
• Recruitment and management of people into our business.
• Establish, Implement, and maintain data governance frameworks, policies, and standards.
• Lead data quality initiatives, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and consistency across systems.
• Lead definition and implementation of master and reference data processes and support metadata management.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define data requirements and priorities.
• Provide leadership and direction to data stewards and analysts.
• Oversee data lineage, cataloging, and classification activities.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, security, and privacy obligations related to data.
• Define and support data architecture and integration initiatives.
• Monitor KPIs on data quality and governance performance.

At Capgemini, we believe in bringing your whole self to work. Equity, diversity, and inclusion are woven into our everyday culture, creating a welcoming and supportive environment for everyone.

You may also offer insights to the wider community through blogs, articles and social media.

What You'll Bring

As a Data Management Lead, you will have had over 15+ years extensive experience of the following:

• Working with C‑suite executives and senior leaders across diverse industries and the enterprise functional areas.
• Engaging with Business Units, Enabling Functions and Corporate Functions across the organisation to drive a culture of data management excellence.
• Leading Pre‑Sales Solution in response to new customer demand supporting business development.
• Leading innovation on cutting edge concepts and drive to new asset creation.
• Managing multi‑cultural and large teams, spanning across multiple data management disciplines.
• Establishing excellent interpersonal skills and managing people in the capacity of a people manager.
• Working with AI tools to accelerate the data governance outcomes, help manage the process and assure the validity of AI performance.
• Proven leadership in managing large, distributed teams, with hands‑on experience in global delivery environments involving multiple stakeholders.
• Track record of delivering complex data management transformation programmes.
• Strong data domain knowledge across key data areas such as Customer, Product, Vendor, Asset, etc. and a good knowledge of DAMA principles.
• Strong understanding of data lifecycle management and enterprise data practices.
• Experience with data management tools (e.g., Collibra, Informatica, Reltio, IBM, Atacama, etc.).
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as GDPR and data privacy standards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in cloud data management platforms such as Informatica, Reltio, Semarchy, Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Knowledge of data modeling and architecture methodologies.
• Experience leading cross‑functional data programmes.

Core Competencies

• Leadership and team management
• Strategic thinking
• Problem solving and analytical mindset.
• Process and governance orientation.
• Communication and influence

Additional Info

Additional interest include:

• Security Clearance: To be successfully appointed to this role, must be eligible to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance. To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.
• Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality. Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.
• Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.
• If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre‑employment checks, including identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service).

What we’ll offer you

You will be encouraged to have a positive work‑life balance. Our hybrid‑first way of working means we embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day‑to‑day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini's 'learning for life' mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard Manage Mentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.

Why we’re different

At Capgemini, we help organisations across the world become more agile, more competitive, and more successful. Smart, tailored, often ground‑breaking technical solutions to complex problems are the norm. But so, too, is a culture that's as collaborative as it is forward thinking. Working closely with each other, and with our clients, we get under the skin of businesses and to the heart of their goals. You will too.

Capgemini is proud to represent nearly 130 nationalities and its cultural diversity. Our holistic definition of diversity extends beyond gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, race, age, and religion. Capgemini views diversity as everything that makes us who we are as an organization, including our social background, our experiences in life and work, our communication styles and even our personality. These dimensions contribute to the type of diversity we value the most: diversity of thought.