Data Retention SME - Consultancy

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 78,412 - 106,087; Full time

Job summary

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited in London is seeking a contract data governance specialist for a 6-month hybrid role. You will translate regulatory requirements into concrete retention policies and work with legal and compliance to ensure auditability.

Experience with GDPR/CCPA, BigID, and data platforms like Snowflake is highly desirable; BFSI exposure helps. The role emphasizes collaboration across IT and business stakeholders to implement scalable governance frameworks.

Qualifications

• Experience in data retention or governance within complex enterprise environments.
• Understanding of GDPR and CCPA with ability to translate into practical policies.
• Hands-on experience with data governance/classification platforms like BigID.
• Proven ability to engage across business and IT stakeholders, including legal/compliance.
• Exposure to BFSI data platforms and governance tools is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement enterprise data retention policies and life cycle frameworks translating regulatory requirements into actionable rules.
• Drive data set prioritisation and risk-based retention strategy.
• Develop user stories and workflows for retention execution (archive, delete, retain).
• Govern approval workflows and oversee retention execution with auditability.
• Collaborate with legal, compliance, and business stakeholders to align retention strategy with risk appetite.

Skills

Data governance

Privacy compliance

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory knowledge

Tools

BigID

Snowflake

DSPM

Job description

Looking for a role with plenty of growth opportunities?

Join one of the world's leading IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization. Backed by decades of experience, the company consistently ranks among the top global IT service providers. With an international presence across multiple countries, the company has built a reputation for delivering high-quality technology services across industries including banking, healthcare, telecommunications, and retail.

This role is a 6-month hybrid contract role based in London (2-3 days on-site), focused on driving enterprise data governance and retention capabilities. The role is responsible for translating regulatory requirements into actionable retention policies and frameworks, using tools such as BigID to enable compliance, data visibility, and scalable implementation across complex data ecosystems. The position requires close collaboration with legal, compliance, and business stakeholders, ideally within a financial services or insurance context.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and implement enterprise data retention policies and life cycle frameworks, translating regulatory requirements (GDPR, CCPA) into actionable rules.
• Drive dataset prioritisation and risk-based retention strategy, supporting data classification and mapping aligned to retention logic.
• Develop user stories and workflows for retention execution, defining treatment actions such as archive, delete, or retain.
• Govern approval workflows and oversee retention execution, ensuring auditability and ongoing regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate extensively with legal, compliance, and business stakeholders to align retention strategy with organisational risk appetite.

Required Skills/Qualifications:

• Strong, demonstrable experience in data retention, governance, or privacy within complex enterprise environments.
• Deep understanding of regulatory frameworks including GDPR and CCPA, with the ability to translate requirements into practical, actionable policies.
• Hands-on experience with BigID or comparable data governance/classification platforms.
• Proven ability to engage and align across both business and IT stakeholders, including legal and compliance functions.
• Experience within the BFSI (Banking, Financial Services and Insurance) domain is highly desirable; exposure to data platforms such as Snowflake and DSPM/governance tools is a strong plus.

Salary:

• £500 per day inside IR35