Defence Data Quality Lead: Governance & Remediation

Digi2al Limited; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Digi2al Limited in Portsmouth is seeking a Data Quality Manager to convert evidence from Data Governance Office into a prioritized programme of data quality improvement within our software delivery environment. You will focus on critical data, recurring operational pain points, and risks across Directorate landscapes, ensuring alignment with Navy governance policies and the Defence data quality framework.

The role requires agile experience, strong facilitation, and a track record of establishing

Qualifications

• Proven experience operating within Defence data environments.
• Experience bridging technical teams and governance bodies in agile settings.
• Strong knowledge of data quality dimensions and automated measurement.
• Proficiency in process mapping, data-flow analysis, and root-cause analysis.
• Experience defining Data Owner accountability and stewardship structures.

Responsibilities

• Translate Data Discoveries into structured remediation roadmaps across software platforms and data environments.
• Establish metrics to measure and improve availability, accuracy, completeness, consistency, validity, timeliness, integrity.
• Ensure compliance with Royal Navy data governance policy and the Defence data quality framework.
• Facilitate workshops, stakeholder interviews, and data-flow analyses to extract requirements.
• Educate teams on data quality standards and best practices, across tech and client groups.
• Audit metadata and data lineage for policy compliance and reporting.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Stakeholder facilitation

Process mapping

Root-cause analysis

Agile

Job description

Digi2al Limited in Portsmouth is seeking a Data Quality Manager to convert evidence from Data Governance Office into a prioritized programme of data quality improvement within our software delivery environment. You will focus on critical data, recurring operational pain points, and risks across Directorate landscapes, ensuring alignment with Navy governance policies and the Defence data quality framework.

The role requires agile experience, strong facilitation, and a track record of establishing