Head of Group Data & AI Governance

Connells Group; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Connells Group seeks an experienced Group Data & AI Governance Lead to join our Group Technology team in Milton Keynes. This strategic leadership role will define governance frameworks, drive business ownership, and embed trusted, compliant use of data and AI across the organisation.

You will lead the development of the Group Data & AI Governance Operating Model, partner with business and tech teams, and establish governance forums and KPIs.

Qualifications

• Extensive background in data governance and data management.
• Experience implementing enterprise data governance frameworks.
• Experience establishing data ownership, stewardship and domain-based governance models.
• Knowledge of UK GDPR and information governance practices.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills across business and technology.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and change leadership.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Fabric, Azure and Microsoft Purview.
• Experience with data catalogue, metadata and lineage management tooling.

Responsibilities

• Define and mature enterprise Data & AI Governance frameworks, policies and standards.
• Establish Data Domains, Sub-Domains, Critical Data Assets and Critical Data Elements.
• Activate Data Owners, Data Stewards and Data Custodians ownership.
• Build and lead governance forums, stewardship communities and decision-making structures.
• Embed governance controls within Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Purview, including cataloguing, lineage, classification and metadata management.
• Drive enterprise data quality management, issue remediation and continuous improvement.
• Lead Responsible AI governance, including model oversight, transparency, explainability and monitoring.
• Define governance KPIs and measuring adoption, maturity and control effectiveness.
• Ensuring governance is embedded into data products, analytics, AI initiatives and delivery lifecycles.

Skills

Data Governance

Data Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Change Leadership

Communication

Policy Development

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure

Microsoft Purview

Data Catalogue Tools

Metadata & Lineage Tools

Job description

Connells Group seeks an experienced Group Data & AI Governance Lead to join our Group Technology team in Milton Keynes. This strategic leadership role will define governance frameworks, drive business ownership, and embed trusted, compliant use of data and AI across the organisation.

You will lead the development of the Group Data & AI Governance Operating Model, partner with business and tech teams, and establish governance forums and KPIs.