Lead, Enterprise Data Governance & Quality

American Express Global Business Travel; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

Health insurance

Retirement programs

Parental leave

Job summary

Amex GBT is seeking an Enterprise Data Governance Lead to partner with Technologies, Product, Engineering and business stakeholders, strengthening governance across the global data community. You’ll build ownership and accountability models, define data contracts, and operationalize a robust data catalog to enable self-service discovery.

Based in Manchester, United Kingdom, you’ll work in an inclusive culture that values collaboration, data quality, and privacy alongside our AI-enabled travel

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years designing and implementing data governance frameworks and standards.
• Experience establishing data owner/steward accountability models and decision rights frameworks.
• Experience with data governance tools and data cataloging (Alation, Ataccama, Collibra).
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms (Snowflake) and governance tooling.

Responsibilities

• Define data ownership, accessibility, and standard definitions across datasets and taxonomies.
• Develop data owner/data steward accountability models and decision rights.
• Build a robust data governance framework ensuring high-quality, well-documented data assets.
• Govern data contracts and enable self-service data discovery through the data catalog.
• Monitor data quality metrics and governance maturity with actionable insights.
• Support audit readiness and maintain evidence repositories and remediation tracking.
• Contribute to data readiness standards for AI-enabled operating models.

Skills

Data governance

Data cataloging

Data quality

KPI definition

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science / CS / Information Management

Tools

Alation

Ataccama

Collibra

Snowflake

Job description

Amex GBT is seeking an Enterprise Data Governance Lead to partner with Technologies, Product, Engineering and business stakeholders, strengthening governance across the global data community. You’ll build ownership and accountability models, define data contracts, and operationalize a robust data catalog to enable self-service discovery.

Based in Manchester, United Kingdom, you’ll work in an inclusive culture that values collaboration, data quality, and privacy alongside our AI-enabled travel