Principal Data Governance & Compliance Engineer

Leonardo S.p.A.; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension with 15% employer contribution

Mental health support

Access to 4,000+ online courses

Job summary

Leonardo UK is seeking a Principal Data Manager to ensure governance and integrity of critical engineering data across defence and aerospace programmes. You will lead data management activities, maintain data status and security, and support audits through the lifecycle of products.

Reporting to the Lead Configuration & Data Manager, you will collaborate with engineering, programme, quality, and configuration teams, mentoring Data Management Engineers and driving continuous improvement in data

Qualifications

• Proven experience in data management within defence, aerospace, or other highly regulated industries.
• Thorough understanding of data lifecycle control, document management, and information governance.
• Experience in creating and working to Data Management Plans and organisational procedures.
• Experience in working with sensitive, classified, or export-controlled data.

Responsibilities

• Deliver data management activities in line with approved Data Management Plans (DMPs).
• Ensure engineering and programme data is correctly identified, structured, version-controlled, approved, and accessible.
• Maintain accurate data status, integrity, and visibility across programme datasets.
• Ensure compliance with organisational governance, contractual requirements, and DMPs.
• Actively lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of programme DMPs.
• Monitor compliance, manage deviations, and provide evidence for audits and reviews.
• Lead integration between data management and configuration management systems.
• Ensure data security, export control, protective marking, and access controls are correctly applied.
• Lead internal, customer, and regulatory audits, including corrective actions.
• Lead data management throughout the full product lifecycle and ensure data completeness, accuracy, and approval status to meet programme milestones.
• Collaborate with engineering, configuration, quality, and programme teams.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to Data Management Engineers.
• Exposure to cryptography.

Skills

Data governance

DMP creation

Security clearance knowledge

Leadership

Mentoring

Tools

PLM

Job description

Leonardo UK is seeking a Principal Data Manager to ensure governance and integrity of critical engineering data across defence and aerospace programmes. You will lead data management activities, maintain data status and security, and support audits through the lifecycle of products.

Reporting to the Lead Configuration & Data Manager, you will collaborate with engineering, programme, quality, and configuration teams, mentoring Data Management Engineers and driving continuous improvement in data