Regional Lead, Information Management & Governance

Stantec; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid / flexible working

Private medical insurance

Enhanced pension plan

Annual leave with buy/sell option

Job summary

Stantec's Water business is at the forefront of delivering resilient, sustainable, and transformational infrastructure across the UK and Ireland. As our clients increasingly rely on data-driven assets and digital transformation, robust information management is fundamental to how we design, build, and optimize critical water programs.

This Regional Lead role provides strategic leadership across regional clients, embedding governance, standards, and capability building.

Qualifications

• Senior IM Leadership Experience: Demonstrated track record of leading information management, data governance, and requirements practices within a professional services or engineering consultancy framework.
• Governance & Audit Track Record: Hands-on experience establishing IM standard operating procedures, leading formal assurance/audit cycles, and applying continuous improvement principles.
• People & Capability Development: Proven success in direct line management, talent acquisition, and coaching teams across capabilities like business analysis, process mapping, and systems thinking.
• Client & Digital Acumen: Strong understanding of modern IM frameworks, client platform integrations, digital tools, and the ability to articulate technical data strategies during high-value bids and senior stakeholder presentations.

Responsibilities

• Governance & Standards: Co-develop and embed UK&I Information Management SOPs, lead regional auditing, quarterly reporting to ELT, and corrective action planning.
• Delivery & Resourcing: Collaborate with Client, Framework, and Project Managers to resource standard and strategic projects using the right-person-right-job principle.
• Client & Bidding Strategy: Serve as a technical SME on strategic bids and client presentations, translating complex data landscapes into tailored client solutions.
• Client Information Landscapes & Digital Product Enablement: Own the regional approach to information systems, managing client platforms, data dependencies, and digital enablement needs.
• Team Leadership & Capability Building: Provide line management, mentorship, and career planning for local Information Management teams.

Skills

IM leadership

Data governance

Requirements practices

People management

Digital acumen

Job description

Stantec's Water business is at the forefront of delivering resilient, sustainable, and transformational infrastructure across the UK and Ireland. As our clients increasingly rely on data-driven assets and digital transformation, robust information management is fundamental to how we design, build, and optimize critical water programs.

This Regional Lead role provides strategic leadership across regional clients, embedding governance, standards, and capability building.