SC Cleared Data Governance Lead — Hybrid London

Consult; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

iO associates, partnering with a central government department, seeks a Data Governance Lead to drive a major 9-month digital transformation in London. The role is hybrid, with hands-on work kickstarting discovery, process mapping, and data asset inventories.

You will design data strategies, operating models and metadata workflows, then implement data lineage, catalog tooling, and data quality rules. Mentoring data stewards is also included.

Qualifications

• Active SC Clearance mandatory and transferable at contract start.
• Central government experience delivering data governance in public sector environments.
• Hands-on experience with modern data governance tools (Purview, Collibra, etc.).
• Experience defining data governance strategies, operating models, and metadata management.
• Practical data quality, automation, and Master Data Management experience.
• Proactive, outcome-focused collaboration bridging technical and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Kick off discovery phase by mapping key processes with business teams.
• Inventory existing data assets and define data catalog requirements.
• Design data strategies, operating models and metadata workflows.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement data lineage and catalog tooling.
• Develop data quality rules, metrics and automated monitoring.
• Support MDM cleansing, enrichment, and match/merge rules; coach data stewards.

Skills

Active SC clearance

Central Gov experience

Tooling expertise

Framework & metadata design

Data quality & MDM

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Collibra

Databricks Unity Catalog

Alation

Atlan

Ataccama

Job description

iO associates, partnering with a central government department, seeks a Data Governance Lead to drive a major 9-month digital transformation in London. The role is hybrid, with hands-on work kickstarting discovery, process mapping, and data asset inventories.

You will design data strategies, operating models and metadata workflows, then implement data lineage, catalog tooling, and data quality rules. Mentoring data stewards is also included.