Senior Data Governance & Protection Specialist

ING; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health cover

Hybrid working

Generous pension scheme

Extended annual leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Career development opportunities

Job summary

ING in London is seeking a Data Governance & Protection Expert to turn policy and regulatory requirements into practical ways of working. You will strengthen data ownership, improve data risk controls, and help ING manage data responsibly across the organisation.

This hands-on role sits in the UK COO Data Management team and offers exposure across ING. You will coordinate day-to-day governance and protection activities, building trusted relationships and driving actions to completion.

Qualifications

• Practical experience in data governance, data protection or privacy, data management, risk, compliance or a related control discipline.
• Sound understanding of data governance principles and personal data protection requirements.
• Experience in regulated environments translating requirements into practical actions.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across business and specialist functions.
• Proactive, collaborative approach with ability to drive actions to completion.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen ING UK's data governance and data protection capabilities across the organisation.
• Coordinate ownership and accountability for data assets, quality and related risks.
• Carry out and support data protection assessments, monitoring, action tracking and remediation.
• Maintain governance documentation, inventories, records and evidence for internal and regulatory requirements.
• Produce reporting, dashboards and management information for governance forums and leaders.
• Translate policy and regulatory requirements into practical, sustainable activities with business partners.
• Monitor audit findings and governance reviews, driving timely completion by owners.
• Support awareness and engagement activities promoting responsible data handling.

Skills

Data governance

Data protection

Data management

Risk management

Compliance

Privacy requirements

Stakeholder management

Job description

ING in London is seeking a Data Governance & Protection Expert to turn policy and regulatory requirements into practical ways of working. You will strengthen data ownership, improve data risk controls, and help ING manage data responsibly across the organisation.

This hands-on role sits in the UK COO Data Management team and offers exposure across ING. You will coordinate day-to-day governance and protection activities, building trusted relationships and driving actions to completion.