Senior Data Governance & Quality Leader (Hybrid)

Loop Recruitment; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental cover

Non-contributory pension

Bonus opportunity

Job summary

Loop Recruitment partners with a leading fintech business in Manchester to appoint an experienced Data Governance & Quality Manager who will lead and mature the data governance capability. This is a senior, hands-on leadership role driving governance, quality and continuous improvement across a cloud-first data estate.

You will own the Data Governance and Data Quality frameworks, collaborate with Data Owners and senior IT leadership, and guide a growing team to embed a data-led culture.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing data governance and data quality frameworks.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and leadership skills.
• Knowledge of GDPR and data regulatory landscape.
• Experience with metadata, lineage, glossary and data dictionary.
• Team management and coaching experience.
• Insurance/Lloyd's market experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Own and embed the Data Governance and Data Quality frameworks across the organisation.
• Manage data policies, principles and standards with Data Owners and stakeholders.
• Maintain the data ownership and stewardship model - domains, owners, stewards.
• Own the Data Quality risk and control framework, including remediation and reporting.
• Define maturity assessments, KPIs, thresholds and SLAs.
• Chair the Data Governance Forum and Data Quality working groups.
• Embed governance by design into projects and technology change.
• Lead the response to data audits, regulatory reviews and assurance activity.
• Oversee governance of master and reference data.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of 5 Data Governance & Quality professionals.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality frameworks

Metadata & lineage

Data risk controls

GDPR knowledge

Team management

Stakeholder engagement

Insurance/Lloyd's experience

Job description

Loop Recruitment partners with a leading fintech business in Manchester to appoint an experienced Data Governance & Quality Manager who will lead and mature the data governance capability. This is a senior, hands-on leadership role driving governance, quality and continuous improvement across a cloud-first data estate.

You will own the Data Governance and Data Quality frameworks, collaborate with Data Owners and senior IT leadership, and guide a growing team to embed a data-led culture.