Senior Data Strategy & Governance Architect

Metrica Recruitment; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Metrica Recruitment partners with a global consulting organisation at the forefront of data, analytics and AI transformation. This Senior Consultant role focuses on building robust data foundations, governance, data quality and MDM within advisory and Strategy workstreams.

The role offers hybrid working across London, Manchester or Glasgow with a competitive base salary of 60-70k and a discretionary bonus. It emphasises stakeholder engagement, capability building and delivering scalable, ethical

Qualifications

• Strong consulting or advisory skillset with confident stakeholder communication.
• Hands-on experience delivering data management, data governance or MDM initiatives.
• Practical experience with at least one data governance or data management tool (e.g. Collibra, Informatica, Alation, Ataccama, Microsoft Purview).
• Project experience across data catalogues, lineage, metadata, data quality or master data.
• Experience defining or operating data stewardship models in federated or centralised environments.
• Desirable exposure to AI-related data preparation, AI governance or Responsible AI frameworks.
• Understanding of model lifecycle management, bias detection or explainability.
• Familiarity with DAMA-DMBOK or similar frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements focused on building robust data foundations in governance and analytics.
• Act as a trusted advisor on data governance, analytics strategy and data management.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear, business-focused recommendations.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to drive alignment and behavioural change.
• Design elements of data governance operating models and data quality solutions.
• Support the design and implementation of data governance, data quality and MDM solutions.
• Ensure governance and compliance are embedded into data platforms and AI products.
• Partner with architects, engineers, data scientists and business leaders to delivery integrated solutions.
• Lead small workstreams and contribute to internal best practices and thought leadership.

Skills

Consulting advisory

Stakeholder communication

Data governance

Data management

MDM

Tools

Collibra

Informatica

Alation

Ataccama

Microsoft Purview

Job description

Metrica Recruitment partners with a global consulting organisation at the forefront of data, analytics and AI transformation. This Senior Consultant role focuses on building robust data foundations, governance, data quality and MDM within advisory and Strategy workstreams.

The role offers hybrid working across London, Manchester or Glasgow with a competitive base salary of 60-70k and a discretionary bonus. It emphasises stakeholder engagement, capability building and delivering scalable, ethical