Senior Director, Data Governance & Enablement Platforms

Global Payments Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 142,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments Inc. seeks a senior leader to define and operate governance enablement platforms across the Data & AI ecosystem.

You will own platform strategy, roadmaps, and self‑service data assets including data catalog, glossary, metadata, lineage, and MDM to accelerate analytics and AI initiatives. Partner with Data Strategy, Security, Compliance, and Engineering to embed governance across data lifecycles, lead platform engineering teams, and drive measurable business value through trusted

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in data management, governance technologies, or related leadership.
• 5+ years leading enterprise-scale governance programs and data platforms.
• Proven experience implementing Data Catalog, Data Lineage, MDM/RDM, and Data Quality platforms.
• Deep expertise with Collibra, Alation, Atlan, Informatica, Reltio, or equivalent.
• Strong product mindset with platforms treated as internal products.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise strategy for governance enablement platforms.
• Lead roadmaps, investment planning, and adoption across Data & AI.
• Oversee Data Catalog, Glossary, Data Dictionary, Lineage, MDM, RDM, and Quality.
• Drive platform standardization, automation, and service management.
• Build and lead a high-performing governance platform team with cross-functional partners.

Skills

Platform strategy

Executive leadership

Data governance

Metadata management

Data catalog

MDM/RDM

Data quality

Cross-functional collaboration

Cloud platforms

Regulatory/compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related field

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Atlan

Informatica

Reltio

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Global Payments Inc. seeks a senior leader to define and operate governance enablement platforms across the Data & AI ecosystem.

You will own platform strategy, roadmaps, and self‑service data assets including data catalog, glossary, metadata, lineage, and MDM to accelerate analytics and AI initiatives. Partner with Data Strategy, Security, Compliance, and Engineering to embed governance across data lifecycles, lead platform engineering teams, and drive measurable business value through trusted