We are seeking a skilled and proactive Data Governance Technical Lead to drive data governance initiatives across the organization. This individual will play a key role in both strategic and hands-on activities, including promoting and educating on data governance policies, improving data quality, and driving the use of Informatica CDGC for data cataloging and governance. As a leader of a small technical team, the successful candidate will balance deep technical expertise with leadership and stakeholder engagement skills to ensure data integrity, compliance, and value for business operations. Essential Functions Define, implement, and maintain data governance policies, standards, and best practices across the organization. Drive adoption and effective use of the Informatica Cloud Data Governance and Catalog (CDGC) tool, ensuring all data assets are cataloged and appropriately governed. Creation of data quality rules using CDQ and other tools to identify, track, and report data quality issues. Develop and manage data quality frameworks, ensuring data accuracy, completeness, and consistency across all data domains. Ensure compliance with relevant data protection and privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), incorporating security and access controls within data governance processes. Support the business with the design of data governance strategies and their implementation. Use Informatica CDGC to map data flows, track lineage, and ensure that data assets are easily accessible and understood by business users. Identify opportunities to leverage automation within the CDGC tool to streamline data governance workflows, improve data quality, and reduce manual effort. Experience of other Informatica IICS capabilities such as Reference360 and Customer360 (MDM) Management of Data Marketplace as an interface for the company to access data products Work with Databricks Unity catalog to further enhance governance requirements in our primary data lake. Define and manage AI systems & model definitions from a governance perspective Application Integration experience through the Informatica platform an advantage Job Title: Data Governance Lead Location: London, UK Job Type: Contract Trading as TEKsystems. Allegis Group Limited, Maxis 2, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom. No. 2876353. Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. TEKsystems is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands. If you apply, your personal data will be processed as described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice available at https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices. To access our Online Privacy Notice, which explains what information we may collect, use, share, and store about you, and describes your rights and choices about this, please go to https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices. We are part of a global network of companies and as a result, the personal data you provide will be shared within Allegis Group and transferred and processed outside the UK, Switzerland and European Economic Area subject to the protections described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice. We store personal data in the UK, EEA, Switzerland and the USA. If you would like to exercise your privacy rights, please visit the "Contacting Us" section of our Online Privacy Notice at https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices for details on how to contact us. To protect your privacy and security, we may take steps to verify your identity, such as a password and user ID if there is an account associated with your request, or identifying information such as your address or date of birth, before proceeding with your request. If you are resident in the UK, EEA or Switzerland, we will process any access request you make in accordance with our commitments under the UK Data Protection Act, EU-U.S. Privacy Shield or the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield.