Head of Governance & Design Contract Type: FTC until 30th September 2027, Full‑Time, 35 hours.
Salary: Starting from £78,544 per annum (London weighted salary) or £68,571 per annum (Regional salary), dependent on experience.
Grade: 12.
Reporting Office: London (Stratford) or Manchester (Trafford).
Persona: Agile Worker – 20% to 40% of contractual hours to be worked from the reporting office or working location (hybrid working).
Benefits
Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution)
28 days annual leave rising to 31 days with length of service + bank holidays
Westfield Health Cash Plan
Non‑contributory life assurance
Up to 21 hours volunteering paid days
Lifestyle benefits
Employee Assistance Programme
Many more…
Your impact in the role
Leading our Data Governance and Data Design teams to deliver high quality, consistent, well‑structured data across L&Q.
Driving the development and embedding of our data governance and data quality framework – ensuring one version of the truth.
Overseeing enterprise data modelling (conceptual, logical and dimensional) and ensuring data products meet agreed standards.
Partnering closely with Data Owners, IT, and senior stakeholders to improve organisational data maturity.
Championing data quality improvement plans and ensuring timely, accurate regulatory returns.
Chairing the Data Governance Forum and ensuring effective decision making, communication, and alignment across the business.
Acting as an ambassador for data – building engagement, trust, and enthusiasm across all levels of the organisation.
Supporting the Director of Data & Information in delivering our data strategy and ensuring it is understood, adopted, and delivered.
What you'll bring
Strong ability to influence, inspire and ‘sell’ the value of data – even to sceptical audiences – with a strong track record of working collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
Strong technical credibility, including experience across data modelling, master and reference data, data quality frameworks, and data governance best practice.
Proven experience embedding data governance frameworks (DGF) and data quality processes (DQP) at senior and executive levels, ensuring clear ownership, accountability, and decision‑making.
Demonstrable experience managing regulatory and statutory data returns, with a strong understanding of accuracy, assurance, and audit requirements.
Experience within the housing sector or local government, with a solid understanding of the regulatory, operational, and cultural context.
Proven experience leading high‑performing data teams and working at senior level to solve complex, organisation‑wide data challenges.
A genuine passion for raising data maturity, improving data culture, and enabling better decisions through trusted, high‑quality data.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion We know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger and are at the heart of everything we do. When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. L&Q is a Disability Confident Leader Level 3 and has introduced a Recruitment Advocate scheme to ensure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of this process, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk.
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