Head of Data Governance
£90k + car/allowance - Permanent - 35 hrs - Hybrid (c.2 days/week near Worcester)
At a Glance:
* Mission: Stand up and lead enterprise data governance from near ground-zero.
* Team: You'll lead 2 Data Quality Improvement Managers and 1 Data Quality Analyst.
* Impact: Build the policies, standards, stewardship model and data quality controls that underpin analytics, AI readiness and regulatory confidence.
* Fit: Credible changemaker who's done this 3-4 times in complex organisations and can win hearts and minds, not just write policy.
Introduction:
If you believe good data should drive better decisions and lasting cultural change, this role offers the chance to build it properly from the ground up. You'll join a large, complex organisation headquartered near Worcester, one that's investing in data as a genuine enabler of transformation. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who's rolled out governance frameworks, data quality controls and stewardship models before-and knows how to make them stick through people, not process.
What you'll do:
1. Own the data governance strategy, operating model and roadmap.
2. Establish and embed policies, standards, definitions, lineage and stewardship across functions.
3. Operationalise data quality (rules, controls, dashboards, SLAs) and embed KPI reporting.
4. Identify and ...