Data Governance Manager
Hybrid London (1 day/week)
Up to £75,000 + Bonus + Benefits
We're hiring a Data Governance Manager to help build trusted, well-governed data foundations across a growing, tech-led insurance business. This is a hands-on role shaping how data supports analytics, AI, and decision-making across the organisation.
Why this role?
* Own and deliver a company-wide data governance strategy.
* Work in a modern, cloud-based environment (GCP today - AWS/Azure experience welcome).
* Shape data ownership, quality, lineage, and access control.
* Hire and manage a Data Quality Analyst.
* Hybrid working: 1 day per week in the London office.
* Salary up to £75,000 plus bonus and benefits.
What you'll do:
* Design and embed scalable data governance frameworks.
* Define data domains, ownership, and stewardship with engineering and business teams.
* Implement standards for data quality, metadata, lineage, and documentation.
* Support compliance, privacy-by-design, and responsible data access.
* Improve data literacy and governance adoption across teams.
What we're looking for:
* Experience delivering data governance in modern, cloud-based data platforms.
* Strong understanding of metadata-driven governance and analytics/AI data needs.
* Experience with data catalogues, quality, and access control tooling.
* Confident communicator across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Nice to have:
* Regulated industry experience (insurance/FS).
* Exposure to dbt or modern data tooling.
☁️ Cloud note: GCP experience is a bonus, not a requirement - strong AWS or Azure backgrounds are welcome.