Data Governance Manager

Regulated Industries (Insurance & London Market focus)

We are seeking a highly experienced

Data Governance Consultant to support our clients operating in regulated environments, including Insurance and the London Market.

This role is suited to a hands‑on governance specialist who can operate at both strategic and delivery levels, shaping governance frameworks while embedding practical controls into live programmes.

You will work directly with senior stakeholders (CDOs, Heads of Data, Risk & Compliance leaders) to design, implement and mature data governance capabilities in complex, regulated environments.

You will play a critical role in helping organisations move from fragmented, reactive governance to structured, scalable, business‑aligned data governance frameworks.

Day to day, you will be involved in:

• Shaping and refining enterprise data governance strategies
• Designing and implementing governance operating models
• Defining policies, standards, and control frameworks
• Supporting regulatory and compliance alignment (e.g., FCA, PRA, Solvency II, IFRS 17)
• Improving data quality frameworks and controls
• Driving metadata management and data lineage initiatives
• Supporting data cataloguing and business glossary implementation
• Facilitating governance forums and stakeholder workshops
• Embedding governance into change and transformation programmes

We are looking for someone who can roll up their sleeves and help clients ope rationalise governance in real‑world delivery environments.

We are looking for consultants with strong, demonstrable experience in:

• 8+ years’ experience in Data Governance or Data Management roles
• Extensive experience within regulated industries (Insurance / London Market highly desirable)
• Designing and implementing enterprise data governance frameworks
• Defining and ope rationalising data ownership models
• Data quality frameworks and remediation processes
• Regulatory data requirements and audit readiness
• Metadata, lineage and catalog implementation
• Data policy and standards development

• Experience with governance tooling such as:
• Unity Catalog
• Microsoft Purview
• Exposure to cloud data platforms (Azure, AWS, Snowflake, Databricks)
• Familiarity with modern data architecture concepts (Lakehouse, Data Mesh, etc.)