Data Governance and Tooling Lead

Role: Data Governance and Tooling Lead

Rate: Inside IR35: £325.00

Location: Hybrid working 3 days on client site, London

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, delivery, and rollout of Alation and Profisee.
• Manage project plans, roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, and risks.
• Coordinate business stakeholders, technology teams, vendors, and implementation partners.
• Facilitate governance forums, workshops, and steering committees.
• Lead Agile teams, managing backlogs, sprint planning, and delivery tracking.
• Produce status reports, RAID logs, and executive updates.
• Oversee platform configuration, integration, testing, go-live planning, and operational readiness.
• Support transition into BAU, including knowledge transfer and service readiness.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience delivering complex technology or data transformation programmes.
• Strong stakeholder, vendor, and cross-functional team management skills.
• Experience with Agile delivery methodologies.
• Solid understanding of Data Governance, Metadata Management, MDM, and Data Quality.
• Experience implementing tools such as Alation, Profisee, Collibra, Microsoft Purview, Informatica, Ataccama, or similar is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of enterprise data architecture and cloud platforms would be advantageous.

What We're Looking For

• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to manage complex programmes and multiple stakeholders.
• Hands-on delivery mindset with strong governance and reporting capabilities.
• Proven track record of delivering successful enterprise data initiatives.