Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Data Control Lead is tasked with designing and managing data control frameworks to mitigate data risks within the organization. This role emphasizes ensuring compliance with data quality and governance standards in line with regulatory requirements. The position requires collaboration with various teams to track data control effectiveness and implement improvements. The role is based in Birmingham or Sheffield with a hybrid working arrangement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and manage comprehensive data control frameworks to address risks related to data quality, access, retention, and movement.
- Drive monitoring strategies across data management controls to ensure compliance with organizational data governance policies and standards.
- Partner with Data Risk Stewards, Risk, Compliance, and Internal Audit teams to ensure alignment with regulatory and internal standards.
- Track and report on data control effectiveness, key metrics, and control indicators.
- Identify and remediate systemic data control issues and implement process improvements.
- Support the enforcement of best practices in data governance, data quality, and risk management.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in data management, data risk, or data control governance within a financial or enterprise-scale organization.
- Strong understanding of regulatory data standards, audit frameworks, and data lifecycle management.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence across business and technical teams.
- Experience working in hybrid or distributed environments with cross-functional collaboration.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Birmingham
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Position: Data Control Lead
Location: Sheffield or Birmingham (Hybrid – 2–3 days onsite)
Contract Type: Inside IR35
Duration: 6–12 months
Role Overview: The Data Control Lead is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing robust data control frameworks to effectively mitigate data risk across the organization. The role focuses on ensuring data quality, compliance, and governance standards are met in alignment with internal and regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and manage comprehensive data control frameworks to address risks related to data quality, access, retention, and movement.
- Drive monitoring strategies across data management controls to ensure compliance with organizational data governance policies and standards.
- Partner with Data Risk Stewards , Risk , Compliance , and Internal Audit teams to ensure alignment with regulatory and internal standards.
- Track and report on data control effectiveness, key metrics, and control indicators.
- Identify and remediate systemic data control issues and implement process improvements.
- Support the enforcement of best practices in data governance , data quality , and risk management .
Ideal Candidate: Proven experience in data management , data risk , or data control governance within a financial or enterprise-scale organization. Strong understanding of regulatory data standards , audit frameworks , and data lifecycle management . Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence across business and technical teams. Experience working in hybrid or distributed environments with cross-functional collaboration.