Data Governance Specialist

Our client is on an exciting journey to transform and digitalise our business and IT landscape. As part of this, they are growing the Data & Technology team and looking for an experienced Data Governance Specialist to shape and drive our firm-wide Data Governance framework. What you'll do: • Own and manage the organisations Data Governance framework and policies • Lead data governance practices: ownership, stewardship, classification, protection, access controls • Operate and support the data governance committee, influencing senior stakeholders • Drive adoption of governance processes, tools, and SOPs across the business • Implement governance technologies (metadata, data quality, MDM, reference data management) What you bring: • 5+ years experience in data governance / data management (enterprise environment preferred) • Proven track record implementing data governance frameworks in complex organisations • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills • Experience with governance tools (e.g. Collibra, Informatica, Alation, IBM IGC, etc.) • Knowledge of unstructured data management and AI governance is a plus • Background in Financial Services highly desirable 12-month contract, renewable Originally posted on Himalayas