Job title: Data Governance Lead
Job type: Contract
Emp type: Full-time
Pay interval: Daily
Pay rate from: GBP £500.00
Pay rate to: GBP £575.00
Location: London, UK
Job published: 08/09/2025
Job ID: 38221
Contact name: Mark Burgess, Richard Barker
Phone number: +441962442045, +441962442040
Contact email: mark@talentlocker.co.uk, richard@talentlocker.co.uk

Job Description

Data Governance Lead, London (Hybrid/Flexible), Outside IR35, £625 - £650 per day, initial 6-month contract.

Outside IR35 contractor required at fast-paced hospitality/retail company for a Data Governance lead to design and implement a robust data governance framework.

If you truly thrive in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment and enjoy building scalable governance practices that unlock the true value of data – please apply.

Role

Lead the design and delivery of a data governance framework, including ownership, standards, quality processes, and stewardship across IT and Operations. Embed governance into daily workflows through training and change management. Collaborate with Operations, IT, and Data Engineering to monitor and improve data quality. Implement and maintain a data catalogue and ensure regulatory compliance (GDPR).

You will need to bring structure and process to how data is collected, managed, and shared. Key to this will be to ensure integrity, consistency, and accessibility across teams.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience in a data quality management and governance framework roles
  • Worked in retail or hospitality type organisations that deliver at pace.
  • Proven success delivering governance initiatives to IT & Operation teams in complex organisations.
  • Strong knowledge of governance frameworks, catalogues, lineage, and metadata tools.
  • Excellent stakeholder communication skills.
  • (Preferred) Experience with cloud data platforms (Snowflake + dbt), data modelling, ETL/ELT, and hospitality/retail sectors.

If you are experienced in retail/fast paced businesses, and can deliver – please apply.