12-month contract, renewableOur 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 Lead / Specialist to shape and drive our firm-wide Data Governance framework.What you'll do:Own and manage the organisations Data Governance framework and policiesLead data governance practices: ownership, stewardship, classification, protection, access controlsOperate and support the data governance committee, influencing senior stakeholdersDrive adoption of governance processes, tools, and SOPs across the businessImplement governance technologies (metadata, data quality, MDM, reference data management)What you bring:6+ years experience in data governance / data management (enterprise environment preferred)Proven track record implementing data governance frameworks in complex organisationsStrong stakeholder management and communication skillsExperience with governance tools (e.g. Collibra, Informatica, Alation, IBM IGC, etc.)Knowledge of unstructured data management and AI governance is a plusBackground in Financial Services highly desirable