Job title: Senior Data Governance-Birmingham
Job type: Perm
Emp type: Full-time
Industry: IT/Tech/SaaS
Salary type: Annual
Salary: Negotiable
Job published: 07-07-2026
Job ID: 54588

Job Description

Fixed Term Contract - 9-12 months

Hybrid- 3 days a week in the office

Locations: Either Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield, Blackpool

The successful candidate will support the delivery of the Data Ownership Model (DOM) as an enabler of our Data Strategy 2030 ambitions. The work spans design through to delivery, embedding Data Ownership enterprise-wide across business areas, policy and digital and transformation programmes. Key activities include:

- Support identification and onboarding of Data ownership roles

 - Delivering conceptual data model workshops

- Applying data ownership across the data lifecycle and decision making

- Supporting the Data governance knowledge hub as the central access point for governance guidance.

- Enabling engagement between central data management capabilities (hub) and business areas (spokes)

The role will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team supporting delivery and continuous improvement of Data Ownership.

 

Experience delivering data governance or data ownership/stewardship models.

 - Strong understanding of data lifecycle

 

- Strategic and operational delivery capability

- Experience translating policy into practical delivery

- Experience working across multiple workstreams in complex environments. - Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills

- Ability to support delivery of change and adoption.

 

Essential: Working extensively within Data Governance in a Central Government Department