Data Governance Lead (London, U.K.)

Responsibilities

We are representing a confidential nonprofit organization seeking a Data Governance Lead to join their Data & AI team in London. This role sits within the Data & ML Platforms pillar and reports directly to the Chief Technology and Data Officer.

As Data Governance Lead, you will own data standards, definitions, and sensitivity classification across the organization's data platform, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and documentation requirements. Beyond governance, you'll play a growing role in building data literacy across the organization—helping teams understand and trust the data available to them, and ensuring definitions and standards are actually adopted, not just documented.

Data Standards & Governance (35%):

• Establish and maintain the organization's data standards, definitions, and sensitivity classifications
• Keep the data platform and analytics practices compliant with relevant laws and internal policy

Data Literacy & Adoption (30%):

• Work across pillars to ensure data standards are actually used, not just documented
• Develop training, documentation, and other enablement so teams can confidently interpret and trust the data available to them

Cross-Pillar Partnership (25%):

• Partner with the Senior Analytics Engineer and Data Engineer to ensure new models and pipelines are built to standard
• Support business and regional teams to apply data standards consistently in their work

Strategic Innovation & Business Impact (10%):

• Evaluate and pilot new tools or approaches for data cataloging, lineage, and standards enforcement
• Track and articulate how improved data literacy and standards adoption reduce rework and improve decision quality across teams

Major objectives for the first 6-12 months include:

• Create concepts for data classification (public, private, sensitive, etc.)
• Apply concepts to organizational data
• Enable teams to understand concepts and how to interact with them
• Align the Data Platform with regulatory requirements and laws

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years of experience in data modeling and/or data governance roles
• SQL/Data Fluency: Working knowledge of SQL and data models sufficient to audit and advise on governance implementation
• Data Governance: Experience establishing and maintaining data standards, definitions, and sensitivity/classification frameworks
• Data Literacy & Enablement: Experience communicating technical data concepts to non-technical stakeholders and driving adoption of standards across teams
• Compliance Knowledge: Familiarity with data-related legal and regulatory requirements relevant to data platforms and analytics
• Documentation: Strong written communication skills; comfort building and maintaining clear, discoverable documentation
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Ability to influence without direct authority across departments
• Excellent communication skills and comfort with facilitating live and asynchronous trainings or workshops on data governance
• BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field preferred
• Fluent in English

Location & Work Authorization: This is a full-time role (40 hours per week) based in London, U.K. You must be a resident of the U.K. at the start of employment and within commuting distance of London. You must hold work authorization to work in the U.K. without time limitations or restrictions. While this is a remote-first opportunity, your first day must be in-person at the office location to complete onboarding.

How We Work with You

Our talent team at Get A Job.ai will guide you through the following process:

• Submit your application through the Get A Job.ai platform
• Our recruiter will screen your qualifications and conduct an initial interview
• If you're a strong match, we will submit your profile to our client for consideration
• You'll participate in panel interviews via video conference (cameras required)
• Final candidates will complete a practical exercise and attend a final panel interview

Please do not contact the client directly. All applications and communication must go through Get A Job.ai to be considered for this position.

Pay

Pay details will be discussed during the screening process with our recruitment team.

Get A Job.ai is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all candidates. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.