Data Governance Manager
Posted on Jul 6, 2026 by CV-Library
City of London, City and County of the City of London, United Kingdom
IT
Immediate Start
Annual Salary
Contract/Project
Data Governance Manager
3 months initially with extensions
London - hybrid
£500 - £540 per day inside IR35
Our client, is seeking a skilled Data Governance Manager to join their team for an initial three-month engagement. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to shaping and enhancing data governance practices within a dynamic environment.
What you'll be doing:
Identify critical and sensitive datasets.
Assess current governance maturity and risks.
Review existing access controls and ownership arrangements.
Define data ownership, stewardship and accountability models.
Recommend a prioritised governance improvement roadmap.
What you'll bring:
Experience identifying and assessing critical organisational datasets, understanding their business value, usage and associated risks.
Ability to map and classify sensitive, regulated and business-critical data, supporting appropriate controls, access arrangements and compliance requirements.
Experience reviewing existing data governance policies, procedures and controls, identifying gaps, inconsistencies and opportunities for improvement.
Demonstrable experience assessing data ownership, stewardship and accountability arrangements, including identifying areas where ownership is unclear or absent.
Strong understanding of data access management principles, including reviewing and improving approaches to granting, managing and monitoring data access.
Experience analysing organisational structures and processes to identify governance, accountability and decision-making gaps relating to data.
Ability to define and document data ownership, stewardship and accountability frameworks, working with business and technical stakeholders.
Strong understanding of data governance operating models, including the relationship between data owners, product owners, technical teams and governance forums.
Experience conducting governance maturity assessments and producing recommendations to improve governance capability and effectiveness.
Ability to develop clear and practical governance artefacts, including ownership models, policies, standards, procedures and RACI frameworks.
Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with experience facilitating discussions to establish consensus on ownership, accountability and governance responsibilities.
Understanding of how data governance supports broader data capabilities, including data architecture, data engineering, reporting, analytics and AI initiatives.
Knowledge of relevant regulatory and compliance requirements, including GDPR, information management and data protection principles.Desirable Skills and Experience
Experience supporting the introduction of metadata management, data cataloguing or data classification approaches.
Experience working within cross-functional data teams, collaborating with data architects, engineers, platform teams and business stakeholders.
Understanding of data quality management frameworks and the roles and responsibilities required to support them.
Experience working in Agile or product-based delivery environments.Apply now to join a team committed to data excellence.
If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website
3 months initially with extensions
London - hybrid
£500 - £540 per day inside IR35
Our client, is seeking a skilled Data Governance Manager to join their team for an initial three-month engagement. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to shaping and enhancing data governance practices within a dynamic environment.
What you'll be doing:
Identify critical and sensitive datasets.
Assess current governance maturity and risks.
Review existing access controls and ownership arrangements.
Define data ownership, stewardship and accountability models.
Recommend a prioritised governance improvement roadmap.
What you'll bring:
Experience identifying and assessing critical organisational datasets, understanding their business value, usage and associated risks.
Ability to map and classify sensitive, regulated and business-critical data, supporting appropriate controls, access arrangements and compliance requirements.
Experience reviewing existing data governance policies, procedures and controls, identifying gaps, inconsistencies and opportunities for improvement.
Demonstrable experience assessing data ownership, stewardship and accountability arrangements, including identifying areas where ownership is unclear or absent.
Strong understanding of data access management principles, including reviewing and improving approaches to granting, managing and monitoring data access.
Experience analysing organisational structures and processes to identify governance, accountability and decision-making gaps relating to data.
Ability to define and document data ownership, stewardship and accountability frameworks, working with business and technical stakeholders.
Strong understanding of data governance operating models, including the relationship between data owners, product owners, technical teams and governance forums.
Experience conducting governance maturity assessments and producing recommendations to improve governance capability and effectiveness.
Ability to develop clear and practical governance artefacts, including ownership models, policies, standards, procedures and RACI frameworks.
Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with experience facilitating discussions to establish consensus on ownership, accountability and governance responsibilities.
Understanding of how data governance supports broader data capabilities, including data architecture, data engineering, reporting, analytics and AI initiatives.
Knowledge of relevant regulatory and compliance requirements, including GDPR, information management and data protection principles.Desirable Skills and Experience
Experience supporting the introduction of metadata management, data cataloguing or data classification approaches.
Experience working within cross-functional data teams, collaborating with data architects, engineers, platform teams and business stakeholders.
Understanding of data quality management frameworks and the roles and responsibilities required to support them.
Experience working in Agile or product-based delivery environments.Apply now to join a team committed to data excellence.
If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website
Reference: 225334801
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Data Governance Manager
Posted on Jul 6, 2026 by CV-Library
City of London, City and County of the City of London, United Kingdom
IT
Immediate Start
Annual Salary
Contract/Project
Data Governance Manager
3 months initially with extensions
London - hybrid
£500 - £540 per day inside IR35
Our client, is seeking a skilled Data Governance Manager to join their team for an initial three-month engagement. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to shaping and enhancing data governance practices within a dynamic environment.
What you'll be doing:
Identify critical and sensitive datasets.
Assess current governance maturity and risks.
Review existing access controls and ownership arrangements.
Define data ownership, stewardship and accountability models.
Recommend a prioritised governance improvement roadmap.
What you'll bring:
Experience identifying and assessing critical organisational datasets, understanding their business value, usage and associated risks.
Ability to map and classify sensitive, regulated and business-critical data, supporting appropriate controls, access arrangements and compliance requirements.
Experience reviewing existing data governance policies, procedures and controls, identifying gaps, inconsistencies and opportunities for improvement.
Demonstrable experience assessing data ownership, stewardship and accountability arrangements, including identifying areas where ownership is unclear or absent.
Strong understanding of data access management principles, including reviewing and improving approaches to granting, managing and monitoring data access.
Experience analysing organisational structures and processes to identify governance, accountability and decision-making gaps relating to data.
Ability to define and document data ownership, stewardship and accountability frameworks, working with business and technical stakeholders.
Strong understanding of data governance operating models, including the relationship between data owners, product owners, technical teams and governance forums.
Experience conducting governance maturity assessments and producing recommendations to improve governance capability and effectiveness.
Ability to develop clear and practical governance artefacts, including ownership models, policies, standards, procedures and RACI frameworks.
Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with experience facilitating discussions to establish consensus on ownership, accountability and governance responsibilities.
Understanding of how data governance supports broader data capabilities, including data architecture, data engineering, reporting, analytics and AI initiatives.
Knowledge of relevant regulatory and compliance requirements, including GDPR, information management and data protection principles.Desirable Skills and Experience
Experience supporting the introduction of metadata management, data cataloguing or data classification approaches.
Experience working within cross-functional data teams, collaborating with data architects, engineers, platform teams and business stakeholders.
Understanding of data quality management frameworks and the roles and responsibilities required to support them.
Experience working in Agile or product-based delivery environments.Apply now to join a team committed to data excellence.
If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website
3 months initially with extensions
London - hybrid
£500 - £540 per day inside IR35
Our client, is seeking a skilled Data Governance Manager to join their team for an initial three-month engagement. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to shaping and enhancing data governance practices within a dynamic environment.
What you'll be doing:
Identify critical and sensitive datasets.
Assess current governance maturity and risks.
Review existing access controls and ownership arrangements.
Define data ownership, stewardship and accountability models.
Recommend a prioritised governance improvement roadmap.
What you'll bring:
Experience identifying and assessing critical organisational datasets, understanding their business value, usage and associated risks.
Ability to map and classify sensitive, regulated and business-critical data, supporting appropriate controls, access arrangements and compliance requirements.
Experience reviewing existing data governance policies, procedures and controls, identifying gaps, inconsistencies and opportunities for improvement.
Demonstrable experience assessing data ownership, stewardship and accountability arrangements, including identifying areas where ownership is unclear or absent.
Strong understanding of data access management principles, including reviewing and improving approaches to granting, managing and monitoring data access.
Experience analysing organisational structures and processes to identify governance, accountability and decision-making gaps relating to data.
Ability to define and document data ownership, stewardship and accountability frameworks, working with business and technical stakeholders.
Strong understanding of data governance operating models, including the relationship between data owners, product owners, technical teams and governance forums.
Experience conducting governance maturity assessments and producing recommendations to improve governance capability and effectiveness.
Ability to develop clear and practical governance artefacts, including ownership models, policies, standards, procedures and RACI frameworks.
Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with experience facilitating discussions to establish consensus on ownership, accountability and governance responsibilities.
Understanding of how data governance supports broader data capabilities, including data architecture, data engineering, reporting, analytics and AI initiatives.
Knowledge of relevant regulatory and compliance requirements, including GDPR, information management and data protection principles.Desirable Skills and Experience
Experience supporting the introduction of metadata management, data cataloguing or data classification approaches.
Experience working within cross-functional data teams, collaborating with data architects, engineers, platform teams and business stakeholders.
Understanding of data quality management frameworks and the roles and responsibilities required to support them.
Experience working in Agile or product-based delivery environments.Apply now to join a team committed to data excellence.
If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website
Reference: 225334801
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