At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead data governance initiatives and shape a modern data culture across the organisation.
- Company: Chambers, a leading legal data and intelligence partner.
- Benefits: Opportunity to influence strategy, work with cutting-edge AI technologies, and drive meaningful impact.
- Other info: Equal opportunity employer offering reasonable adjustments for applicants.
- Why this job: Be a strategic leader in responsible AI adoption and data management.
- Qualifications: Significant leadership experience in data governance and strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
This is more than a traditional governance role. As our Data Governance Lead/Director, you will act as a strategic leader and change agent, embedding a modern data culture across the organisation while enabling the next generation of intelligent products and AI capabilities. You will shape and drive how data is understood, managed, and used, ensuring it becomes a trusted, high‑value asset that powers innovation and responsible decision‑making. This role combines strategic leadership, operational execution, stakeholder influence, and technology transformation.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Partner with executive leadership to position data governance as a strategic business capability rather than a compliance exercise.
- Establish governance KPIs, adoption metrics, and value measurement frameworks and governance principles and controls that support responsible and scalable AI adoption.
- Ensure data used for analytics, machine learning, and generative AI is accurate, secure, traceable, and ethically governed.
- Help define standards for AI transparency, explainability, lineage, model accountability, and responsible use of enterprise data.
- Build scalable data ownership models with clear accountability, and issue resolution processes.
- Accountable for managing data compliance at Chambers.
- Identify and mitigate enterprise data risks, including data quality, compliance, ethical AI, and operational risks.
- Partner with engineering and architecture teams to embed governance into cloud-native data platforms and data products.
Why you should apply
- Influence enterprise strategy at senior leadership level.
- Build modern governance capabilities from the ground up.
- Work with cutting-edge cloud and AI technologies.
- Shape responsible AI adoption in a globally recognised organisation.
- Drive meaningful commercial and operational impact through data.
Skills, Experience & Personal Attributes
- Significant leadership experience in enterprise data governance, data management, or data strategy roles and influencing other senior members.
- Experience enabling or governing AI, machine learning, or generative AI initiatives.
- Knowledge of responsible AI frameworks and AI governance principles.
- Experience implementing Master Data Management solutions.
- Familiarity with legal, professional services, research, publishing, or highly regulated industries.
- Experience with data products, analytics platforms, or digital transformation programmes.
- Track record of driving organisational change and embedding data-driven cultures.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex concepts into clear business value.
- Strong commercial mindset with the ability to align governance initiatives to strategic outcomes.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure, Databricks and Purview, or modern cloud data ecosystems.
- Understanding of data lineage, cataloguing, semantic layers, and knowledge management.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Applicants who identify as Disabled and/or Neurodiverse will be entitled to an interview if they meet the minimum criteria as specified in the Job Description, additionally we will offer reasonable adjustments to those who require them. Some examples of reasonable adjustments are extra time in assessments, video interviews to combat travel-based issues and advice on expected interview topics/questions.
About Us
Chambers is the leading legal data and intelligence partner for lawyers, firms, and in‑house teams. We conduct over 350,000 research interviews and surveys with in‑house counsel every year, and receive 62,000 submissions from 9,000 firms worldwide, giving us unrivalled insight into the legal sector. This research powers Chambers Rankings - the definitive guide to the best legal talent - and our Intelligence, which delivers the insights helping firms and in‑house teams to succeed. Our independent, rigorous research identifies the exceptional and charts the path to success, enabling legal professionals to see with clarity, decide with confidence, and plan with ambition.
Data Governance Lead/Director in London employer: Chambers & Partners
Chambers & Partners is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. With a strong focus on employee growth, the company provides ample opportunities for professional development in the rapidly evolving field of AI-driven applications. Located in a vibrant area, employees benefit from a supportive environment that values their contributions and encourages meaningful engagement with cutting-edge technology.
