Director of Data Governance in London

Shape the future of data at Expana.

What You'll Be Doing

• Strategic Leadership
  • Define and implement the organisation’s data governance strategy and operating model.
  • Assess current governance practices and identify opportunities to improve ownership, quality, consistency, and accountability.
  • Develop a scalable framework that supports both current business needs and future growth.
• Governance & Data Management
  • Establish and maintain a federated governance model across Product, Technology, and PRA teams.
  • Define responsibilities for data owners and data stewards.
  • Create enterprise-wide governance standards and best practices.
  • Establish a cross‑functional Data Governance Forum to drive decision‑making and accountability.
• Data Quality & Trust
  • Define data quality standards across critical business domains.
  • Implement monitoring, reporting, and governance controls to improve data confidence and usability.
  • Develop approaches to measure and continuously improve data quality.
• Metadata, Taxonomy & Ontology Leadership
  • Develop and maintain enterprise taxonomies and ontology models.
  • Build a business glossary and data catalogue that improve data understanding and accessibility.
  • Create common definitions and consistent business language across the organisation.
• Technology & Data Platforms
  • Partner with Product and Technology teams to embed governance directly into data platforms, pipelines, and workflows.
  • Ensure governance controls are practical, scalable, and support adoption.
  • Help shape data governance approaches for emerging AI and machine learning capabilities.
• Compliance & Risk Management
  • Ensure data is managed in line with contractual obligations, licensing agreements, and regulatory requirements.
  • Develop risk management approaches that protect critical data assets.
  • Support business continuity through robust governance and data resilience practices.

What You'll Bring

• Significant experience in Data Governance, Data Management, or a closely related field.
• Experience designing and implementing governance frameworks within complex organisations.
• Experience creating federated or domain‑led governance models.
• Experience establishing data quality standards, controls, and accountability frameworks.
• Experience working with modern data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, or similar environments.
• Experience influencing and partnering with technical, commercial, operational, and executive stakeholders.
• Experience supporting AI, machine learning, or generative AI governance initiatives.
• Experience within data‑rich organisations such as Market Intelligence, Commodity Data, Financial Services, Subscription Information Services, Data Product Businesses.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong knowledge of data governance principles and operating models.
• Strong knowledge of data quality, metadata management, data catalogues, business glossaries, taxonomies, and ontologies.
• Strong understanding of data lineage, governance controls, and modern data architecture.
• Understanding of data licensing, usage rights, and commercial data management.
• Ability to translate complex data concepts into clear business language.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship‑building skills.
• Excellent communication and influencing capabilities.
• Ability to facilitate governance decisions across multiple business functions.
• Strong risk management and problem‑solving skills.
• Knowledge of responsible AI practices and data provenance.
• Understanding of semantic modelling and knowledge graph concepts.
• Experience governing commercial data products.

Expertise In

• Data Quality
• Metadata Management
• Data Catalogues
• Business Glossaries
• Taxonomies
• Ontologies

You'll Have The Chance To

• Build and influence a modern governance function.
• Work closely with executive leadership.
• Help unlock the value of data across products, platforms, analytics, and AI.
• Drive meaningful organisational change.
• Collaborate with talented colleagues across product, technology, data, and commercial teams.
• Leave a lasting legacy by creating the foundations for trusted, high‑quality data.

Our Commitment: We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds are valued. We do not sponsor or provide any work visas to any candidate in our locations. We will be conducting Right to Work checks during our hiring practices to ensure compliance with employment laws.