Senior Data Governance Consultant
Senior Data Governance Consultant – Contract
Location: London, UK (1 day per week onsite in Paddington)
Contract: Inside IR35
Rate: Up to £850 per day
Az-Tec Talent is supporting a leading consultancy on a large-scale Master Data Management (MDM) and Data Governance transformation programme for a global retail client. We are looking for a Senior Data Governance Consultant to play a key role in designing and implementing enterprise-wide governance capabilities.
This engagement focuses on establishing a proactive data governance framework, improving data quality, ownership, and operational processes across critical business domains.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of enterprise data governance frameworks
- Define ownership, stewardship models, and governance operating models
- Establish data quality standards, monitoring, and remediation processes
- Design and implement data contracts across systems and platforms
- Define metadata standards, categorisation, and observability practices
- Contribute to access control models and governance policies
- Create playbooks, templates, and governance artefacts for BAU adoption
- Engage with senior stakeholders across business and technology
Programme Scope
- Enterprise MDM foundation programme across multiple domains (e.g. Customer, Product, Finance)
- Focus on key areas including:
- Ownership & Stewardship
- Data Contracts
- Data Quality Standards
- Metadata & Categorisation
- Access Control Models
- Master Data Observability
Required Experience
- Strong experience as a Senior Data Governance Consultant / MDM Consultant
- Proven experience designing and implementing data governance operating models
- Experience with MDM programmes and enterprise data frameworks
- Strong understanding of data quality, stewardship, and metadata management
- Experience working with data contracts and governance processes
- Ability to work with senior stakeholders and drive governance adoption
- Retail industry experience is highly beneficial
This is a high-impact role on a strategic data transformation programme, ideal for someone who can drive enterprise-wide governance maturity and MDM foundations.
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