Data Programme Manager

6-Month Contract | Inside IR35 | £650-£750/day London ideally (3 days per week)

They are now looking for a Data Programme Manager to take ownership of a portfolio of critical data initiatives and drive them through to delivery. This is a hands-on leadership role, stepping in post-strategy (delivered by a top consultancy) to bring structure, pace, and execution.

You'll be responsible for orchestrating multiple workstreams-including Asset Data, Data Lakehouse implementation, and Data capability uplift-ensuring they are aligned, governed, and delivering measurable business value.

• Lead multiple concurrent data programmes end-to-end, from definition through to delivery
• Translate strategy into execution across key initiatives, including data lakehouse rollout
• Establish clear governance, prioritisation frameworks, and delivery roadmaps
• Own programme structure, including milestones, scope, and dependencies
• Manage budgets, resource planning, and offshore delivery partners
• Align senior stakeholders across Data, Technology, and the business
• Drive adoption-ensuring business users can access, trust, and use data effectively
• Deliver clear reporting across risks, progress, and outcomes

• Fully defined and agreed programme scopes and priorities
• Delivery roadmap for the data lakehouse and asset data integration
• Strong governance model and delivery cadence in place
• Improved stakeholder alignment across technical and business teams
• Tangible progress toward integrating asset data into the lakehouse
• Increased business engagement and data adoption

• Proven track record delivering complex, multi-stream data programmes
• Strong experience in data lakehouse or data warehouse implementations or migrations
• Background working in B2B asset-heavy industries (e.g. real estate, Housing, construction, infrastructure)
• Experience moving from strategy into execution
• Comfortable operating across both strategic planning and hands-on delivery
• Strong stakeholder management at senior level
• Experience managing budgets, vendors, and offshore teams
• Ability to bring clarity and structure into ambiguous environments

• Pragmatic, delivery-focused, and outcomes-driven
• Confident and assertive, but collaborative in approach
• Comfortable stepping into ambiguous environments and building structure
• Strong communicator, able to simplify complex data concepts
• Able to challenge constructively without disrupting direction