Senior Data Consultant

Job Title: Senior Data Consultant

Location: London one day per week

Contract: 12 weeks

Rate: TBC

Overview:

A legal client is looking for someone to support one of their clients across data modelling, governance, and legal spend analysis, helping teams make sense of complex datasets, develop conceptual models, and provide actionable recommendations. This is a strategic role with exposure to senior stakeholders, offering the chance to influence how legal and business data is structured and used.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and validate conceptual data models and business glossaries with legal and business teams.
• Co-work with data scientists on legal spend analysis: plan experiments, explore data, and share insights with stakeholders.
• Provide floating/support data governance and architecture expertise across the group legal function.
• Recommend data tagging, classification, and governance best practices to improve data quality and usability.
• Engage with stakeholders to align data initiatives with business objectives and ensure outcomes are actionable.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience in professional services, strategy consulting, or a Big 4 environment.
• Strong business analysis and data governance skills.
• Comfortable working with legal data or within a legal context.
• Excellent communication skills - able to influence senior stakeholders without heavy technical hand-holding.
• Proactive approach to identifying opportunities and driving workstreams forward.