Lead Data Steward
Core
Lead Data Steward responsible for championing data governance, ensuring data quality, and acting as the focal point for data stewardship within the UK business to support strategic initiatives and AI solutions.
Role type
Lead Data Steward (Enterprise Data Governance)
Builds
Well-governed, high-quality data assets and metadata lineage for decision-makers and analytics teams.
Domain
Financial Services / Data Governance & Quality
Deliverable
production ML models | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Stakeholder influence, data storytelling, critical thinking, strategic prioritisation, active listening, data governance principles, business glossaries, logical/physical data modelling, SQL, Snowflake, AWS cloud infrastructure.
Preferred skills
Data management frameworks (DAMA/DCAM), data maturity assessment.
Responsibilities
Champion data governance and stewardship across the UK business lifecycle; Support Data Owners in managing day-to-day data activities; Drive actionable improvements to data quality and enrichment; Ensure compliance, transparency, and security (GDPR); Manage risk and alignment by agreeing on data definitions and flagging control issues.
Seniority
Lead, hands-on IC with strategic influence
