Domain Expert - Data Governance, Stewardship & Information Management

About Methods:

Methods is a £100M+ IT Services Consultancy who has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK. Established over 30 years ago and UK-based, we apply our skills in transformation, delivery, and collaboration from across the Methods Group, to create end-to-end business and technical solutions that are people-centred, safe, and designed for the future.

Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - with people, technology, and data at the heart of who we are, we believe in creating value and sustainability through everything we do for our clients, staff, communities, and the planet.

We support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems. At Methods we have fun while working hard; we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them.

Predominantly focused on the public-sector, Methods is now building a significant private sector client portfolio.

Methods was acquired by the Alten Group in early 2022. Alten is a global engineering firm with approximately 57,000 employees specializing in engineering and IT services.

Domain Expert Role Overview

Location: UK-based, hybrid working

Regular travel may berequiredto client sites, Methodsofficesand practice/community events.

Domain Expert— Data Governance, Stewardship & Information Management

Role summary

The Data Governance, Stewardship & Information Management Specialist helps clients create the data foundationsrequiredfor trusted analytics, AI, reporting, interoperability, operationaldecision-makingand regulatory confidence.

This role is for someone who can help large, complex organisations make their data usable, governed, secure, discoverable,high-qualityand accountable. It is particularly relevant in sectors where data is fragmented across legacy systems, suppliers, operational silos, secureenvironmentsor regulated business processes.

Yourspecialismsshould cover data governance, master data management strategy, data quality, data ownership, metadata, information management, DLP and the data-control aspects of AI readiness.

Methods is appointing seven Domain Experts, each matched to a core strategic offering.

• Client-Side Transformation Partner
• User-Centred Design & Delivery
• Cloud Transformation & Modernisation
• Data Intelligence & Applied AI
• IT Operations & Service Excellence
• Enterprise Platform Adoption & Value Realisation
• Cyber Resilience

These experts will be the thought leaders and subject-matter authorities for their domains, shaping propositions, guiding client delivery, and strengthening Methods’ position in the market.

• Lead data governance,stewardshipand information management engagements for public-sector and regulated-industry clients.
• Define enterprise,domainor programme-level data governance operating models, including decision rights, governance forums, data ownership, stewardship roles, escalationroutesand accountability.
• Develop data policies, standards and controls covering data quality, metadata, lineage, cataloguing, access, sharing, retention, classification, acceptableuseand lifecycle management.
• Shape master data management and reference data strategies, including golden source principles, matching, survivorship, stewardship,integrationand ownership.
• Assess and improve data quality, including quality dimensions, issue management, root-cause analysis, remediation plans, qualitydashboardsand accountability mechanisms.
• Support clients with data sharing, interoperability and data access models across departments, business units, suppliers,regulatorsor operational partners.
• Advise on information governance, privacy, DLP and secure data access in partnership with cyber, architecture, legal, DPO and SIRO stakeholders.
• Help clients make data assets AI-ready by improving documentation, quality, stewardship, access controls,governanceand reuse.
• Shape implementation roadmaps for catalogues, data quality tooling, MDM platforms, metadata management, governanceworkflowsand stewardship communities.
• Support sales and bid teams by shaping data governance, data quality, MDM, informationmanagementand AI-readiness propositions.

Essential experience

• 8+ years’ experience in data governance, information management, data quality, master data management, metadata management, data strategy, informationgovernanceor related consulting/advisory work.
• Evidence of measurable impact, such as improved data quality, reduced reporting risk, better regulatory compliance, improved data sharing, successful data platform adoption, stronger dataownershipor improved decision-making.
• Experience acting as a trusted advisor to senior data, technology, risk, compliance, operational or transformation stakeholders.
• Experience in consulting, public sector, regulatedindustriesor large complex organisations.
• Strong understanding of data governance operating models, stewardship models, dataownershipand governance implementation.
• Experience developing policies, standards, frameworks, roadmaps, maturity assessments, governancepacksor data management playbooks.
• Experience with master data, reference data, metadata, data catalogues, data lineage, data quality, DLP, access controls or information governance.
• Experience working with sales and bid teams to shape data governance, datamanagementor AI-readiness propositions.
• Experience contributing to communities of practice, training material, professionaldevelopmentor mentoring.
• Experience in highly regulated environments where data quality, traceability, security,complianceand auditability matter.

Specialist competencies

• Data governanceoperatingmodel design.
• Data stewardship and ownership models.
• Master data management strategy.
• Data quality assessment and remediation.
• Metadata,lineageand catalogue strategy.
• Data policy and standards development.
• Information governance and secure data access.
• Data sharing and interoperability.
• AI-readiness assessment for data assets.
• Governance implementation and behavioural adoption.

Sector experience we would value

• Public-sector data governance, information management, datasharingor reporting programmes.
• Energy,utilitiesor critical national infrastructure data environments.
• Defence primes, aerospace, aviation, space, secureengineeringor complex supply-chain data environments.
• Financial services, insurance, healthcare,telecomsor other data-intensive regulated sectors.
• Organisations with large legacy estates, fragmented data ownership, complex supplierecosystemsor high audit/regulatory scrutiny.

Desirable experience

• Knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK, DCAM, EDM Council, ISO 8000, ISO 27001, ISO15489or equivalent data/information management frameworks.
• Experience with Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Informatica,Ataccama, Alation, Azure, AWS, Databricks, Snowflake, MicrosoftFabricor similar platforms.
• Experience working with DPOs, SIROs, CISOs, enterprise architects, data platformteamsand business data owners.
• Experience with GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, Freedom of Information, records management, data sharingagreementsor sector-specific data obligations.
• Experience building a data governance function, data office, stewardshipnetworkor data management community.

This role will require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected. Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.

By joining us you can expect

• Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience
• Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society
• Strong, inspiring and thought-provoking leadership
• A supportive and collaborative environment

As well as this, we offer:

• Development access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme and training
• Wellness 24/7 Confidential employee assistance programme
• Social - Breakfast Tuesdays, Thirsty Thursdays and Pizza on the last Thursday of each month as well as commitment to charitable causes
• Time off 25 days a year; plus the opportunity to purchase extra leave per year
• Pension Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution
• Life Assurance of 4 times base salary
• Private Medical Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
• Worldwide Travel Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)

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