Senior Data & AI Governance Consultant

Senior Data & AI Governance Consultant

Permanent

Location: Home Based - with travel to client sites

Skills: Data Governance, AI Assurance, Metadata Management, SC Clearance

We are looking to recruit a Senior Data & AI Governance Consultant for a leading IT & Data Consultancy. You will help clients build robust data governance foundations and adopt responsible AI
. You will create practical artefacts - policies, standards, operating models, and evaluation frameworks - that improve data quality, model reliability, risk posture, and compliance.

This is a hybrid role and although primarily home based you will be required to work on customer site when required.

• Deliver data governance work streams
  , including policies, stewardship models, RACI, data quality monitoring and remediation.
• Implement metadata and cataloguing
  : business glossaries, lineage, classification, and sensitivity labels.
• Contribute to AI assurance across the lifecycle, including training data preparation, model selection support, evaluation and monitoring, and operational governance.
• Produce clear artefacts: governance frameworks, procedures, evaluation plans, risk assessments, and assurance reports.
• Run stakeholder workshops, capture requirements, and translate into actionable designs.
• Work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams and mentor junior consultants.

• Proven experience in data governance delivery: policies, stewardship, data quality, metadata, privacy, and protection.
• Practical understanding of AI assurance
  : data preparation, model selection, evaluation, monitoring, and lifecycle governance.
• Strong consulting skills: problem-solving, facilitation, documentation, and stakeholder communication.
• Ability to work under broad direction and lead work streams independently.
• Active SC clearance and willingness to travel to UK client sites.

Desirable: Experience in UK Central Government, Defence, or other regulated environments; familiarity with AI and data frameworks (DAMA-DMBOK, NIST AI RMF, ISO 23894, ISO 27001, GDPR/DPA 2018); hands‑on with platforms such as Microsoft Purview, Azure ML, Databricks, Power BI, Collibra, or Alation; exposure to MLOps practices.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Information Technology

IT Services and IT Consulting