The Data Governance Lead will lead the growth and execution of nxzen’s Data Governance, and Data
Operating Models offerings in the UK market. Reporting to the UK Head of Data and AI, and working
alongside the AI and Analytics Lead, you will support business development, shape client
propositions, and deliver complex data governance engagements for major energy and utilities
clients. You will act as the recognised authority on data governance within nxzen, bringing deep
DAMA-DMBOK expertise and hands-on platform experience to every engagement. This is a hybrid
role: delivery-led with a strong business development component. You will personally lead complex
engagements, work directly with client data teams, and build governance solutions alongside your
team rather than delegating from a distance.
The role spans the full lifecycle of data governance and data management: from executive-level data
vision and strategy advisory, through operating model design and organisational change, to handson implementation and configuration of governance tooling such as Microsoft Purview and Collibra,
and driving data adoption through use case discovery and implementation. You will be expected to
roll up your sleeves and deliver, not just advise. You will ensure all solutions are commercially sound,
scalable, and aligned to nxzen’s onshore/offshore delivery model.
You will build and coach a data governance practice line spanning the UK and India, develop strategic
relationships with technology partners and industry bodies, alignment with the AI and Analytics
practice line, and work closely with nxzen’s client partners and cross practices to embed data
governance into the broader service portfolio. Success in this role requires genuine subject-matter
depth, strong consulting acumen, an entrepreneurial mindset, and a sharp commercial focus.
We are looking for a senior data governance leader with genuine subject-matter expertise, not a
project manager who has supervised governance programmes from a distance. We need someone
who has personally designed governance frameworks, configured governance platforms, and run
data quality remediation workstreams with their own hands. You will bring deep, hands-on
knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK principles and their practical application, combined with real
implementation experience on Microsoft Purview, Collibra, or Informatica (Cloud Data Governance
and Catalog). CDMP certification (or equivalent DAMA credential) is strongly preferred.
You will be highly client-facing, commercially sharp, and comfortable working with
onshore/offshore teams. An entrepreneurial mindset is essential, with the energy and vision to
build and scale a new data governance practice. You must be equally credible advising a Chief Data
Officer on data strategy as you are defining sensitivity labels in Purview or defining business
glossary workflows in Collibra.
• Deep, hands-on expertise in DAMA-DMBOK key knowledge areas: Data Governance, Data
Quality, Metadata Management, and Master and Reference Data. This must be
complemented with a good understanding of additional DAMA-DMBOK areas including
Data Architecture, Data Security, Data Integration and Interoperability, Document and
Content Management, and Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence. In these
additional areas, you will work closely with the Director of AI and Analytics.
• Proven hands-on implementation experience with Microsoft Purview (data catalogue,
sensitivity labelling, data classification, compliance policies, data lineage) and Collibra
(business glossary, data dictionary, data quality rules, workflow configuration,
stewardship assignments). Alation and Informatica (Cloud Data Governance and Catalog)
are desirable, not essential.
• Track record of designing and delivering Data Operating Models, including organisational
design, RACI definitions, stewardship networks, and governance council structures.
• Trusted advisor status with senior stakeholders in regulated industries, from Data Owners
and CDOs to C-suite.
• CDMP certification (Certified Data Management Professional) or equivalent DAMA
credential strongly preferred. Practitioner or Master level ideal.
• Comfortable building and coaching onshore/offshore delivery teams, with experience
developing capability in offshore centres (ideally India).
• Experience with UK energy and utilities clients, including familiarity with Ofgem, or
Ofwat, regulatory data and reporting requirements (highly desirable, not essential).
• Experience partnering with Client Partners on solution design, planning, and commercials
for data governance engagements.
• Knowledge of Azure and/or AWS cloud data platforms (data lakes, data lakehouse, data
mesh, data Fabric) as enabling infrastructure for governance solutions (desirable).
• Enjoys being front-of-house with clients, not only in internal or technical roles. Equally
comfortable running a board-level data strategy workshop and spending the next day
configuring governance tooling in a client environment. You lead by doing.
• Awareness of AI Governance and Guardrails frameworks, including responsible AI
principles, model risk management, and the interplay between data governance and AI
governance. You will work with the Director of AI and Analytics to ground nxzen's AI
Governance offering in robust data foundations. Direct experience in this area is
desirable.
• Strong commercial judgment in shaping, pricing, and negotiating data governance
engagements, including fixed-price, time-and-materials, and managed-service models.
• Naturally credible voice in the data governance and data management community,
aligned to nxzen’s purpose and brand.
Key responsibilities
The Data Governance Lead will shape and deliver nxzen’s data governance agenda in the UK,
combining support to business growth, solution leadership, delivery execution and capability
building. You will lead consulting and pre-sales engagements with senior stakeholders across
major energy and utilities clients, developing targeted data governance growth strategies and
shaping compelling proposals and commercials alongside Client Partners.
You will own the end-to-end design and delivery of data governance solutions, from strategic
advisory through to platform implementation, ensuring solutions are client-centric, regulatoryaware, and aligned to nxzen’s onshore/offshore delivery model.
A key focus will be translating data vision into practical, commercially viable governance solutions
that can scale across regulated energy and utility environments. You will build and lead a UK data
governance team, forge strategic ecosystem partnerships, and closely integrate with nxzen’s
Global Capability Centre in India.
• Lead data governance consulting, pre-sales, and senior stakeholder engagement across
nxzen’s energy and utilities client portfolio.
• Define and deliver Data Operating Model engagements for UK energy and utilities clients
(covering electricity networks, gas distribution, water, and renewables, and oil & gas).
• Shape proposals, solution options, and commercials with Client Partners, pricing and
packaging data governance offerings as repeatable, scalable services.
• Represent nxzen as a credible data governance authority in the market, building visibility
through thought leadership, industry events, and client workshops
• Design and deliver end-to-end data governance frameworks aligned to DAMA-DMBOK,
covering data quality, metadata management, data cataloguing, data lineage, master and
reference data management, data privacy, and regulatory compliance.
• Personally lead and execute implementation and configuration of Microsoft Purview and
Collibra on client engagements, including data classification, sensitivity labelling, policy
enforcement, data cataloguing, business glossary definition, and stewardship workflow
design. You will be hands-on in the tooling, not overseeing it from a programme
management layer.
• Define and implement Data Operating Models covering organisational design, roles and
responsibilities (Data Owners, Data Stewards, Data Custodians), decision rights,
escalation paths, and performance metrics (data quality scorecards, compliance
dashboards). You will embed these models within client organisations through direct
facilitation, training, and change management.
• Build and coach a data governance practice line with team members in the UK and India,
developing capability across Data Stewardship, metadata management, data quality
engineering, and governance tooling.
• Develop strategic partnerships with data governance platform vendors (Microsoft,
Collibra) and advisory bodies (DAMA UK, industry regulators).
• Strengthen collaboration with nxzen’s Global Capability Centre in India to scale delivery
capacity and build a sustainable onshore/offshore governance delivery model.
• Advise clients on data governance maturity assessments, target state definition, and
transformation roadmaps, with specific focus on Ofgem, and Ofwat regulatory data
requirements.
• Work alongside Client Partners to integrate data governance into broader nxzen
engagements spanning data management, analytics, AI, asset intelligence, enterprise
optimisation, and IT/OT transformation.
• Support the development of nxzen’s AI Governance and Guardrails offering, working with
the Director of AI and Analytics to ensure responsible AI practices are grounded in robust
data governance foundations.
• Contribute to nxzen’s thought leadership on data governance in energy and utilities,
including whitepapers, conference presentations, and client-facing collateral.
• Support business development across nxzen’s priority accounts.