Senior Data & Information Governance Specialist

About the role

Career Directions Limited is recruiting a highly experienced Senior Data & Information Governance Specialist to support an international organisation in strengthening and operationalising its enterprise Data and Information Governance capability. The role is delivered offshore and remotely on a time-and-material basis, starting in November–December 2026 with a potential extension through December 2027, subject to performance and business needs, with monthly timesheet-based reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Implement and operationalise Data and Information Governance frameworks, policies and processes.
• Support governance forums, working groups, reporting and action tracking.
• Translate governance requirements into roles, processes, SOPs and RACI frameworks.
• Define and operationalise data ownership, information ownership and stewardship.
• Strengthen data quality, metadata, data catalogue, classification, retention, access and information protection practices.
• Extend governance to unstructured information such as documents, records, emails, collaboration platforms and knowledge assets.
• Work with Legal, Information Security, IT and business teams on governance and information protection.
• Drive change management, adoption, training and awareness across technical and non-technical teams.
• Prepare executive presentations, governance reports and stakeholder communications.
• Identify AI-enabled governance opportunities (classification, metadata enrichment, discovery, quality monitoring, risk identification, workflow automation) while ensuring human oversight and responsible AI use.
• Identify blockers, recommend solutions and drive initiatives through to completion.

Required profile

• Senior-level experience designing, implementing and operationalising enterprise Data and Information Governance frameworks, across structured and unstructured information.
• Experience in information protection, data classification, retention, access and data sharing, and in records and content governance.
• Strong understanding of data quality, metadata, data catalogues, ownership and stewardship.
• Proven change management and governance adoption experience in complex organisations.
• Experience developing governance policies, SOPs, RACI matrices, lifecycle processes and operating models.
• Strong stakeholder management, excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, and ability to work independently in an international environment.

Required skills

• Data and information governance frameworks and policies
• Data classification, retention and data quality
• Data ownership and stewardship, metadata and data catalogue management
• Records and content governance, unstructured information governance
• AI-enabled governance and change management