Jobs in London - Senior Data Management Consultant • Central London

Company: Data Careers

Central London

Senior Data Management ConsultantPermanentLocation: Home Based - with travel to client sitesSalary: £95,000 - £110,000 (+ benefits) Skills: Data Management, Data Strategy, DAMA, SC Clearance We are looking to recruit a Senior Data Management Consultant for a leading IT & Data Consultancy. The Consultant will lead complex, mission-critical data programmes. You will partner with senior stakeholders, define strategy, implement governance, and deliver measurable improvements in data quality, compliance, lineage, and time-to-insight, while working within secure, regulated environments. This is a hybrid role and although primarily home based you will be required to work on customer site when required What you'll do Lead end-to-end data management programmes from discovery and strategy through to implementation. Advise senior stakeholders on data strategy, governance, operating models, and controls. Define and implement data quality, metadata, lineage, classification, and master/reference data frameworks. Translate strategy into executable roadmaps with clear outcomes and benefits. Lead multi-disciplinary teams, coach consultants and analysts, and ensure delivery quality. Manage projects with budgets, risks, dependencies, and multi-vendor delivery. Support adoption and change initiatives, building sustainable capability across client organisations. What you'll bring Proven leadership of data management programmes in large or regulated environments. Expertise in data governance, quality, metadata, lineage, and master data management. Strong project management skills, including planning, risk management, and benefits tracking. Consulting experience: stakeholder engagement, executive communication, workshops, and business case development. Security-aware delivery in regulated or classified environments. Active SC clearance and ability to travel to UK client sites. Desirable Experience in UK Central Government, Defence, or other regulated/public sector environments. Familiarity with DAMA-DMBOK, EDM Council DCAM, or similar frameworks. Exposure to tools such as Microsoft Purview, Azure Data platforms, SQL Server, Power BI, Collibra, Alation, Informatica MDM, Semarchy or Reltio.