Data Governance Consultant

BELONG – There’s no place like Principality 

At Principality, belonging isn’t just a value — it’s how we work every day. As a colleague, you’re already part of a supportive and inclusive community where your wellbeing, individuality, and life outside of work are genuinely respected. This internal opportunity is a chance to continue your journey with us, build on your experience, and grow your career within Principality. 

We know that great work happens when people feel connected — to each other, to our purpose, and to the communities we serve. That’s why we focus on balance, invest in wellbeing, and encourage continuous learning and development across the organisation. 

Why consider this opportunity? 

This role offers an opportunity to further develop your skills and make a meaningful contribution within Principality, while continuing to benefit from the culture and ways of working you already know: 

These achievements are built by our people and reflect our shared commitment to supporting one another and delivering for our members. When it comes to belonging, there truly is no place like Principality — and this role is an opportunity to continue growing as part of it. 

We’re looking for a Data Governance Consultant to help us improve how we define, manage and use our data across the organisation. This role plays a key part in ensuring our critical data is well‑understood, high quality, and used responsibly to support business decisions, regulatory obligations and transformation activity.

You’ll work closely with data owners, data stewards, and change and IT teams, offering practical guidance and subject‑matter expertise across data governance, data quality and metadata management. This is a hands‑on, collaborative role where you can make a real difference to how data supports the Society’s goals.

What you’ll be doing:

Data governance:

• Working with data owners and change teams to define and document critical data
• Supporting the embedding of clear data ownership and governance practices
• Producing data governance metrics and insight to track progress and maturity

Data quality management:

• Establishing and running data quality checks on critical data and processes
• Monitoring, logging and reporting on data quality trends
• Supporting data and process owners to resolve data quality issues
• Carrying out data profiling to inform projects and business change

Metadata & Lineage:

• Managing and improving the organisation’s metadata repository
• Helping teams better understand the data estate through metadata and lineage
• Identifying innovative ways to use metadata to support impact analysis, efficiency and change delivery

Consultancy & Advisory Support:

• Providing advice to projects and teams impacting organisational data
• Acting as a trusted subject‑matter expert in data governance, reference data and data quality tools
• Ensuring change activity aligns with agreed standards, policies and regulatory expectations

What we’re looking for

You don’t need to tick every box to be successful in this role. We’re keen to hear from people who bring a mix of the following skills and experiences:

Experience & Knowledge:

• Experience working in a data governance, data management or data quality role
• A good understanding of data governance principles, frameworks and best practice (e.g. DAMA or similar)
• Experience working with business stakeholders to define and document data or requirements
• Exposure to metadata management, data lineage or data quality tooling such as Alation or similar

Technical Skills:

• Confidence working with different types of data, such as customer, transactional, financial or reference data
• Experience using data quality tools, data analysis or querying tools (e.g. SQL or similar)
• An understanding of how data supports reporting, analytics and decision‑making

Ways of Working:

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data and identify patterns or issues
• Clear, confident communication skills, with the ability to work across technical and non‑technical audiences
• A practical, collaborative approach and a willingness to suggest and implement improvements

If you’re excited by the opportunity to make a positive impact through data, we encourage you to apply.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high volume of applications.

If you have any questions in relation to this role, please contact the recruitment team at -recruitment@principality.co.uk