Senior Data Governance Consultant

Job Title: Senior Data Governance Consultant (Principal Consultant)

Location: City of London - 3 days per week

Duration: 10 week contract (potential to extend)

Salary: £750pd - Outside IR35

Start: ASAP

At Pace, our consultants genuinely care about the impact our work has on our customers and their customers alike. We are problem solvers' who call on our collective experience, knowledge and skills to support customers to access benefits early.

Our mission is to create environments that thrive for our customers; we enable this by providing transformation, process optimisation, and automation services, all with the aim of enabling our customers to harness human autonomy.

We are reimagining how transformation services are delivered, taking a human-centred approach, and our work is having a material impact on people's lives. If this resonates with you, we would love to hear from you.

Roles:

Due to growing customer demand, we are seeking to hire a number of senior Data Governance specialists.

These roles demand strategic leadership and agility. You'll act as the bridge between diverse teams and senior stakeholders, demonstrating strategic data thinking and problem-solving; risk management and decision-making under pressure and an a bility to manage complex dependencies across multiple workstreams.

Key elements of the roles include:

Strategic Leadership & Value Delivery

• Define and deliver enterprise data strategy aligned with business priorities and regulatory obligations

• Turn data governance value into actionable, prioritised initiatives that deliver measurable ROI

• Work with portfolio management to drive and prioritise the data programme, ensuring governance supports business outcomes

Data Governance & Risk Management

• Utilise your proven background in data governance frameworks, metadata management, and regulatory compliance to implement and maintain data quality, retention, and classification policies, with effective monitoring and enforcement

Technical & Operational Excellence

• Advise on data platforms, pipelines, and tooling, and contribute to overall data architecture (required expertise with Microsoft Fabric and Purview)

• Consult on data standardisation, taxonomy, and embedding governance within operational systems and workflows

Enablement, Change & Collaboration

• Lead, mentor, and structure cross-functional data teams (analysts, engineers, stewards)

• Champion data literacy, culture, and capability-building across Firm

• Define and manag e data training plans, change management, and communications around data policy adoption

• Engage with senior stakeholder management and influence at C-Suite and partner level

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Experience in senior data leadership roles (Head of Data, Chief Data Officer, or equivalent)

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills

• Strong financial management experience

Desirable:

• Prior experience in legal to understand the unique data governance, risk, and compliance challenges in law firms

• Relevant Data certifications

What's in it for you?

• An opportunity to join a high-growth, scale-up consulting firm making a material difference in how clients are served

• Personal development focus with annual appraisals, development plans, and bi-weekly coaching conversations

• Access to a personal training budget (subject to approval)

Your Pace team:

Harnessing Human Autonomy means putting human needs at the heart of system and process design.

At Pace, we help organisations align technology with human behaviour - designing systems that empower people, automate the routine, and unlock greater efficiency and innovation.

Imagine if you worked for a company that has integrity at its core and truly values its people, social responsibility, and the real-world impact of its work.