Data Steward

Vallum Associates
London, United Kingdom
Last week
Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
On-site
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Posted
1 Jun 2026 (Last week)

Microsoft purview experience is a must.

Responsibility:

* Define data ownership and accountability across the organization

* Create and manage the enterprise-wide data catalog

* Oversee the creation, maintenance and use of metadata

* Implement and maintain security protocols to protect data from unauthorised access and breaches

* Establish and enforce data governance and policy standards

* Regularly audit data access and usage to ensure compliance with policies and standards

* Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand data requirements and identify data quality issues

* Conduct data profiling and quality assessments to identify data discrepancies and inconsistencies

* Monitor the performance of data cleansing and remediation plans for data integrity

* Provide data training and awareness to employees, improving employee capabilities and competency to understand data and there controls – inclusive of knowledge for data protection laws and regulations such as GDPR

* Stay up-to-date with data management best practices and industry trends

* Support data integration and migration projects

* Participate in data protection and privacy initiatives

* Develop and track key data quality metrics to measure improvements over time

* Establish and manage data lifecycle governance processes, including data creation, storage, use and disposal.

* Define and implement data archiving strategies to preserve data for legal, regulatory and business purposes.

Requirement:

* Minimum of 3 years’ experience working in a data role Capability to present and guide expectations aligned to Data Best Practice (DBP) Guidance

* Proficient in documenting data processes, data lineage and data management activities

* Excellent data analysis techniques

* Capable of creating and providing operational design and policy standards

*

Good understanding of the client data integration patterns

* Good understanding of business data models for internal and external stakeholders

* Expertise in data profiling, data cleansing and data validation techniques

* Can identify impacts of data (or bad data)

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Exposure to a range visualization and reporting techniques to drive data integrity standards.

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Purview experience

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