Job Description:

Metadata Lead

Location:                          Remote – with requirement to visit Hampshire based office 2-3 times a month

Hours:                                37.5 hours a week (Monday – Friday 9:00am – 17:00pm)

Salary Range:                 Up to £80,000 per annum (Depending on Experience)

Contract Type:               Permanent, Full-Time

About the Opportunity

An exceptional leadership opportunity has arisen for an experienced Data Governance & Metadata Lead to join a UK-leading, award-winning corporate organisation.

In this pivotal role, you will take complete ownership of the enterprise metadata capability, playing a key part in shaping how data is discovered, governed, and trusted across the entire organisation. You will own the vision and strategic roadmap for the metadata tooling landscape (including Collibra and Unity Catalog), ensuring they operate as a cohesive, high-performing ecosystem.

Working closely with Data Owners, Stewards, IT, and the wider data community, you will translate technical and regulatory needs into scalable, business-focused solutions while driving adoption, value realisation, and continuous improvement. This is an exciting opportunity for an established data leader ready to drive real, measurable business value through modern data practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Roadmap Ownership: Design, own, and deliver the strategic metadata roadmap across the enterprise.
• Tooling Strategy: Lead the configuration, rollout, and value realisation plans for Collibra and Unity Catalog platforms.
• Governance Integration: Partner with key stakeholders to use metadata tooling and processes to enable the effective delivery of Data Governance and Data Quality outcomes.
• Advocate Value: Promote the purpose and value of metadata tooling through data forums, workshops, and demonstrations to maximise the business return on tooling investments.
• Process Automation: Utilise metadata tooling capabilities to optimise and automate data governance processes.
• Transformation Support: Support major data migration and business integration programmes, underpinned by focused and measurable performance metrics.

What We Are Looking For

To succeed in this leadership position, you will bring extensive technical expertise in metadata tools combined with strong coaching and influencing capabilities:

• Metadata Expertise: You are a Collibra specialist with deep data cataloguing and lineage knowledge, coupled with robust, hands-on Databricks Unity Catalog experience.
• Delivery Leadership: Proven experience designing and executing delivery roadmaps that are underpinned by purposeful outcomes and clear business value.
• Communication & Translation: The ability to translate complex technical solutions into clear, understandable, and value-led business outcomes.
• Governance Focus: A thorough understanding of Data Governance and Data Quality best practices, with a track record of using metadata tools to unlock business value.
• Coaching & Mentorship: Experience developing junior data governance and data quality stakeholders, with the ability to set a clear vision and path that team members can execute against.
• Influencing Skills: Strong influencing skills to guide Data Owners and Stewards in executing their duties effectively, placing metadata tools at the heart of daily processes.

Salary, Benefits & Culture

This organisation has been officially recognised as a leading UK employer, offering an inclusive, collaborative, and highly supportive environment where your leadership and development are fully supported. Alongside a highly competitive salary, you will receive a comprehensive and flexible rewards package:

• Flexible & Hybrid Working: Modern hybrid working options designed to support work-life balance, with flexibility around working hours and genuine part-time or job-share arrangements available.
• Generous Annual Leave: A highly competitive annual leave allowance with options to customise your holiday balance through buying and selling schemes.
• Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive healthcare options, including dental plans, health cash plans, screening services, and dedicated mental health and wellness support.
• Financial Benefits: Highly competitive corporate pension plans, regular salary reviews, discretionary bonus schemes, and exclusive employee savings and loan initiatives.
• Family-Friendly Policies: Enhanced paid parental and partner leave schemes, alongside structured return-to-work programmes to support family life.
• Perks & Discounts: Tech saving schemes, cycle-to-work programs, vehicle scheme options, and a variety of corporate lifestyle discounts and social club events.

How to Apply

If you are an ambitious metadata leader looking to shape the future of data and AI governance within a transformative, award-winning business, please submit your CV for consideration.