Data Governance & Master Data Lead

Salary: £47,000 - 83,000 per year

Requirements:

• 10–15+ years in data governance and/or MDM within utilities, energy or another asset-heavy industry
• Experience delivering enterprise data governance and MDM frameworks through to adoption, not just design
• Hands-on experience with Informatica, Collibra, SAP MDG or Microsoft Purview
• Strong experience in ERP and data platform environments, with SAP S/4HANA preferred
• Deep understanding of data architecture across both IT and OT environments
• Proven ability to influence without authority across global stakeholders
• Experience managing hybrid teams of internal staff and outsourced experts
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Information Management, Data Science, Engineering or a related field
• DAMA, CDMP or equivalent data governance certification is a plus
• Renewable energy, utilities or infrastructure sector background is a plus
• Experience with asset lifecycle systems, including EAM, SCADA integration and digital twins, is a plus
• Experience standing up a governance function from zero rather than inheriting one is a plus
• Exposure to AI-enabled governance and metadata management tooling is a plus
• Experience chairing or running senior governance forums with genuine decision rights is a plus
• Change management and enablement experience at organisational scale is a plus
• Commercial acumen, including building and defending the ROI case for governance investment, is a plus
• Exceptional written and verbal communication across mixed technical and business audiences is a plus

Responsibilities:

• Define and implement a Data Governance Framework aligned to DAMA-DMBOK, Gartner and leading utility practice
• Build a federated operating model that scales globally while keeping accountability local
• Establish Data Owners, Stewards and Custodians across business and IT with clear accountability
• Chair the enterprise Data Governance Committee and drive alignment across functions
• Develop and enforce policies and controls across data classification, privacy and lifecycle management
• Cover ESG and energy regulatory reporting obligations and align to ISO, NIST and sector standards
• Own enterprise MDM strategy across asset master data, customer and offtaker data, and supplier and vendor data
• Establish the golden source across ERP, EAM and SCADA interfaces, starting with financial use cases
• Run MDM platform selection and own implementation and adoption
• Define and track KPIs across accuracy, completeness, consistency and timeliness
• Put automated monitoring and remediation in place and lead root-cause analysis on systemic issues
• Partner with Generation, O&M, Finance and Supply Chain to drive business accountability
• Translate between technical teams and leadership so governance is adopted rather than just published
• Lead the Master Data team, including internal staff and outsourced specialists
• Manage external specialists and advisory partners, including scope, KPIs, deliverables and cost
• Benchmark against leading energy and utility organisations and assess AI-enabled governance and metadata management platforms

Technologies:

• AI
• EAM
• Embedded
• ERP
• Informatica
• Support
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP

More:

We are Hypercube, a data-and-AI specialist focused on the energy sector. We pair deep domain knowledge with modern technology to help utilities, renewables and low-carbon innovators get value from their data. This is a permanent Hypercube role, embedded on-site with a global renewable energy developer and operator whose portfolio spans utility-scale solar, onshore and offshore wind, storage and green hydrogen across dozens of countries. The role is based in London and is on-site five days a week. We offer a full benefits package, including performance-related bonus, enhanced pension, enhanced maternity/paternity, private health insurance, health cash plan, peer cash award scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, events and community involvement, EV leasing scheme, a £2,000 annual training and events budget, and mentorship programmes. We welcome a broad mix of people and perspectives, and we support adjustments where needed.

last updated 34 week of 2026