Data Governance lead

Company overview:

At Leapwork, our vision is to break down the barriers between humans and computers through the world's most accessible automation platform. We are the leading global AI-powered visual test automation solution, enabling some of the world's largest enterprises to adopt, scale, and maintain automation – in under 30 days.

In today's environment, where efficiency, automation, and cost optimization are essential to enterprise growth, we are uniquely positioned to deliver impact.

In 2023, Microsoft, the world's largest and most recognizable software company,recognised Leapwork as a truly innovative and disruptive product, leading to a strategic partnership that continues to be a major growth catalyst.

The role:

As a Data Governance Lead at Leapwork, you'll help establish and scale the foundation of how data fuels smarter decisions across the business. Our data team is building the data architecture to unify, transform, and connect information from many sources into a unified data view. You'll play a key role in developing governance structures, standards, and processes from the ground up, helping to shape greenfield data initiatives that define Leapwork's data-driven future. By turning complexity into clarity, you'll enable the whole organization to execute with greater speed, precision, and impact. Join us on our journey to become a fully data-driven, AI-powered organization.

As a Data Governance Lead , you'll help shape how data fuels smarter decisions across the business. Our data team is building the data architecture to unify, transform, and connect information from many sources into a unified data view. By turning complexity into clarity, you'll enable the whole organization to execute with greater speed, precision, and impact. Join us on our journey to become a fully data-driven, AI-powered organization.

Role Responsibilities:

• Develop and Implement Frameworks: Design and deploy enterprise-wide data governance frameworks, policies, and best practices.
• Ensure Data Quality and Integrity: Establish processes and metrics to monitor and improve data quality, consistency, and accuracy.
• Maintain Data Security and Compliance: Oversee data security measures and ensure adherence to internal and external regulatory compliance standards.
• Manage Data Accessibility and Usability: Develop and maintain data catalogs and governance tools (e.g., Microsoft Fabric, Azure Purview) to enhance visibility, accessibility, and trust in enterprise data assets.
• Strategic Leadership: Provide leadership and strategic direction for the data governance program, aligning it with organizational goals and ensuring it supports new data architecture and analytics capabilities.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with IT, business units, and legal teams to drive data governance adoption and ensure alignment.
• Risk Mitigation: Identify and address data-related risks, including those related to compliance and security.
• Data Stewardship: Foster a culture of data stewardship, where individuals understand their roles in managing and protecting data.
• Reporting and Metrics: Develop dashboards and reports to provide oversight and insight into key data governance activities and metrics.

Role Requirements:

• Experience: 2 - 5 years of experience from a similar role. Experience working in environments where data functions are being established or scaled from scratch is highly valued.
• Strategic Vision: The ability to develop a long-term vision for data governance within the organization.
• Operational Expertise: Strong understanding of data management principles and practices.
• Technical Acumen: A good understanding of technical aspects related to data systems, databases, and data models — familiarity with modern data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Azure, or Snowflake is an advantage.
• Analytical Skills: Proficiency in data analytics to interpret raw data and provide actionable insights.
• Data Governance Knowledge: Deep understanding of data quality, stewardship, and management principles.
• Documentation Skills: Proven ability to define and maintain data definitions, lineage, and standards
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Experience partnering with technical and business teams to uphold governance practices.
• Organizational Influence: Strong communication and coordination skills to drive adoption of governance frameworks.
• Leadership: Ability to inspire cross-functional teams to adopt and embed governance practices.
• Initiative: Hands-on and proactive in defining standards, tools, and workflows where none exist yet.
• Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills to articulate governance concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Innovation Mindset: Eager to explore new tools and methodologies that enhance governance in modern, cloud-based data ecosystems.

Why Leapwork?

We are on an exciting journey of global growth – and this is your chance to get onboard and an opportunity to lead and shape digital transformation initiatives in a forward-thinking company, working with and learning from a talented and passionate team committed to innovation and excellence

By joining our team, you'll become part of a fast-paced international environment where you can grow, challenge yourself, and do what inspires you. We work hard, but have fun while doing it – and we believe that collaboration, social activities and celebration are keys to success.

Our Leapwork principles:

Our five key principles capture the essence of what it means to be a part of our world-class team They are integral to how we approach our work and one another, and they serve as a roadmap to our continued growth, development, achievements, and success.

Customer first; We listen to our customers, understand their pain points and focus on what matters to them.

Lead from the front; Leading means guiding others towards the solutions to our challenges.

Get it done; We make commitments, follow through and deliver work we're proud of.

Build excellence; We do our best work every day, holding ourselves and others to the highest standards.

Respectfully different; We treat each other with respect, always. We're different, not indifferent.