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About the Role

The Head of Information Governance will lead the design, implementation, and ongoing operation of ASL’s enterprise information governance capability. This role builds on foundational Information & Records Management transformation and extends it into a sustainable governance, privacy, and data security function. Accountable for embedding consistent standards for the responsible creation, classification, sharing, retention, protection, monitoring, and disposal of information assets across ASL.

Responsibilities

Set and maintain ASL’s information governance strategy, operating model, roadmap, and control framework.
Lead the enterprise records and retention framework, including retention schedules, defensible disposal, legal/regulatory hold requirements, records lifecycle controls, and evidence of policy adoption.
Own the operational privacy management framework in partnership with the DPO.
Establish data sharing governance for internal, external, and third-party sharing.
Lead data security governance for data loss prevention and insider risk.
Embed classification, labelling, access, and handling standards for sensitive, confidential, and regulated information.
Develop governance reporting, dashboards, and management information.
Support operational resilience by ensuring critical information assets, data flows, third-party dependencies, vulnerabilities, and control gaps are identified, mapped, tested, and remediated.
Provide senior stakeholder engagement and thought leadership to embed a culture of accountable, ethical, and secure information handling.
Lead assurance, audit response, and continuous improvement activity for information governance.

Requirements

Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience in information management, data governance, privacy, records management, cyber/information security, risk management, or a related discipline.
Substantial experience operating in complex regulated environments, preferably financial services, insurance, specialty markets, or comparable regulated sectors.
Demonstrable experience designing and embedding information governance, records retention, privacy operations, data sharing, DLP, insider risk, information security governance, and technology-enabled control frameworks.
An experienced information governance leader with the authority, judgement, and credibility to operate across senior and executive, technology, risk, legal, privacy, and business stakeholder groups.
Strong understanding of data protection, information security, records management, data governance, operational resilience, and regulatory expectations.
Practical ability to turn policy into sustainable business processes and measurable controls.
Ability to balance regulatory obligation, client protection, colleague trust, business efficiency, and digital transformation.
Comfortable leading change, resolving ambiguity, influencing senior stakeholders, managing risk-based trade-offs, and embedding a culture where information is created, used, shared, protected, and disposed of responsibly.
Clear, persuasive communication style with the ability to brief senior leadership, support committees, respond to audit and regulatory scrutiny, and mobilise cross-functional delivery.
Submit your application with your CV, emphasising your skills and experience related to the job.
If successful, we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you commencing employment with us.

Skills

Information governance
Data security
Privacy operations
Records lifecycle management
UK GDPR
Data Protection Act 2018
FCA expectations for data security and operational resilience
DAMA-DMBOK
ISO 27001
Microsoft Purview
DLP
Insider risk
Retention
eDiscovery
Data cataloguing
Privacy management
Workflow and reporting tools
Pragmatic governance frameworks
Evidence-based controls
Proportionate controls
Auditable controls
Cross-functional delivery

Location

London

Work Type

Hybrid
Full time
Permanent

Experience Level

Senior leadership

Education Level

Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience
Relevant professional certification is highly desirable, such as CIPP/E, CIPM, CDMP, CRM, IGP, ISO 27001 practitioner/lead implementer or equivalent information governance, privacy, records, data management or security qualification.

Salary/Compensations

Competitive salary

Benefits

Apprenticeships
Study support
Participation in our annual Spotlight Awards
Community Trust
Sports Teams
Office socials
Events
Wellbeing programs
Fantastic discounts across many big-name businesses including supermarkets, gym memberships, restaurants, and healthcare cash plans
Employer pension contribution of 10% (providing you, the Employee provides 5%)
Good work life balance - flexibility to suit you
Life Assurance at X4 of your base salary
Group Income Protection
Generous Annual Leave entitlement
Private Medical Insurance
Group annual bonus scheme

About the Company

At Ardonagh Specialty, we provide much more than just a workplace.
We are dedicated to fostering skill development and knowledge within a team that is passionate about their work, values their Employees, and truly celebrates diversity.
Working at Ardonagh Specialty means you’ll be part of The Ardonagh Group.
We are proud of our innovative environment offering many opportunities for growth across the wider group.
Employees regularly move between our united teams, and we encourage you to make your role your own.
Our offices are lively and exciting places to be, but we understand that life needs flexibility, and offer a genuinely flexible approach to working.
If you are looking to join a thriving, energetic business with exciting plans, this role could be an ideal fit for you.

Equal Opportunity

We truly value the diversity of our teams and as a Group, we are committed to supporting and welcoming individuals from all backgrounds, as we appreciate every perspective is a significant part of our success.
Should you require any reasonable adjustment throughout the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let a member of the Talent team know.