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Data Governance Lead 6 Month contract initially Based: Hybrid 1-3 days p/w onsite in Norwich Mark rates p/d via Umbrella We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a Data Governance Lead on a long term program of work. Key Responsibilities: * Develop and implement enterprise-wide data governance strategies and roadmaps. * Define governance objectives, KPIs, and success metrics. * Establish governance structures, roles, and responsibilities. * Create and enforce data governance policies, standards, procedures, data security and privacy controls. * Ensure alignment with regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA). * Oversee data classification, ownership models, and lifecycle management. * Define and monitor data quality metrics and standards. * Collaborate with data owners and stewards to resolve data quality issues. * Implement metadata management processes and tools. * Maintain data dictionaries, glossaries, and lineage documentation. * Monitor access controls, encryption, and risk mitigation strategies. * Conduct training and awareness programs on data governance. * Promote a culture of data stewardship and accountability. * Manage data governance platforms (e.g., Collibra, BigID). * Leverage AI/ML tools for automated compliance and classification. * Monitor compliance and effectiveness of governance policies. * Present dashboards and reports to senior leadership. Key Skills & Experiences: 1. Develop and implement enterprise-wide data governance strategies and roadmaps. 2. Define governance objectives, KPIs, and success metrics. 3. Establish governance structures, roles, and responsibilities. 4. Create and enforce data governance policies, standards, procedures, data security and privacy controls. * Experience: ideally 8 - 15 Yrs * Strong experience in Data Governance Preferred Qualifications 1. Strong understanding of data governance frameworks and best practices. 2. Experience with data privacy regulations and compliance standards. This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible. LA International is an award-winning partner of choice for many of the world's most influential companies and government organisations. Holding Enhanced Government Security Accreditation, we are recognised as the European market leader in the delivery of Security Cleared talent to organisations that demand the very highest levels of security, compliance and assurance. A multiple award-winning organisation, having secured the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade over consecutive years. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity, and we encourage candidates who may not meet every listed requirement to still apply. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience. Please Note: If a high volume of applications is received, only candidates shortlisted will be contacted.

Our client is urgently looking for a Technical Deployment Lead deploy and integrate complex software systems. This is a 12 months contract initially with strong possibility of extension. Please note that due to the nature of the role UK SC/DV or NATO clearance is required. The Technical Site Deployment Lead leads transition and activation for deployment of data center nodes across multiple customer sites. These nodes are based on VMware Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) architectures and will be remotely installed and configured via automation onto existing green field physical infrastructure. The role oversees and supports site deployments and provides technical leadership during site configuration, transition, activation, and validation of all site capabilities. Responsibilities: Provide technical leadership of the overall site transition process, organizing and coordinating support from multiple teams and stakeholders. Identify entrance and exit criteria and manage technical dependencies, risks, and activation issues; drive resolution and escalate as required. Create site transition and activation plans that provide clearly articulated sequence of activities, responsible actors, and schedules for all activities required to activate a site. Analyzing site requirements and lead the engineering team to develop the necessary site configuration files and automation playbooks. Oversee instantiation and configuration of VMware Infrastructure-as-a-service hosting platforms. Oversee instantiation and configuration of associated enterprise workload and services onto the resulting infrastructure-as-a-service nodes. Lead Technical Validation and Verification activities during activation, including configuration verification, integration testing, performance checks, and readiness assessments prior to transition to operations. Support Security Test and Verification activities in coordination with the contractor Security Accreditation Lead. Provide clear technical status reporting to programme and technical leadership and stakeholders during transition and activation activities. Ensure deployed configurations are documented, controlled, and aligned with customer's configuration management and baseline requirements. Capture lessons learned and continuously improve transition planning, SDDC node deployment practices, and CI/CD pipeline automation. Required Experience, Skills, and Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience). 5-8+ years of experience deploying and integrating complex software systems in enterprise or defence environments. Proven experience leading technical deployment or activation efforts in customer-facing environments. Strong experience with VMware infrastructure configuration, environment promotion, and production activation. Experience working with DevOps pipelines and CI/CD tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab CI) to support controlled release and deployment activities. Strong understanding of systems integration, API/interface validation, and configuration management. Experience deploying applications into secure or classified environments subject to formal accreditation processes. Hands-on troubleshooting experience in distributed or multi-tier architectures. Working knowledge of Agile project management methodologies, tools (e.g., Jira, etc.), and coordination with Scrum teams. Strong written and verbal communication skills in high-visibility, multinational stakeholder environments. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues. Demonstrated leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams. Ability to adapt to changing project requirements and work effectively in a fast-paced environment. Ability to travel to various customer sites as required. Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is an award-winning partner of choice for many of the world's most influential companies and government organisations. Holding Enhanced Government Security Accreditation, we are recognised as the European market leader in the delivery of Security Cleared talent to organisations that demand the very highest levels of security, compliance and assurance. An award-winning organisation, having secured the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade over multiple years. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity, and we encourage candidates who may not meet every listed requirement to still apply. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience. Please Note: If a high volume of applications is received, only candidates shortlisted will be contacted.

UX Designer – Central London Our Client is seeking to recruit a seasoned UX Designer professional with at least 3 to 5 years experience in UX design. They are looking for a product or UX Designer to join the London team. Purpose Provide Expert leadership and contribute to Practice growth. Represent the practice in client meetings and pitches, shape the engagement and oversee the design execution, build and mentor the team. Be a design leader who will advocate about design inside and outside of the company. Key responsibilities • Lead design of all digital projects in their development stage, oversee the selection of wireframing and prototyping tools, conduct lean user test when required, and provide evaluation criteria to discover users’ needs. • Synthesize qualitative and quantitative data to derive personas, use cases, concepts, user journeys and information architecture – all leading to service, product or UX strategy. • Understand and incorporate complex technical and business requirements into compelling experience driven solutions. • Create prototypes based on high-level business, functional, and technical requirements. • Collaborate with Engineering teams and Product Management to ensure the best creative solutions are realized, implemented and delivered. • Keep abreast of latest practices, techniques and emerging technologies within the industry and employ these to develop ideas and inspire creative concepts. • Act as a design advocate internally and externally. Experience • Mid to Senior UX or product designer with over 3 years of experience working for respected clients on complex problems. • Working knowledge of lean UX processes. • Experience in interface design for desktop, tablet, and mobile. • Experience of working in an Agile environment is desired. • Proven design track record and design agency experience. • Experience in leading teams and managing design outputs through development process. Requirements • Background in UX or product design with portfolio representing that work. • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent. • World class design skills. • Working knowledge of lean UX activities, from research to prototyping. Note, this is a ‘hands on’ role and the know how is equally important to the ability to communicate the value of the process and activities taken. Based in Central London. Salary will be in the range £45K - £55K plus benefits. Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.

Our Client are looking for an SC cleared Lead Developers / DevOps Engineer to build a platform team to support the application and database teams. There will be some travel required in the first few months of the contract, but that will be expensed. You will have demonstrable experience providing support to most of the technologies listed below as well as supporting more junior team members: General Skills * Supporting legacy applications/infrastructure * Refactoring and developing automated tests * Integrating with auditing and protective monitoring services * Building and supporting CI/CD Pipelines * Nginx * Apache Tomcat/HTTP * ETL * Containerization/Virtualization Oracle * Installing and Supporting Oracle 11 * Partitioning * RAC * RMAN * PL/SQL - Desirable Elasticsearch Experience supporting Elasticsearch products Platforms and Operating Systems The flowing platforms are used, and we would prefer candidates with demonstrable experience * Oracle Solaris 10 * Red Hat Enterprise Linex 8 * Microsooft Windows 2k8 / 2k16 / 2k19 * VMWare Hypervisor - ESX v6 * Docker * IBM Initiate - Master Data Management Responsibilities include: * Develop and maintain the existing infrastructure including problem resolution and L3 support. * Complete changes within a legacy environment, while taking ownership of the domain to become a subject matter expert for the service. * Updated service documentation where necessary. * Undertake peer reviews. * Maintaining documentation * Mentoring and support of team members * Writing or maintaining guidance which is used by teams working with your systems/platforms. * Advising on and implementing CI/CD pipelines. Engineering Roles * Mentoring of team members * Stakeholder Management, working with the Leadership and Program management team * Ensuring that the team is performing efficiently and maintaining code quality and system reliability * You will be the central point of contact for engineers in your area, ensuring the systems produced are sustainable and meet Digital, Data and Technology strategy. * Supporting implementation against strategy; leading multiple engineering teams in line with our architecture and professions. * Planning our workforce and supporting recruitment mentoring as necessary. * Ensuring the engineering activities undertaken in teams under your supervision are following suitable standards. * Supporting technical decision making, feeding into roadmaps and overall strategy for the Engineering function in your area. Presenting decisions up and down the organisation clearly. * Coordinating with other engineering leads to form an overall community, acting as the central point of contact in your area and leading collaborative efforts. * Ensures adherence to coding standards and best practices. Advises on software development methods and tools. Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is an award-winning partner of choice for many of the world's most influential companies and government organisations. Holding Enhanced Government Security Accreditation, we are recognised as the European market leader in the delivery of Security Cleared talent to organisations that demand the very highest levels of security, compliance and assurance. An award-winning organisation, having secured the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade over multiple years. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity, and we encourage candidates who may not meet every listed requirement to still apply. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience. Please Note: If a high volume of applications is received, only candidates shortlisted will be contacted.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is hiring a content design leader to shape how critical information is delivered to the public, supporting the UK’s mission to become a clean energy superpower. About the role You’ll lead and develop the department’s content strategy, ensuring content is clear, accessible and meets the needs of users across a wide range of services. Working closely with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams, you’ll shape how DESNZ communicates complex policy in a way that is simple, usable and impactful. What you’ll be doing Developing and delivering a department-wide content strategy aligned to key priorities Leading and managing a team of content designers Driving large-scale content improvement projects across Ensuring content is clear, accessible and user-focused Advising stakeholders and influencing decisions at a senior level Improving processes, workflows and ways of working across the team Championing best practice in content design and user-centred design Supporting innovation as digital content evolves, including new technologies

IT Director We offer leading-edge capability, technology and innovation to enable companies to take products into clinical trials and provide clinical, process development, manufacturing, regulatory, health economics and market access expertise. Our aim is to make the UK the most compelling and logical choice for UK and international partners to develop and commercialise these advanced therapies. Leadership of the IT group to service external and internal customers. Our Client is seeking to recruit an IT Director with exceptional credentials and expertise in setting up the planning and strategy framework for the company going forward. You will have at least 10 years expertise at a senior level. Key Accountabilities: • Working with the CFO and Operational leaders set the strategy and objectives • Select the right people, develop, and coach the team • Support internal customers through effective business partnering • Deliver IT services to customers/collaborators resident at the company locations including access/integration to Company business systems and infrastructure (communication/hardware) • Ensure security of data and systems balancing effectiveness with the need for collaboration internally and with customers • Deliver continuous improvement of services for internal and external stakeholders and Collaborators • Ensure IT Services and are delivered efficiently and effectively • Manage delivery of services within the agreed budget Required Experience: • A minimum of ten years’ experience leading IT at a senior management level • Track record of delivering results quickly • Experience in delivering IT services to customers • Work in a GMP or highly regulated environment Preferred Experience: • Experience of agile product development • Experience of Lean Six Sigma • Infrastructure delivery (networking, hardware) to customers • Experience with data science project delivery Knowledge / Skills / Competencies: • Highly motivated, pragmatic, and practical to support the mission of the Company to accelerate the development of a commercial cell and gene-based therapy industry in the UK. • High level interpersonal, communication (oral and written) skills. • Resilient, with the ability to manage multiple and varied tasks and prioritise workload within a fast-paced professional environment, with a strong attention to detail. • Flexible and pragmatic, able to learn quickly and respond flexibly to project needs and priorities. • Project ownership and pride in its delivery. • Ability to work well under pressure, to work independently and to be able to take the initiative when completing tasks. • Ambitious, collaborative, driven. • Comfortable operating autonomously once goals and objectives are set. • Able to evaluate complex situations and find solutions for them in a professional manner. • Ability to quickly establish credibility and build rapport and trust. • Proven ability to engage constructively with colleagues at all levels across different departments to deliver objectives and to respond to a wide range of customer and management needs. • Proven diplomacy skills with diverse groups of internal and external stakeholders. • High degree of motivation, problem solving skills and innovative thinking. • A good team player with a hands-on approach, and adaptable to new challenges. • A positive attitude towards learning, personal and professional development. • Keeps up to date with professional knowledge, expertise, and best practice. • Willingness to travel. • Proven coaching/mentoring ability. • Strong presentation skills. • Sincere and secure - accepts own mistakes - prioritises team over personal goals. • Driven and proactive - goes above and beyond the call of duty to achieve company results. • Astute and persuasive - leads and inspires colleagues. • Strong influencing and leadership skills. Understands influencing, stakeholder management and negotiation strategies. The Client is ideally seeking someone from a Pharmaceutical or Bio Science background and who understands how to work with the government and government funding. This position will manage 15 people within the IT team. Qualifications: Degree level qualification MBA preferred IT qualifications preferred but not essential Location and Travel: • Contracted location Stevenage • Ability to travel to Company locations The role will be based near Stevenage with hybrid working. Salary will be £110K - £130K + Benefits Please send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.