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Job Title: Head of Information Governance Location: London/Hybrid (Typically 2/3 days in the office) Type: Full time – Permanent (If you are a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please do still get in touch) 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. What we can offer: We offer much more than just an inclusive culture with apprenticeships, study support, participation in our annual Spotlight Awards, Community Trust, Sports Teams, office socials, events and so much more. All of this with a supportive management team as well as working alongside some of the industry’s top talent. You’ll have access to wellbeing programs, fantastic discounts across many big-name businesses including supermarkets, gym memberships, restaurants, and healthcare cash plans etc. Further perks of working with us (Fixed benefits): Employer pension contribution of 10% (providing you, the Employee provides 5%). Good work life balance - flexibility to suit you. Competitive salary. Life Assurance at X4 of your base salary. Group Income Protection. Generous Annual Leave entitlement. Private Medical Insurance. Group annual bonus scheme. Purpose of the Role: The Head of Information Governance will lead the design, implementation and ongoing operation of ASL’s enterprise information governance capability, building on the foundational Information & Records Management transformation and extending it into a sustainable governance, privacy and data security function. The role is accountable for embedding consistent standards for the responsible creation, classification, sharing, retention, protection, monitoring and disposal of information assets across ASL. The role will provide senior leadership across information and records management, operational privacy management, data sharing governance, data loss prevention and insider risk controls. It will ensure ASL can evidence proportionate, risk-based controls over sensitive and regulated information, support FCA expectations for secure client data, resilient services, clear accountability, third-party oversight and effective control monitoring, and align ASL’s practices to recognised data management disciplines including aligned governance, data security, metadata, risk, lifecycle and documents/content management principles. Key Role Accountabilities: · Set and maintain ASL’s information governance strategy, operating model, roadmap and control framework, ensuring information is treated as a strategic asset and governed consistently across its lifecycle. · 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, ensuring privacy obligations are translated into practical processes, controls, metrics, training, breach response, DPIA support and business adoption. · Establish data sharing governance for internal, external and third-party sharing, including standards for lawful basis, proportionality, classification, acce