An exclusive Data Governance placement firm
AptitudeJobs places senior Data Governance leaders — Chief Data Officers, governance leads, privacy counsel, and stewardship specialists — into the regulated organisations that depend on them. We are consultants first and recruiters second, and Data Governance is all we do.
We built AptitudeJobs on Internet Identity because trust should be verifiable. Every employer, candidate, and placement on the platform carries an on-chain identity — so the people you hire, and the firms you hire from, are who they say they are.
Services
Executive search
Retained search for Chief Data Officers, governance leads, and senior Data Governance roles. Discreet, thorough, and reference-checked.
Contingent placement
Contract and interim placements for governance programmes, transformation roles, and specialist gaps that need filling fast.
Talent advisory
Workforce planning, succession mapping, and compensation benchmarking for firms building Data Governance functions.
One discipline, led by practitioners
Data Governance is our only practice, run by consultants who have worked inside the function. That depth is why our shortlists are short.
Data Strategy & Leadership
DisciplineChief Data Officers, heads of data, and governance leads who set the agenda for data as a strategic, board-level asset.
Privacy & Regulatory Counsel
DisciplineDPOs, privacy counsel, and regulatory advisors fluent in GDPR, CPRA, and the emerging AI governance stack.
Data Stewardship & Quality
DisciplineStewardship leads, data quality managers, and lineage owners who keep the function honest end-to-end.
Data Architecture & Engineering
DisciplineData architects, platform leads, and engineering managers who build the trusted pipelines governance depends on.
Risk, Controls & Audit
DisciplineData risk officers, controls leads, and audit partners who translate governance policy into operating reality.
AI & Analytics Governance
DisciplineAI governance leads, model risk officers, and analytics directors shaping responsible, auditable AI use.
Our approach
Listen
We start with the brief — the role, the team, the regulatory context, and the constraints. No template shortlists.
Map
Our governance consultants map the market, identify passive candidates, and qualify each one against the brief.
Present
You see a short, referenced shortlist with our honest assessment — not a pile of résumés.
Place
We manage the offer, the counter-offer, and the onboarding handoff. Then we stay in touch for the first year.