🧑💻 Experience: 8+ Years in Data Governance / Data Management
⏱️ Leadership Experience: 2+ years leading a governance workstream
🗣️ Nationality: Arab Nationality – Mandatory
📅 Notice Period: Candidates who can join immediately or on/before 15 October 2026 are preferred.
🔹 Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced Lead Data Governance professional to own the governance workstream across the full data lifecycle, including data classification, data quality, modelling, remediation, metadata and publication.
🔹 Required Skills & Experience
⭐8+ years of experience in Data Governance / Data Management
⭐Minimum 2 years leading a data governance workstream
⭐Strong knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK
⭐Hands-on experience with NDMO and PDPL in UAE/KSA government or regulated environments
⭐Experience with data cataloguing, lineage, DQ tools and data classification
⭐Strong stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills
⭐Arab Nationality – Mandatory
⭐Arabic language proficiency
⭐CDMP, DGSP or equivalent certification is preferred