DATA GOVERNANCE SPECIALIST

About the Role

Duncan & Ross is seeking an experienced Data Governance Specialist to join our team in Riyadh. This full-time role involves establishing and managing comprehensive data governance frameworks, processes, and operating models to ensure data integrity and compliance across the organization.

Role Purpose

The Data Governance Specialist will be responsible for ensuring that organizational data is properly owned, classified, governed, protected, and maintained. This involves defining and implementing standards and processes that support data quality, security, and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement data governance frameworks, policies, standards, and processes.
• Establish data ownership and stewardship models across business and technology teams.
• Define data classification, quality, metadata, and data lineage standards.
• Establish processes for data access, sharing, retention, and lifecycle management.
• Support data privacy, security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Define and monitor data quality rules, controls, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Develop and maintain data governance operating models, roles, responsibilities, and workflows.
• Collaborate with Data Architects, Business Analysts, IT, Security, Risk, and Compliance teams.
• Identify data governance gaps and recommend improvements.
• Support implementation and adoption of enterprise data governance and cataloguing tools.
• Conduct governance workshops and promote data governance awareness across the organization.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, or a related field.
• Strong experience with data ownership, stewardship, classification, quality, and lineage.
• Good understanding of data privacy, security, access, sharing, and retention principles.
• Proven experience developing data governance frameworks and operating models.
• Familiarity with data governance standards, policies, and best practices.
• Experience with data cataloguing, metadata, and lineage tools is preferred.

Required Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent documentation and communication skills.
• Effective stakeholder management abilities.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, requiring collaboration with various internal teams to drive data governance initiatives.