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About the Role

Catrion Group is seeking an Assistant Manager, Data Governance to support the enterprise-wide data governance strategy. This full-time position is based in Jeddah and requires 2-5 years of experience. The role focuses on developing, implementing, and maintaining frameworks, standards, and controls to ensure data accuracy, security, classification, and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

The Assistant Manager, Data Governance will play a crucial role in bridging policy and operations to safeguard sensitive data, maintain its integrity, and enable ethical, data-driven decision-making. Key duties include:

• Supporting the development, implementation, and maintenance of the organization’s data governance framework, policies, and standards.
• Assisting in defining roles and responsibilities for data ownership and stewardship across business units.
• Contributing to the classification, cataloguing, and metadata management of enterprise data assets.
• Supporting the monitoring of data quality, consistency, and integrity, and coordinating remediation of identified issues with data owners.
• Assisting in establishing controls for data lifecycle management, including creation, usage, retention, archival, and disposal.
• Contributing to the implementation and maintenance of data lineage and traceability processes.
• Supporting the definition and monitoring of KPIs and metrics for data governance effectiveness.
• Assisting in evaluating and integrating tools and technologies for data governance, metadata, and data quality management.
• Collaborating with IT and Security teams to ensure access management, data protection, and compliance with internal and regulatory requirements.
• Supporting the preparation of reports, dashboards, and documentation on governance activities, highlighting risks and improvement opportunities.
• Contributing to awareness sessions and training programs to embed data governance practices across the organization.

AI Data Governance Responsibilities

This role also involves specific responsibilities related to Artificial Intelligence data governance:

• Supporting the maintenance of an inventory of AI use cases and their data sources, ensuring proper documentation and traceability.
• Ensuring data used in AI models meets governance standards for quality, accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Contributing to monitoring and documenting data lineage for AI systems, including transformations and ownership of datasets.
• Assisting in assessing and mitigating risks of bias, fairness, and regulatory non-compliance related to datasets feeding AI models.
• Collaborating with Data Privacy and IT Security teams to ensure AI data processing complies with PDPL, NDMO standards, and NCA DCC requirements.
• Providing input to policies and guidelines that govern responsible data use in AI systems and analytics.

Broader Contributions and Collaboration

The Assistant Manager will contribute to fostering a culture of accountability, ownership, and integrity in data usage. This includes acting as a trusted partner to business units, IT, and compliance teams to ensure data is accurate, consistent, and accessible. The role involves promoting awareness of data quality and governance importance, and staying informed of emerging data governance standards, technologies, and industry best practices. Upholding ethical standards in data handling is paramount.

Qualifications and Experience

The ideal candidate will possess 2-5 years of relevant experience in data governance or a related field. A strong understanding of data management principles, data quality frameworks, and regulatory compliance is essential. Experience in supporting the development and implementation of data governance policies and standards is required.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position located in Jeddah. The role requires collaboration with various internal teams, including leadership, business units, technical teams, IT, and Security, to achieve enterprise-wide data governance objectives.