Role summary
Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Tamara's data governance framework ensuring data is managed as a trusted, secure, well-controlled, and valuable organizational asset.
Responsibilities
- Lead development, implementation, and continuous improvement of data governance policies, standards, procedures, and operating models.
- Establish and maintain data ownership, stewardship, and accountability models across business and technology functions.
- Define, monitor, and report on data governance KPIs, KRIs, maturity indicators, and management updates.
- Identify opportunities to improve data governance maturity, operational efficiency, reporting quality, and control effectiveness.
- Drive execution of data governance practices including data classification, lifecycle management, retention, and metadata management.
- Oversee data quality monitoring and remediate issues related to accuracy, completeness, consistency, and integrity.
- Maintain and enhance governance documentation including data inventories, ownership registers, data lineage, and dashboards.
- Provide governance input and challenge for projects involving data usage, sharing, new platforms, and integrations.
- Support compliance with regulatory requirements including SAMA, PDPL, PCI-DSS, and financial services obligations.
- Lead data governance assessments and control reviews to evaluate adherence to internal policies and standards.
- Identify data-related risks and control gaps and track remediation plans to closure.
- Lead preparation of data governance evidence and documentation for internal and external audits.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to embed governance requirements into new systems and technology changes.
- Drive stakeholder engagement to improve data governance awareness, accountability, and adoption.
- Provide ongoing guidance and support to data owners, stewards, and technical teams.
Qualifications
- 2-5 years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, or Compliance.
- Strong understanding of data ownership, stewardship, metadata management, data lineage, and lifecycle management.
- Strong grasp of compliance expectations related to data management and privacy particularly SAMA, PDPL, and PCI-DSS.
- Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel and SQL, Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools.
- Proven ability to identify data quality root causes and conduct governance assessments.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills with ability to influence cross-functional teams.
- Ability to operate independently and manage competing priorities in fast-paced environment.
Education
University degree in Information Management, Computer Science, Risk Management, or related field.
Experience
2-5 years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, or Compliance, preferably in fintech, banking, or regulated financial environment.
Skills
- Data Governance
- Data Management
- Data Quality
- Data Ownership
- Data Stewardship
- Metadata Management
- Data Lineage
- Lifecycle Management
- Compliance
- Risk Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Excel
- SQL
- Power BI
- Tableau
Education · Experience · Type
Bachelor'sRequires 2+ yearsSalary not stated