Senior Data Governance Lead

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Data Governance Lead to drive enterprise-wide data governance for a leading organization in the UAE. The role will define and operationalize governance frameworks, data quality practices, and compliance controls, and will partner across business, data, architecture, and engineering teams to build trusted data practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide data governance strategy, defining governance frameworks, policies, standards, ownership, stewardship, and operating models.
• Establish and monitor data quality frameworks, KPIs, controls, issue management, and remediation processes across critical data domains.
• Drive data privacy, security, regulatory compliance, and audit readiness, ensuring governance policies are embedded across the data lifecycle.
• Partner with business, data, architecture, and engineering teams to strengthen data ownership, governance adoption, and trusted data practices across the organization.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Informatica Data Governance / Data Quality.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric, including metadata management, cataloging, lineage, and governance capabilities.
• Proven experience defining governance frameworks, policies, standards, and operating models at enterprise level.
• Experience establishing data quality KPIs, controls, issue management, and remediation processes.
• Sound knowledge of data privacy, security, and regulatory compliance requirements, and audit readiness.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate across business, data, architecture, and engineering teams.