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Data Governance Manager ( Senior )

Data Governance Manager

We are looking for an experienced Data Governance professional to design, implement, and operationalise a robust enterprise data governance framework for a UAE-based enterprise client. You will work across business and technology teams to embed governance into the organisation’s day-to-day data operations.

•        Design and implement an enterprise data governance framework covering policies, standards, procedures, and controls.

•        Establish and operationalise a Data Governance Council, defining roles such as Data Owners, Data Stewards, and Data Custodians.

•        Define and enforce data governance policies across the data lifecycle: ingestion, storage, transformation, consumption, and archival.

•        Drive compliance with internal data policies and external regulatory requirements (UAE PDPL, GDPR where applicable).

•        Collaborate with data catalog, data quality, and data security teams to ensure governance controls are consistently applied.

•        Develop data governance training and change-management programmes for business stakeholders.

•        Track and report on governance KPIs: policy adherence rates, issue resolution times, and stewardship coverage.

•        Facilitate working groups to resolve data ownership disputes and cross-domain data issues.

Review and update governance frameworks as the organisation’s data landscape evolves

•        5+ years (AM) / 8+ years (Manager–SM) in data governance, data management, or enterprise compliance roles.

•        Hands-on experience implementing data governance frameworks (DAMA-DMBOK, DCAM, or equivalent).

•        Familiarity with data governance tooling: Collibra, Alation, Microsoft Purview, or equivalent.