Job Responsibilities
- Oversee the company’s governance structure, ensuring compliance with internal policies, regulatory standards, and legal obligations.
- Develop, maintain, and operate the Data Governance framework, policies, and standards, covering areas such as data privacy control, data access, data usage, data classification, data lifecycle management, data exchange with third-party partners, business metadata, data stewardship, and data quality management.
- Lead the implementation of data governance practices to achieve high data quality, integrity, security, and compliance, supporting the organization's mission of data democratization.
- Initiate and implement forward-looking data governance measurement, metrics, and optimization initiatives to reach the top maturity level in the data governance maturity model.
- Collaborate with data owners, IT, compliance, and risk teams to ensure alignment of governance frameworks with business and technology objectives.
- Drive awareness and capabilities of data governance across the organization through training programs and communication strategies.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of data structures across all layers of the enterprise, supporting efficient data governance practices.
- Set up and manage Data Governance processes and workflows, especially in areas related to data access, business metadata, and data quality.
Background/ Experiences
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, management information systems, computer science, information technology or related field.
- Experience in writing or working with various documents such as policy, standard, procedure, and guideline.
- Experience driving data governance maturity and implementing data governance processes across multiple departments.
- At least 5 years of working experience in governance, internal control, data management or related field, preferably in technology or financial services.
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong understanding of corporate governance principles and data governance frameworks.
- Proficiency in developing and implementing data governance frameworks covering data privacy, access control, data lifecycle management, business metadata, and data quality.
- Expertise in regulatory requirements related to data privacy and protection (e.g., PDPA).
- Deep knowledge of data governance metrics, optimization practices, and how to achieve high levels of data governance maturity.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to drive organizational change in data governance.