IT - Data Governance Specialist

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Posted 20 min ago

Experience

2 - 5 Years

Job Location

Al Kuwait - Kuwait

Education

Bachelor of Technology/Engineering

Nationality

Any Nationality

Gender

Any

Vacancy

2 Vacancies

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

As a Specialist Data Governance, you will ensure that day-to-day tasks are completed on time, efficiently and contributing to overall objectives of data governance. Your focus will be on to develop and maintain data governance policies, frameworks, and procedures to ensure compliance with organizational objectives. The role also includes preparing presentations and dashboards for internal and external management meetings, assisting in the implementation of the governance roadmap, coordinating with work streams on deliverables.


Key Activities

  • Develop data governance policies, processes and standards in alignment of data governance strategy, roadmap, vision and provided guidance.
  • Support in implementing data governance strategies, policies and implementation of roadmap.
  • Collaborate and work closely with different data stakeholders, departments, and business units to achieve Data Governance requirements.
  • Analyze and prepare presentations and gap analysis related to data governance.

Desired Candidate Profile

Industry/Domain: Operations / Data Management

Necessary knowledge and Experience to be able to do the job

  • 2-5 years’ work experience
  • Experience should be related to business analysis roles, and it could be business analysts, process re-engineering specialists, reporting analysts, business process re-engineering experts.
  • Experience in performance and financial reporting, KPIs reporting, consolidation of information from multiple sources and management of information repository would be helpful.
  • Experience in program or project management environment with definition of initiatives, impact quantification and impact realization would be plus.
  • An ideal candidate could be a business analyst with understanding of project management and are very interested in understanding why data maturity is essential and have some good knowledge of databases, analytics and reporting tools.

Education and Certification requirements:

  • University degree or Diploma specialized in IT or Data governance preferred
  • Certification in Project Management (PMP) from PMI

Job specific technical Skills

  • Expert in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Visio. Oracle database knowledge and query writing skills would be plus.
  • Knowledge of data governance international standards, TM Forum related standards and GDPR
  • Knowledge of data governance tools such as Collibra, Informatica DGC and other related tools.
  • Understanding of data governance components like data catalogue and related data governance roles like stewardship, ownership and custodians.
  • Understanding of organization’s data sources, its lifecycle and consumption
  • Data warehousing concepts and related technologies

DIGITAL/TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

  • Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Visio hands-on advanced experience
  • General awareness of telecom services, data, trends, and common business functions (customer services, commercial, technology, regulatory, legal etc).
  • Expertise in Data Governance frameworks (DAMA-DMBOK, DCAM, or EDM Council frameworks)
  • Knowledge of tools like Collibra, Informatica, Alation, Talend for Data Cataloguing & Metadata Management
  • Understanding of enterprise data standards, master & reference data management
  • Proficiency in defining KPIs, rules, and monitoring mechanisms for data quality monitoring
  • Works with team members to understand root causes and contribute to brainstorming solutions. Familiar with tools like 5 Whys, Fishbone Diagram (Ishikawa).
  • Knowledge of GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and Kuwait telecom regulations for policy and compliance alignment
  • Understands the basics of change management (communication, training, stakeholder support).
  • Familiarity with analytics & BI tools like Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, Looker for translating governance metrics into insights.
  • Ability to trace data flows across systems for auditability, data lineage and impact analysis
  • APIs & Integration knowledge on how governance integrates with enterprise systems (ERP, CRM, OSS/BSS in telecom)

Employment Type

    Full Time

Company Industry

  • Telecom
  • ISP

Department / Functional Area

  • DBA
  • Datawarehousing (IT Software)

Keywords

  • PMP Certified
  • Data Governance
  • Informatica
  • Talend
  • Metadata
  • GDPR
  • HIPAA
  • Telecommunication
  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • Qlik
  • ERP
  • Telecom OSS
  • Telecom BSS
  • Oracle Database
  • Data Management
  • Metadata Management
  • Data Catalog
  • Project Management PMP

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