Senior Data Governance Specialist

Role & responsibilities

• Support the design and implementation of data governance frameworks, operating models, policies, standards, and procedures.
• Define, document, and manage data quality rules across critical data domains and business processes.
• Configure and use Informatica Cloud capabilities to support governance, metadata management, data quality, profiling, and rule execution.
• Work with business stakeholders to identify critical data elements, ownership models, stewardship responsibilities, and data issue management workflows.
• Conduct data profiling and quality assessment to identify gaps, inconsistencies, duplication, and control issues.
• Translate business rules into technical data quality checks, validation logic, and remediation workflows.
• Support the implementation of data cataloguing, metadata management, lineage, and stewardship processes.
• Collaborate with data engineering teams to embed governance and quality controls into data pipelines and reporting layers.
• Track data quality metrics, exceptions, root causes, and remediation progress.
• Prepare clear documentation, dashboards, and reports for governance forums, client leadership, and project stakeholders.
• Ensure delivery aligns with public sector data governance expectations, security standards, and client compliance requirements.
• Contribute to workshops, requirement gathering sessions, stakeholder discussions, and governance maturity assessments.

Preferred candidate profile

• 6+ years of experience in data governance, data quality, information management, or related data management roles.
• Hands-on experience with Informatica Cloud, especially data quality, profiling, metadata, governance, or catalog-related capabilities.
• Strong understanding of data governance concepts, including data ownership, stewardship, policies, standards, data domains, and critical data elements.
• Practical experience defining and implementing data quality rules, scorecards, issue logs, and remediation processes.
• Ability to translate business requirements into data quality checks and governance controls.
• Experience working with structured enterprise data across systems, databases, data warehouses, or cloud platforms.
• Good understanding of data lineage, metadata management, business glossaries, and data cataloguing.
• Strong documentation skills, including governance standards, rule specifications, process flows, and operating procedures.
• Experience working with business users, data owners, technology teams, and senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and ability to manage complex data issues.
• Prior experience in government, public sector, banking, telecom, or regulated industries is preferred.
• Willingness to work from office in the UAE for a government client engagement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Informatica Cloud certification or hands-on project experience with Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure data services, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, or enterprise data platforms.
• Knowledge of DAMA, DCAM, or similar data management frameworks.
• Experience supporting data governance programs for government or regulated clients.
• Familiarity with privacy, security, and compliance requirements in enterprise data environments.
• Experience creating executive-level data quality dashboards and governance reporting.