Assistant Manager - Data Governance.TECH -Data Management.MIT

Mashreq NEO CORP; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

MashreqBank in United Arab Emirates seeks an AVP to lead Data Governance & Data Quality. The role focuses on establishing governance practices, driving accountability, and ensuring data is trusted, governed, and fit for business, regulatory, risk, analytics, and AI use cases.

The position requires strong stakeholder influence, cross-functional collaboration, and experience delivering enterprise data programs within a regulated banking environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Data Governance, Data Quality, or Enterprise Information Management.
• Experience in banking or regulated industry.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience with governance and data quality tools such as Informatica, Power BI/Tableau, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of the Data Governance Framework across the Bank.
• Define and monitor Data Quality KPIs, thresholds, scorecards, and DQI performance.
• Monitor Data Quality trends and drive remediation of critical issues.
• Report governance progress and remediation status to management forums.

Skills

Data Governance

Data Quality

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Regulatory Compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Informatica

Power BI/Tableau

DEQ

Job description

United Arab Emirates (Fulltime office (FTO))

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Job Description

AVP - Data Governance & Data Quality

Field

Details

Job Title

AVP - Data Governance & Data Quality

Department

Reports To

Head of Data Management / Head of Data Governance & Quality

Role Focus

Lead Data Governance and Data Quality execution across the Bank, drive stakeholder accountability, and improve data trust, control, and adoption.

Role Purpose

Lead the Bank's Data Governance and Data Quality capabilities by establishing governance practices, driving stakeholder accountability, improving data quality, and ensuring enterprise data is trusted, governed, and fit for business, regulatory, risk, financial reporting, analytics, and AI use cases.

Act as the primary point of coordination for Data Governance and Data Quality across business and technology domains, ensuring adoption of policies, standards, controls, and timely remediation of data-related issues.

Role expectation: This role should run the Data Governance & Data Quality function day-to-day, handle stakeholders confidently, enforce adherence, and elevate only where strategic, executive, or material risk decisions are required.

Key Responsibilities

Data Governance

Lead implementation of the Data Governance Framework across the Bank.

Drive adoption of Data Management policies, standards, procedures, and controls.

Govern Critical Data Elements, metadata, business glossary, data dictionary, lineage, and data catalog adoption.

Ensure Data Owners, Data Stewards, and System Owners understand and execute their responsibilities.

Track governance maturity and drive continuous improvement across business units.

Data Quality

Own the enterprise Data Quality Framework, standards, rules, controls, and monitoring processes.

Define and track Data Quality KPIs, thresholds, scorecards, and Data Quality Index performance.

Monitor Data Quality trends and drive timely remediation of critical and recurring issues.

Lead root-cause analysis for high-impact data quality problems.

Report Data Quality risks, progress, and remediation status to management and governance forums.

Stakeholder Management & Accountability

Act as the primary contact for Data Governance and Data Quality matters across Business, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Finance, Operations, and Audit.

Hold stakeholders accountable for ownership, stewardship, remediation, and adherence to approved standards.

Challenge stakeholders constructively where data obligations, controls, or remediation actions are not being fulfilled.

Lead discussions to resolve cross-functional data ownership, lineage, metadata, and quality issues.

Lead governance forums and drive closure of agreed actions.

Regulatory, Audit & Risk

Support regulatory reviews, audits, assurance activities, and risk assessments related to data management.

Drive remediation of Data Governance and Data Quality findings and control gaps.

Ensure governance evidence, documentation, controls, and reporting remain audit-ready.

Partner with Risk, Compliance, Finance, Audit, and Technology to strengthen data controls.

Leadership & Capability Building

Lead and develop Data Governance and Data Quality resources.

Coach Data Stewards and governance stakeholders across the organization.

Operate independently in managing priorities, forums, actions, and stakeholder engagements.

Promote a culture of accountability, ownership, continuous improvement, automation, and practical delivery.

Experience

5+ years in Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Management, Risk Data, Regulatory Data, or Enterprise Information Management.

Strong experience in banking, financial services, or another regulated industry.

Experience leading enterprise-wide Data Governance and Data Quality programs.

Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, enforce accountability, and drive cross-functional remediation.

Experience with governance and data quality tools such as Informatica, DEQ , Power BI/Tableau, or equivalent platforms.

Core Competencies

Data Governance

Data Quality

Leadership

Governance frameworks; ownership & stewardship; CDEs; metadata; glossary; lineage; catalog; operating model.

DQ rules & controls; profiling; monitoring; dashboards; DQ Index; root-cause analysis; remediation lifecycle.

Stakeholder influence; governance leadership; executive communication; autonomy; problem solving; change leadership.

Success Measures

Improvement in Enterprise Data Quality Index and reduction in critical data issues.

Increased coverage of governed Critical Data Elements, metadata, glossary, lineage, and DQ controls.

Timely closure of Data Governance and Data Quality remediation actions, audit observations, and risk findings.

Improved stakeholder adherence to Data Management policies, standards, and governance obligations.

Stronger governance forum discipline, action closure, and management reporting transparency.

Visible uplift in data ownership, stewardship, adoption, and governance maturity across business units.

Job Info

• Job Identification 5969
• Job Category MashreqBank
• Posting Date 08/06/2026, 11:58 AM
• Apply Before 08/26/2026, 12:00 AM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations United Arab Emirates (Fulltime office (FTO))