Data Management Consultant (Arabic Speaker)

Dicetek LLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 279,000 - 502,000; Full time

Job summary

Dicetek LLC seeks senior data management professionals to design and implement governance programs spanning data quality, MDM, metadata, and security. You will shape enterprise data modelling, classification, and interoperability across systems.

Ideal candidates bring leadership experience, strong communication, and a track record of delivering governance roadmaps aligned with regulatory and AI-ready initiatives.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree with 10–13 years total experience, incl. 8–10 years in data management and 2–3 years in leadership.
• Alternative: Bachelor’s degree with 12–15 years total experience, incl. 9–11 years in data management and 3–4 years in leadership.
• Strong professional communication; Arabic and English preferred for governance with government stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and operationalize enterprise data governance, data quality, and maturity roadmaps.
• Bridge business policy and technical teams to deliver governance playbooks and SOPs.
• Translate strategies into practical operating models with measurable KPIs.
• Support emerging Digital Dubai requirements, AI-ready data readiness and provenance.

Skills

Data Governance

Data Quality

Master Data Management

Metadata Management

Data Modelling

Data Classification

Privacy & Security

Data exchange

Data Strategy & KPIs

Governance Documentation

Stakeholder Coordination

Education

Master’s degree in Data Management/IT/CS

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

Ataccama

Collibra

Alation

Informatica

SQL

Power BI

Job description

Core Data Management Expertise

Candidates should demonstrate proven consulting and implementation experience across several of the following areas:

• Enterprise Data Governance framework design and operationalization
• Current-state and Data Management maturity assessments gap analysis and improvement roadmaps
• Data Quality frameworks dimensions business rules controls scorecards monitoring root-cause analysis and remediation planning
• Metadata Management including business glossaries data dictionaries data catalogues lineage ownership and stewardship
• Master Data Management MDM reference data Golden Record matching survivorship deduplication and authoritative data sources
• Enterprise Data Modelling including conceptual and logical models
• Data classification privacy security risk retention and regulatory compliance
• Data exchange and interoperability including APIs data contracts integration standards and cross-system data flows
• Data strategy operating models annual roadmaps KPIs governance controls risk registers and executive reporting
• Development of policies standards procedures SOPs governance playbooks and formal documentation suitable for organizational approval

Emerging and Strategic Capabilities

Priority should be given to candidates who can support emerging Digital Dubai requirements particularly strong AI-ready data including data readiness assessments fitness-for-purpose and quality for AI metadata lineage and provenance ownership privacy-by-design and ongoing governance.

Dubai Registers and authoritative data sources including register governance ownership models unified definitions Data Quality metadata unique identifiers interoperability and single-source-of-truth principles.

Government-wide data exchange including entity onboarding data inventory and prioritization classification metadata onboarding data contracts compliance monitoring and ongoing data maintenance.

Automation of Data Management controls including automated profiling validation Data Quality monitoring workflow tracking and management dashboards.

Experience translating strategies and frameworks into practical operating models implementation roadmaps governance controls measurable KPIs and sustainable operational processes.

Ability to bridge business governance policy and technical teams rather than being limited to either policy documentation or technical implementation alone.

Government and Stakeholder Experience

The preferred candidate should have strong experience in government public-sector regulated or complex federated environments.

Experience working across multiple entities and coordinating business owners data owners stewards legal compliance information security architecture engineering and platform teams.

Ability to facilitate workshops achieve stakeholder alignment present recommendations to senior leadership and manage competing priorities.

Strong executive writing presentation negotiation advisory and change-management skills.

Experience building internal capability through structured knowledge transfer training governance playbooks and mentoring.

Preferred Frameworks Certifications and Tools

Preference may be given to candidates with CDMP DCAM Certified Data Governance Professional Certified Data Quality Professional or equivalent professional credentials.

Practical knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK DCAM ISO 8000 and recognized Data Management maturity or governance frameworks.

Experience with enterprise Data Governance Data Quality metadata or data catalogue platforms such as Ataccama Collibra Alation Informatica or equivalent platforms.

Working knowledge of SQL data profiling Power BI or Tableau and modern data platforms.

Project or programme management certification or experience such as PMP particularly for candidates who have led or managed enterprise-wide data transformation initiatives.

Qualifications and Experience Requirements

Candidates should meet the qualification and experience requirements specified in the attached job analysis form:

• Master’s degree in Data Management, Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Statistics, or another closely related discipline, with approximately 10–13 years of total experience, including 8–10 years of relevant Data Management experience and 2–3 years of supervisory or lead experience; or
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline, with approximately 12–15 years of total experience, including 9–11 years of relevant experience and 3–4 years of supervisory or lead experience.

Strong professional communication capability is required. Arabic and English capability is strongly preferred, particularly for candidates expected to prepare governance documentation and engage with government stakeholders.

Data Governance

Data Quality

SQL