Senior Banking Data Governance & Quality Lead

Virtusa Middle East FZ-LLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtusa Middle East FZ-LLC seeks a seasoned Data Governance expert to translate business data requirements into actionable technical specifications for IT and Data Engineering teams in a regulated banking environment.

You will lead end-to-end data lineage mapping from source systems to consumption, drive the ROI of governance tools, validate data quality via profiling before escalation, and help draft data policies.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of total experience, with a minimum of 4 years specifically in Data Governance, Data Stewardship, or Data Quality within the Banking and Financial Services sector.
• Deep understanding of banking products, processes, and regulatory reporting requirements (e.g., AML, KYC, Risk Management).
• Strategic execution: drafting data policies, defining CDEs, and establishing a network of data stewards.
• Exceptional stakeholder management with the ability to translate technical constraints into business realities.

Responsibilities

• Translate business data requirements and governance policies into clear actionable technical specifications for IT and Data Engineering teams
• Map end-to-end data lineage from origin to consumption and support the Enterprise Data Catalog population
• Evaluate and maximize the ROI of data governance and data quality tools
• Perform lightweight data profiling and validation to verify data quality issues before escalation to engineering teams

Skills

SQL

Data quality

Stakeholder management

Education

CDMP Certification

Tools

Informatica Axon

Informatica EDC

Collibra

Alation

Power BI

Job description

Virtusa Middle East FZ-LLC seeks a seasoned Data Governance expert to translate business data requirements into actionable technical specifications for IT and Data Engineering teams in a regulated banking environment.

You will lead end-to-end data lineage mapping from source systems to consumption, drive the ROI of governance tools, validate data quality via profiling before escalation, and help draft data policies.