Senior Data Governance Architect: Drive Enterprise Data Mastery

Salt Digital Recruitment; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt Digital Recruitment is seeking a Senior Data Governance Practitioner in Dubai to support the design and implementation of enterprise data governance frameworks. The role involves working closely with various teams to improve data management maturity and drive governance adoption.

Key qualifications include strong experience in data governance consulting, good understanding of tools like Collibra and Informatica, and familiarity with data privacy regulations. Candidates must be immediately available or able to start on very short notice.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in data governance consulting and setting up Data Governance offices.
• Experience in Data Governance, Data Quality, or MDM programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to drive governance adoption.
• Good understanding of tools such as Collibra, Informatica, or SAP MDG.
• Knowledge of metadata management, data cataloguing, and data lineage.
• Familiarity with data privacy regulations (GDPR, HIPAA).
• SQL knowledge required; Python and Snowflake are a plus.
• Exposure to cloud governance tools (Azure Purview, AWS Glue, GCP Data Catalog) is advantageous.
• Experience with data engineering concepts, ETL, data modelling, and BI tools (Power BI or Tableau) is a plus.
• Must be immediately available or able to start on very short notice.

Responsibilities

• Advising on data classification, metadata management, data lineage, data quality, and data literacy initiatives.
• Supporting business stakeholders in solving data-related challenges through a governance-led approach.

Skills

Data Governance consulting

Stakeholder management

SQL

Data Quality

Data lineage

Data privacy regulations

Python

Cloud governance tools

ETL concepts

BI tools

Tools

Collibra

Informatica

SAP MDG

Azure Purview

AWS Glue

GCP Data Catalog

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Salt Digital Recruitment is seeking a Senior Data Governance Practitioner in Dubai to support the design and implementation of enterprise data governance frameworks. The role involves working closely with various teams to improve data management maturity and drive governance adoption.

Key qualifications include strong experience in data governance consulting, good understanding of tools like Collibra and Informatica, and familiarity with data privacy regulations. Candidates must be immediately available or able to start on very short notice.