Tech Data Governance Lead & DPO

Tanqeeb; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tanqeeb, based in Abu Dhabi, seeks an experienced data governance professional to establish and maintain data ownership, asset registers, and classification standards within a growing fintech platform. You will translate regulatory requirements into practical controls and work with engineering, data, cloud, and security teams.

The role focuses on retention, deletion, encryption considerations, and ongoing control validation to support audits and regulatory expectations across multiple

Qualifications

• Strong data governance capability across organisations.
• Experience with data protection and information security in fintech/FS.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical technical controls.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Establish data ownership, asset registers and classification standards.
• Define retention, monitoring, deletion, and secure handling requirements.
• Translate regulatory needs into practical technical controls for engineering.
• Review proposed solutions for alignment with data protection requirements.
• Monitor effectiveness of governance controls and document evidence for audits.

Skills

Data governance

DPO

Job description

Tanqeeb, based in Abu Dhabi, seeks an experienced data governance professional to establish and maintain data ownership, asset registers, and classification standards within a growing fintech platform. You will translate regulatory requirements into practical controls and work with engineering, data, cloud, and security teams.

The role focuses on retention, deletion, encryption considerations, and ongoing control validation to support audits and regulatory expectations across multiple