Data Governance Specialist for Unstructured Data & AI

ConnectedGroup; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 502,000 - 614,000; Full time

Job summary

ConnectedGroup is seeking a Data Governance professional in Hong Kong to lead organization-wide governance initiatives, focusing on unstructured data management and metadata strategies.

You will enhance the Data Governance Framework, drive tagging efforts, and ensure compliance with privacy and security regulations while partnering with technical and business teams to improve data discoverability and AI readiness.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in data governance and data management disciplines including metadata management, data classification, data tagging, data privacy, security and data quality.
• Hands-on experience with data governance tools and platforms (data catalogues, data lineage, data quality tools) and the ability to operationalize the Data Governance Framework.
• Knowledge of data governance fundamentals essential for AI initiatives, including Text-to-Insights, semantic search, AI knowledge bases, and model training; experience with unstructured data management techniques like auto-classification and ontology development is a plus.
• Familiarity with implementing data protection and security controls for sensitive and personal data.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills to collaborate with technical teams and influence business stakeholders to adopt governance practices.
• Solid understanding of technology concepts within the financial industry; experience in banking or finance preferred.
• Analytical mindset with structured problem-solving skills.
• Hands-on technical proficiency, including: SQL for data extraction, transformation, profiling, and analysis.
• Python for data processing, automation, text mining, and basic machine learning tasks.
• Developing scripts or workflows to support data tagging, classification, metadata enrichment, and governance controls.
• Familiarity with API integration and RESTful API calls for system connectivity and tool integration.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a core member of the Data Governance team to lead and support organization-wide data governance initiatives.
• Assist in the development, implementation, and ongoing enhancement of the Data Governance Framework, standards, and controls, with a focus on unstructured data management.
• Contribute to the design and optimization of tools and technologies supporting data governance, including metadata management, data access workflows, auto-classification, tagging, and data quality assurance.
• Promote best practices for unstructured data governance by establishing ontologies, managing taxonomies, and driving organization-wide data tagging efforts to improve data discoverability and AI readiness.
• Support compliance with data privacy, data protection, and data security regulations and internal policies.
• Monitor the effectiveness of governance practices, analyze performance, and recommend continuous improvements.

Skills

Data governance

Metadata management

Data tagging

Data privacy

Data security

Data quality

SQL

Python

RESTful API

AI readiness

Tools

Data catalogues

Data lineage

Data quality tools

Job description

ConnectedGroup is seeking a Data Governance professional in Hong Kong to lead organization-wide governance initiatives, focusing on unstructured data management and metadata strategies.

You will enhance the Data Governance Framework, drive tagging efforts, and ensure compliance with privacy and security regulations while partnering with technical and business teams to improve data discoverability and AI readiness.