Data Governance Maturity Lead - Policy, Compliance & Gaps

NorthBay Solutions; Islamabad; Hybrid; PKR 3,000,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthBay Solutions is seeking an experienced Data Management Maturity & Governance Lead to guide data governance initiatives across the organization. The role emphasizes maturity assessments, governance frameworks, policies, standards, controls, and evidence management for compliance readiness.

The ideal candidate translates data requirements into practical policies, processes, and implementation plans, working with business and technical teams in a hybrid, internationally-facing environment.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of professional experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, Data Strategy, or a related field.
• Strong experience in enterprise data governance and data management maturity programs.
• Hands-on experience conducting data maturity assessments and gap assessments.
• Strong experience developing and implementing data policies, standards, procedures, guidelines, and governance controls.
• Experience managing data governance remediation plans and maturity improvement initiatives.
• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, metadata, data ownership, data stewardship, data lineage, and data lifecycle management.
• Experience with evidence management, audit preparation, compliance documentation, and assessment readiness.
• Strong stakeholder management experience across business, data, and technology teams.
• Excellent documentation, presentation, reporting, and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to work effectively in a hybrid, international, and client-facing environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate data management maturity and governance initiatives
• Assess existing data management capabilities against defined maturity requirements and assessment criteria
• Conduct data management maturity and gap assessments and identify improvement opportunities
• Develop, review, and maintain data management policies, standards, procedures, frameworks, and guidelines
• Define and implement data governance controls, processes, roles, and responsibilities
• Coordinate with business and technical stakeholders to implement required data management and governance practices
• Develop and maintain remediation plans for identified governance and maturity gaps
• Track remediation actions, ownership, timelines, dependencies, and closure status
• Define, collect, validate, organize, and maintain evidence and supporting documentation for maturity and governance requirements
• Ensure policies, procedures, controls, and supporting evidence are aligned with applicable assessment requirements
• Establish and maintain structured repositories for governance documentation, approvals, evidence, and implementation records
• Support audits, internal reviews, maturity assessments, compliance reviews, and governance assessments
• Prepare management reports covering maturity progress, gaps, risks, remediation activities, and compliance readiness
• Facilitate governance workshops and stakeholder sessions to drive adoption of data management practices
• Identify opportunities to improve data governance capabilities, processes, and organizational maturity
• Provide guidance to business and technical teams on data governance requirements and implementation

Skills

Data Governance

Data Management

Data Management Maturity

Maturity Assessment

Data Stewardship

Data Ownership

Data Lineage

Data Quality

Data Strategy

Stakeholder Management

Education

CDMP Certification

DAMA-DMBOK

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Job description

NorthBay Solutions is seeking an experienced Data Management Maturity & Governance Lead to guide data governance initiatives across the organization. The role emphasizes maturity assessments, governance frameworks, policies, standards, controls, and evidence management for compliance readiness.

The ideal candidate translates data requirements into practical policies, processes, and implementation plans, working with business and technical teams in a hybrid, internationally-facing environment.