Data Governance Lead

MPH CONSULTING SERVICES JLT; Doha; On-site; QAR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

MPH CONSULTING SERVICES JLT is seeking a Lead Data Governance for a Doha-based engagement. The role oversees data governance across multiple domains and drivers data-driven decisions in digital use cases.

You will implement governance strategy, evaluate capabilities, and advise leadership on enterprise-wide solutions to ensure data integrity and quality for stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Management or engineering/business equivalent.
• 10+ years of experience in Data Management for Oil & Gas or related sectors.
• 5+ years in a management/lead position.
• Hands-on experience building data governance strategy, frameworks, roadmaps, and data roles.
• Experience implementing scalable data governance technology stacks (glossary, lineage, quality).

Responsibilities

• Lead central team to drive data governance across ~120 data domains and 870 data families.
• Drive governance for digital use cases and data platform operations to ensure data integrity for decision-making.
• Implement data governance strategy for the organization.
• Lead planning, evaluating, and selecting governance capabilities.
• Advise leadership on enterprise-wide data governance solutions and challenges.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Data lineage

Data modeling

Data integration

Stakeholder management

Change management

Program management

BI / Data visualization

Enterprise architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Management or engineering/business equivalent

Tools

EDMS solutions

BI technologies

Data warehouses / lakes

Job description

We are looking for a Lead Data Governance for one of our clients with the following details

Location – Doha Qatar

Start Date – Sep 2026

End Date – Aug 2027

Work status – Residential single u

Accountabilities

• Lead of the central team responsible for driving all COMPANY entities to have accurate consistent available and high-quality data across around 120 data domains 870 data families
• Drives the implementation of data governance for the digital use cases and digital data platform operations to ensures the integrity of data used and presented in the use cases and support decision-making
• Implement data governance strategy for the organization
• Leads the planning evaluating and selecting the right data governance capabilities for the enterprise
• Advisor to the leadership team on enterprise-wide data governance solutions and challenges

Qualification and Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in Information Management or an engineering/business related equivalent.
• 10+ years of experience in Data Management for Oil and Gas Upstream/Downstream Operations and Major Capital Projects.
• 5+ years of experience in a management/lead position working through the definition and implementations of similar engineering information projects.
• Strong hands-on experience in building data governance strategy, framework, roadmaps, decision making bodies and on boarding data roles (data owners/stewards)
• Solid track record implementing scalable data governance technology stacks (including business glossary, data lineage, data quality)
• Good understanding of the data solutions used for different Data Management needs such as Data visualization and BI, data science, data warehouses/lakes, Master data Management, data modeling Enterprise Document Management solutions...etc
• Experience in Change Management, Program management and Stakeholder management
• Experience in data integration methods
• Good understanding of Upstream and Downstream DIM requirements
• Good Knowledge of Database systems, EDMS solutions and BI Technologies
• Good Knowledge of Applications Architecture, Information Security Principles