Data Governance Senior Officer

Addar Water Factory; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Addar Water Factory in Riyadh seeks a data governance specialist to establish data quality rules and ensure compliance with relevant regulations.

Your responsibilities will include monitoring data quality, coordinating governance councils, and producing reports for senior management. A strong background in data governance is essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Establish and monitor data quality rules, metrics and key risk indicators (KRIs).
• Ensure data governance aligns with compliance regulations.
• Work with various departments to embed data controls.
• Coordinate data governance councils and committees.
• Produce dashboards on data quality issues and remediation.
• Review and maintain the enterprise data governance framework.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Establish and monitor data quality rules, metrics and key risk indicators (KRIs).
• Ensure data governance practices support compliance with applicable regulations (e.g. data protection privacy, AML/CFT, payments and banking regulations) mapping critical data sets to regulatory requirements and reporting.
• Work closely with Risk, Compliance, Information Security and Legal to embed data controls into risk frameworks and respond to regulatory, supervisory and audit reviews relating to data.
• Coordinate and, where applicable, chair or act as secretariat to data governance councils, data management committees and working groups.
• Produce regular dashboards and reports on data quality issues, risks and remediation status for senior management, risk committees and Board‑level forums, highlighting key trends and required decisions.
• Design, maintain, and periodically review the enterprise data governance framework, including data policies, standards, data classification schema and procedures.