Technical Data Governance Manager

ONE TECH STOP PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

ONE TECH STOP PTE. LTD. is seeking a senior Governance Platform Architect to lead data governance, metadata management, and security across cloud-native environments. You will drive automation, establish data quality metrics, and align governance with enterprise initiatives.

Lead a team of data governance engineers and data analysts, collaborating with Legal, Risk and InfoSec to translate regulatory rules into technical policies.

Qualifications

• Governance, cataloging and data governance tooling expertise.
• Hands-on experience with BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks in data platforms.
• Proficient programming in Python and Java.
• Security and observability skills including IAM, Okta, DevSecOps.
• Industry certifications (DAMA CDMP, ISACA CDPSE or AWS/GCP/Snowflake) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Governance platform architecture, automation, and metadata management.
• Implement RBAC, ABAC, data masking and security controls across cloud environments.
• Lead data observability and quality engineering within CI/CD.
• Collaborate with legal, risk and InfoSec to enforce regulatory policies.
• Mentor a team of data governance engineers and data analysts.

Skills

Governance & Cataloging

Data Stack

Programming & Scripting

Security & Observability

Certifications

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

BigQuery

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

JOB PURPOSE

• Owns the technology relationships up to CxO level & supports technology thought leadership.

• Collaborates, consults and provides ONE system standards, best practices and guidelines and overall architectural principles, frameworks, and standards in an engagement.

• Drives research, case studies, and prototypes on leading-edge technologies and how they can be leveraged.

• Develops POCs to evaluate new technologies and makes recommendations.

• Designs and/or proposes enhancements to improve the performance, availability and reliability of the system architectures.

• Ensures that we are continuously raising our standard of engineering excellence.

• Being a member of the Architecture Committee in ONE to facilitate AC meetings with internal and external technical stakeholders and SMEs.

• Assist and supporting the lead architects to research & develop the Enterprise IT Roadmap

• Lead the technical strategy, design, and operationalization of our enterprise data governance platform.

• Bridge the gap between business compliance requirements and modern technology stack architecture.

• Automate data discovery and establish automated data quality pipelines.

• Bridge the gap between business compliance requirements and modern technology stack architecture.

• Enforce access control policies and manage metadata frameworks across cloud-native environments, multi-tenant SaaS products, and enterprise data platforms.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES (Describe the major responsibilities of this position)

Duties and Responsibilities

Governance Platform Architecture & Automation:

• Design, implement, and maintain the technical infrastructure supporting data governance, compliance, metadata management, and dynamic data lineage.

• Lead evaluation, integration, and management of enterprise data governance tools (e.g., Collibra, Google Knowledge Catalog).

• Automate metadata ingestion, data dictionary creation, and schema mapping across cloud data platforms (BigQuery, Snowflake).

Implement automated RBAC, ABAC, row/column-level security, and dynamic data masking in coordination with InfoSec.

Data Observability & Quality Engineering:

• Establish automated data quality frameworks, integrating continuous data observability tools into CI/CD pipelines.

• Define and monitor technical Data Quality SLAs (completeness, accuracy, freshness, lineage) for core business domains.

• Partner with Data Engineers to implement automated data retention, archiving, and deletion workflows for privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA, PDPA).

Technical Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Lead and mentor a team of Data Governance Engineers, Technical Data Stewards, and Data Analysts.

• Embed "Governance-by-Design" principles into software development and product engineering life cycles.

• Collaborate with Legal, Risk, and InfoSec teams to operationalize regulatory rules into programmatically enforceable technical policies.

Create developer-friendly documentation, API specs for governance tooling, and architectural SOPs.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS (To be fully competent in the job)

1. Special Skills (Computer skills, quality knowledge, special programmes)

• Governance & Cataloging: Collibra, Good Knowledge Catalog

• Data Stack: BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks

• Programming & Scripting: Python, Java

• Security & Observability: IAM, Okta, DevSecOps,

• Certifications: DAMA CDMP, ISACA CDPSE, CISA, or AWS/GCP/Snowflake Certifications (preferred)

2. Preferred Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field.

3. Work Experience (years of experience in the industry and functional area)

• 10–13 years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Architecture, or IT Management.

• At least 5+ years directly leading technical data governance initiatives.

• Hands-on experience implementing data governance within a Data Mesh or decentralized data platform model is preferred.