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Data Governance Lead | Group Tech &Dig Platforms | Corporate Services

30+ days ago 2025/07/12
Full time
500 Employees or more · Retail & Wholesale
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Overview of the role:

Data Governance Lead will be responsible for establishing and leading the data governance framework, policies, and best practices across the organization. This role ensures data quality, security, and compliance while driving strategic initiatives to maximize the value of data assets. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in data management, governance, and regulatory compliance within a large, diversified business group.

Furthermore, role will include leading a highly focused and competitive team, driving them towards achieving key business outcomes efficiently and cost-effectively. 

 

What you will do:

  • Develop and implement a group-wide data governance strategy, policies, and standards.
  • Establish data ownership, stewardship, and accountability models across business units.
  • Lead the end-to-end process of designing, documenting, developing, implementing, and testing innovative prototypes that showcase the value of data. You will present these prototypes to various stakeholders, demonstrating the potential impact on our business.
  • Define and enforce data quality, integrity, and security standards.
  • Ensure compliance with local and international data regulations (e.g., GDPR, DIFC Data Protection Law, UAE Personal Data Protection Law).
  • Oversee data privacy, classification, and protection mechanisms.
  • Work closely with Legal, Risk, IT, AI Office and Compliance teams to align data governance policies.
  • Implement data quality frameworks to improve accuracy, consistency, and completeness.
  • Lead Master Data Management (MDM/MDG) initiatives for key domains (e.g., customer, product, supplier).
  • Define and monitor data KPIs and governance metrics.
  • Oversee the selection and implementation of data governance tools (e.g., Collibra, Informatica, IBM Data Governance, Ovaledge).
  • Enable and support the other functions like Legal, Risk, IT, AI Office and Compliance teams by implementing required tools / products
  • Collaborate with IT stakeholders to ensure data architecture, integration, and lineage tracking.
  • Drive data governance awareness and training programs across the organization.
  • Partner with business leaders, IT stakeholders to embed governance into decision-making.
  • Act as the data governance champion to foster a culture of data-driven excellence.
  • Implement DQ scorecard across enterprise.



Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim is one of the most progressive regional business houses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into six divisions; automotive, retail, electronics, engineering and technology, real estate, financial services and general services, Al-Futtaim operates through more than 60 companies and maintains a decentralised approach, giving individual businesses flexibility and versatility to maintain a competitive stance. Employing in excess of 20,000 people across the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Egypt, Syria, Pakistan, Singapore and Europe, this approach benefits employees, providing a clearly defined work culture where individuals are empowered with authority and responsibility for their work. The success of Al-Futtaim is attributed to proactively managing change whilst upholding the values of integrity, service and social responsibility. The majority of businesses, built on a portfolio of world leading brands, dominate their sector.

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