Job Description
Job Ref. No. JLIL062
Position: Data Governance Manager
Employment Terms: Permanent and Pensionable
We currently have an exciting career opportunity for Data Governance Manager. The position holder will report to the Head of Data Governance and will be based at Head Office in Nairobi.
Main Purpose of the Job (Job Summary)
The role holder will define, implement, and ensure adherence to the company wide Data Governance framework and policies across all domains to drive and improve data quality and integrity to support decision making and drive growth.
Main Responsibilities
• Establish and govern an enterprise data governance implementation roadmap including strategic priorities for development of information-based capabilities aligned to best practice and international standards across all business domains e.g., DAMA, ARMA, DCAM
• Responsible for defining and driving governance to ensure implementation and adherence to data governance policies defined including big data platforms and cloud implementations.
• Define roles and responsibilities related to data governance and ensure clear accountability for stewardship of the company's principal information assets
• Identity and drive business use of data assets to stimulate growth through insights and analytics
• Define tools and methods to implement and drive adherence to data governance policies
• Proactively engage in new products design, system deployments and lines of business to ensure data governance is implemented at the core of all new initiatives
• Input into the Group to drive global best practices on Data Governance across all group operations and partner markets
• Ensure adherence to data privacy across all key data domains as defined by the company's data privacy policy and in line with the regulations
• Implement systems and process for Monitoring data quality process, identifying data quality issue patterns, applying remediation plans, implementation of data controls, and manage data quality remediation strategies.
• Define indicators of performance and quality metrics (KQIs) and ensure compliance with data related policies, standards, roles and responsibilities, and adoption requirements
Academic Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in management, organization governance, information management, or any other related management field.
Key Competencies
• Ability to think creatively, highly driven, and self-motivated
• Strategic perspective with an ability to analyze complex issues, develop appropriate action plans and deliver results.
• Ability to synthesize and analyze diverse data and information, develop, and recommend strategies
Experience
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience in an enterprise data governance business environment.
• Any IT management certification, such as ITIL, will be an added advantage.
• Experience with SQL is strongly preferred.