Job Description
Job Ref. No. JLIL063
Position: Head of Data Governance
Employment Terms: Permanent and Pensionable
We currently have an exciting career opportunity for Head of Data Governance. The position holder will report to the Chief Data Officer and will be based at Head Office in Nairobi.
Main Purpose of the Job (Job Summary)
The role holder will lead and execute Data Governance activities within the Group. This position will take ownership of developing the company's Data Governance and Data Management program throughout the organization. In addition, the Head will be responsible for providing leadership and direction for all organization-wide data governance activities
with a focus on establishing and ensuring adherence to an enterprise data governance framework.
Main Responsibilities
• Drive data governance initiatives and lead the establishment of a Data Governance Program
• Develop the enterprise data governance structure; establish a data governance committee and define data governance roles, accountability and ownership, and decision rights; lead realization of data as an asset.
• Define the system of record as a 'single-source of truth' for each data element; resolve multiple sources of truth
issues with key stakeholders via clear definitions of elements.
• Implement best practices for management, manipulation, and capture of data.
• Work in conjunction with Executive Leadership and liaise with multiple business and support teams across the global enterprise on complex data governance projects.
• Partner with Business and IT Stakeholders to develop Data Governance Roadmap, including enterprise-wide Data
Quality Framework and an Information Model
• Facilitate bi-directional communication of strategies, priorities, and issues
• Define and communicate Data Governance roles and responsibilities
• Works with the business units to ensure data ownership and quality, and with IT on cyber security to ensure data security
• Drive organizational behavior change as it relates to the use of data; realizing vision of data managed as an asset
• Define Data Governance roles, accountability, and ownership and decision rights.
• Collaborate with head of data engineering to ensure facilitation of consistent data quality control and optimization in EDW at enterprise level.
• Perform other duties as assigned
Academic Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or Business Administration or any other related field.
• CISM/CISSP and/or other relevant IT Security related qualifications
Experience
• A minimum of 5 years working in a Data Governance leadership role
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience with Master Data Management
• A minimum of 5 years working in the Insurance or Financial Services industry is preferred
• Solid understanding of current IT Security standards (e.g., ISO 27001, DPA etc.)
• Experience working with business, data and technical teams to clearly document Data Governance and metadata
Requirements
• Experience in Data Loss Prevention
• Experience with Data Governance tools (e.g., Collibra, Informatica, Orchestra Networks etc.)
• Experience with master data management capabilities (e.g., Reltio, Maestro MDS etc.)