Senior Data & Information Governance Specialist
Job type
Full Time
Qualification
BA/BSc/HND
Location
Nairobi
Deadline
Not specified
Job description & requirements
Role Overview
- We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Data & Information Governance Specialist to support an international organisation in strengthening and operationalising its enterprise Data and Information Governance capability.
- The ideal candidate will have strong experience across Data and Information Governance, information protection, data quality, records and content governance, data classification and retention, data ownership/stewardship, and change management. Experience operationalising governance frameworks across both structured data and unstructured information is particularly important.
- The role will also require a practical understanding of how AI can support Data and Information Governance, including classification, metadata enrichment, information discovery, quality monitoring, risk identification and workflow automation.
Key Responsibilities
- Implement and operationalise Data and Information Governance frameworks, policies and processes.
- Support governance forums, working groups, reporting and action tracking.
- Translate governance requirements into practical roles, processes, SOPs and RACI frameworks.
- Define and operationalise data ownership, information ownership and stewardship.
- Strengthen data quality, metadata, data catalogue, classification, retention, access and information protection practices.
- Extend governance across unstructured information, including documents, records, emails, collaboration platforms and knowledge assets.
- Work with Legal, Information Security, IT and business teams to ensure effective governance and information protection.
- Drive change management, adoption, training and awareness across technical and non-technical teams.
- Prepare executive presentations, governance reports and stakeholder communications.
- Identify practical AI-enabled governance opportunities, including automated classification, metadata enrichment, information discovery, quality monitoring, risk identification and workflow automation.
- Ensure appropriate human oversight, accountability and responsible AI use in governance activities.
- Identify blockers, recommend pragmatic solutions and independently drive initiatives through to completion.
Requirements
Candidate Requirements
Experience & Technical Competencies
- Senior-level experience designing, implementing and operationalising enterprise Data and Information Governance frameworks.
- Strong experience in Data Governance and Information Governance, covering both structured and unstructured information.
- Practical experience in information protection, data classification, retention, access and data/information sharing.
- Strong understanding of data quality, metadata, data catalogues, ownership and stewardship.
- Experience with records and content governance, including documents, emails and collaboration platforms.
- Practical understanding of AI applications in Data and Information Governance.
- Proven change management and governance adoption experience within complex organisations.
- Experience developing governance policies, SOPs, RACI matrices, lifecycle processes and operating models.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage senior, technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, including strong Microsoft PowerPoint capability.
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