Senior Data Governance Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Kenya.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement Data and Information Governance frameworks, policies, and processes.

• Assist governance forums, working groups, reporting, and action tracking.

• Convert governance requirements into actionable roles, processes, SOPs, and RACI frameworks.

• Establish and implement data ownership, information ownership, and stewardship practices.

• Enhance data quality, metadata, data catalogues, classification, retention, access, and information protection practices.

• Broaden governance across unstructured information, including documents, records, emails, collaboration platforms, and knowledge assets.

• Collaborate with Legal, Information Security, IT, and business teams to ensure effective governance and information protection.

• Lead change management, adoption, training, and awareness initiatives across both technical and non-technical teams.

• Create executive presentations, governance reports, and stakeholder communications.

• Discover practical AI-enabled governance opportunities, such as automated classification, metadata enrichment, information discovery, quality monitoring, risk identification, and workflow automation.

• Ensure proper human oversight, accountability, and responsible AI usage in governance activities.

• Identify obstacles, propose practical solutions, and independently drive initiatives to completion.

• Submit monthly reports based on timesheet data.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience at a senior level in designing, implementing, and operationalizing enterprise Data and Information Governance frameworks.

• Strong background in both Data Governance and Information Governance, encompassing structured and unstructured information.

• Practical experience in information protection, data classification, retention, access, and data/information sharing.

• In-depth understanding of data quality, metadata, data catalogues, ownership, and stewardship.

• Experience with records and content governance, including documents, emails, and collaboration platforms.

• Practical knowledge of AI applications in Data and Information Governance.

• Proven experience in change management and governance adoption within complex organizations.

• Experience in developing governance policies, SOPs, RACI matrices, lifecycle processes, and operating models.

• Strong stakeholder management abilities, with the capability to engage senior, technical, and non-technical stakeholders.

• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills, including proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint.

• Self-motivated, analytical, and proactive, with excellent problem-solving skills, resilience, adaptability, and the ability to work independently in a complex international setting.

🏝️ Benefits

• Offshore / Remote Delivery.

• Potential for extension through December 2027, contingent on performance and business needs.