Lead Specialist Governance & Master Data

Job description

About the employer and the Role the employer, established in 1997, is a global mining company and the largest multi-commodity mining and metals company in the Middle East. It plays a role in developing the mining industry as a key economic pillar in Saudi Arabia. This full-time role for a Lead Specialist, Governance & Master Data, based in Riyadh, contributes to the company's growth by strengthening data management practices. Role Purpose and Impact The Lead Specialist, Governance & Master Data, is responsible for treating data as a trusted enterprise asset. This involves establishing standards, ownership, controls, and master data foundations to support reliable reporting, analytics, artificial intelligence, automation, and business decision-making. The role aims to improve data accuracy, consistency, traceability, and usability across business functions and technology platforms, thereby reducing operational inefficiency, mitigating data-related risks, and enhancing regulatory and audit readiness. Key Responsibilities Establish governance frameworks, policies, standards, and decision rights for critical data ownership and accountability. Align governance practices with enterprise data strategy, architecture principles, cybersecurity, and regulatory obligations. Govern master data definitions, hierarchies, business rules, and lifecycle controls across domains such as assets, materials, suppliers, and employees. Improve master data consistency across systems to reduce duplication and reconciliation efforts. Define measurable quality rules and controls for data completeness, accuracy, consistency, validity, and timeliness. Drive root-cause resolution of recurring data issues and track improvements using quality indicators. Strengthen data discoverability and trust through effective metadata, lineage, cataloguing, and traceability practices. Integrate data quality, ownership, security, metadata, and lineage controls into data pipelines, cloud environments, and analytics platforms. Identify and mitigate governance, privacy, security, and master data risks. Maintain evidence-based controls for regulatory compliance and audit readiness. Equip data owners, stewards, analysts, and technology teams with practical playbooks and governance guidance. Influence stakeholders to adopt master data standards and accountable data practices. Experience and Qualifications 5-10 years of relevant experience in data governance and master data management. Demonstrated ability to establish governance frameworks and policies. Experience in improving data quality and consistency across systems. Proficiency in integrating data controls into various technology platforms. Measures of Success Achieving agreed improvements in completeness, accuracy, consistency, validity, and timeliness for critical data domains. Consistent adoption of master data standards and hierarchies across priority systems and business processes. Reduction in recurring data issues, duplicate records, reconciliation efforts, and control exceptions. Clear assignment of owners and stewards for critical data assets, supported by documented accountability. Improved metadata, lineage, and catalogue coverage for priority data assets, enhancing traceability and user confidence. Ensuring analytics, AI, reporting, and automation initiatives utilize governed data that meets defined quality and compliance requirements. Work Environment This is a full-time position located in Riyadh. The role involves working within a team focused on strengthening the employer's data capabilities and contributing to the development of the mining industry in Saudi Arabia

Requirements

• · Experience and qualifications of relevant experience in data management and master data management

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