Data Governance Analyst

Working knowledge of core data governance concepts, including ownership, stewardship, data definitions, metadata, standards, and data quality

Practical familiarity with data catalog, business glossary, metadata repository, or data dictionary concepts

Hands-on experience maintaining structured documentation, registers, trackers, and governance artifacts

Ability to capture and organize business terms, data definitions, data owners, data stewards, data domains, and related governance attributes

Working knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, Confluence, Jira, or similar collaboration and documentation tools

Basic working knowledge of data quality, data lineage, data classification, and data lifecycle concepts

Ability to support workshops, interviews, and validation sessions with business and technical stakeholders

Strong written communication skills for meeting notes, governance summaries, issue logs, and structured documentation

Ability to follow defined governance methods, templates, naming standards, and documentation rules

Good stakeholder coordination and follow-up skills

Ability to identify missing, inconsistent, unclear, or conflicting governance information

Basic analytical thinking and ability to connect business language with data concepts

Support the implementation and maintenance of data governance practices

Maintain data ownership, stewardship, data domain, and business glossary documentation

Capture and organize metadata, business definitions, data rules, and governance attributes

Support the development and maintenance of data governance policies, standards, procedures, and guidance documents

Maintain governance trackers, issue logs, decision logs, action logs, and stakeholder follow-up records

Support interviews, workshops, working groups, and governance discussions

Document meeting outcomes, decisions, risks, actions, and unresolved questions

Support data governance reporting, status packs, dashboards, and presentation materials

Assist in identifying gaps in ownership, definitions, metadata, standards, and governance adoption

Coordinate with business users and technical teams to validate data definitions, ownership, and governance information

Support adoption of data catalog, metadata, glossary, or governance tools

Support data quality, privacy, compliance, and analytics teams with governance-related documentation

Prepare clean, structured, and reusable governance materials for handover and ongoing use

Escalate unclear ownership, conflicting definitions, missing information, or unresolved actions to the Data Governance Specialist

The Data Governance Analyst is a practical execution role.

The role is not expected to design the full governance strategy independently, but it is essential for making governance information accurate, organized, maintained, and usable.

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Information Management, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Engineering, or a related discipline.

Arabic and English are mandatory.

2–4+ years of experience in data governance, business analysis, data analysis, metadata management, reporting, data quality, compliance support, documentation, or transformation initiatives.

Experience supporting workshops, maintaining structured documentation, managing trackers, and coordinating with business and technical stakeholders is preferred.

Collibra, Informatica, Alation, Microsoft Purview, or equivalent data catalog / governance platform certification

ECBA, CCBA, or equivalent business analysis certification where relevant

Foundation-level privacy, data protection, or compliance certification where relevant