Data Lead

General Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise data transformation and modernization initiatives across multiple business domains
• Define and govern conceptual, logical, and physical data models to support business and technology objectives
• Plan and execute large-scale data migration programs, including data mapping, transformation, validation, and reconciliation activities
• Design, develop, and oversee ETL/ELT pipelines to support data integration and migration requirements
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to define data requirements and delivery roadmaps
• Establish data governance, quality, lineage, and data management best practices
• Support the design and implementation of enterprise data platforms and reporting solutions
• Identify data risks, dependencies, and migration challenges and provide mitigation strategies
• Ensure data integrity, accuracy, security, and compliance throughout migration and transformation activities
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to data engineering and data management teams
• Drive stakeholder engagement and provide regular updates on project progress, milestones, and deliverables
• Support cloud-based data initiatives and platform modernization programs.

Required Experience

• Proven experience working as a Data Lead, Lead Data Engineer, Data Architect, Data Migration Lead, Enterprise Data Architect, or similar role
• Minimum 8–10 years of experience in data engineering, data management, or enterprise data transformation environments
• Strong hands-on experience in data modelling, including conceptual, logical, and physical data models
• Proven experience delivering large-scale data migration and data transformation programs
• Strong expertise in ETL/ELT design, development, and optimization
• Experience working with enterprise data warehouses, data lakes, and integration platforms
• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, metadata management, and data lifecycle management
• Ability to work closely with business and technical stakeholders to define and deliver data solutions
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience working within large enterprise environments
• Immediate or short-notice availability is highly preferred.

Preferred Experience

• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure data services, including Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Lake, Databricks, or related technologies
• Experience supporting cloud migration and modernization initiatives
• Banking, financial services, government, telecommunications, or large enterprise experience
• Arabic language skills are highly advantageous
• Experience leading geographically distributed teams and large-scale transformation programs.

Work Setup

• Full Onsite – Dubai, UAE