Head of Data Governance - up to 150,000 GBP - Banking Sector – Bahrain - Ref: 24012

Role: Head of Data GovernanceSector: Banking Location: Bahrain Role type: PermanentSalary: up to 150,000 GBP + Excellent BenefitsThis role is based in Bahrain.Our banking sector client is looking for an experienced Head of Data Governance to join the bank on a permanent basis.The Head of Data Governance will lead and manage Group-wide data governance activities and will have responsibility for improving the quality and managing the protection of sensitive data and information assets. The position will focus on establishing and ensuring adherence to an enterprise data governance framework for data policies, standards, and practices, both at the department and Business and Functional areas level, to achieve the required level of consistency, quality, and protection to meet overall business needs.Key Objectives:This role will serve as a point of escalation for governance, data quality and protection issues and will work closely with Business and Functional area leadership to improve the quality and value of core data assets, respond to regulatory protection requirements as well as support the strategic requirements of the department.Principal Responsibilities:Establish and govern an enterprise data governance implementation roadmap including strategic priorities for development of information-based capabilities.Roll out an enterprise-wide data governance framework, with a focus on improvement of data quality and the protection of sensitive data through modifications to organization behaviour policies and standards, principles, governance metrics, processes, related tools and data architecture.Define roles and responsibilities related to data governance and ensure clear accountability for stewardship of the company’s principal information assets.Serve as a liaison between Business and Functional areas and technology to ensure that data related business requirements for protecting sensitive data are clearly defined, communicated, and well understood and considered as part of operational prioritization and planning.Develop & maintain inventory of the enterprise information maps, including authoritative systems, owners.Facilitate the development and implementation of data quality standards, data protection standards and adoption requirements across the enterprise.Define indicators of performance and quality metrics and ensure compliance with data related policies, standards, roles and responsibilities, and adoption requirements.Lead Senior Management, comprising resources from the Business and Functional areas and IT business and operations functions, to achieve their objectives; resolve issues escalated from Business and Functional areas data governance representatives.Coordinate external data sources to eliminate redundancy and streamline the expense related to those services. Identify new business opportunities pertaining to the use of information assets to achieve efficiency and effectiveness in the marketplace / represent data as a strategic business asset at the Senior Management table. About You:Minimum education level / disciplineMandatory professional qualifications / licensesRequired experience in terms of region/industry/business/function/role:Minimum of 15 years of experience in a major services organization, with large-scale data or project management and oversight experience.Knowledge of industry leading data quality and data protection management practices.Knowledge of data governance practices, business and technology issues related to management of enterprise information assets and approaches related to data protection.Knowledge of data related government regulatory requirements and emerging trends and issues.Knowledge of risk data architecture and technology solutions. This role is offering a competitive salary / package so if you think you make a good fit, then we look forward to your application.