Data Governance Lead at PwC South Africa

PwC currently has an opportunity for an experienced Data Governance Lead who will be responsible for establishing and governing an enterprise data governance implementation roadmap, including strategic priorities for development of information based capabilities.

Experience required:

• Minimum of 6 years Data Governance Management / Lead experience 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 the management of enterprise information assets and approaches related to data protection
• Knowledge of risk data architecture and technology solutions

Responsibilities of role:

• 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 organisational behaviour policies and standards, principles, governance metrics, processes, related tools and date 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 prioritisation and planning
• Develop and 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

Qualifications / Certifications required:

• Relevant Bachelor’s degree, with honours as a minimum
• MBA would be advantageous