Data Governance Specialist - JHB at Liberty Group South Africa

Purpose

As a Data Governance Specialist your primary responsibility is to provide advice and support in area of specialisation and enable the design, creation, development, and documentation of data governance requirements according to set parameters.

Key Responsibilities

• Work to establish the data governance strategy within the lines of business.
• Develop and document governance policies, practices, and standards.
• Coordinate, implement and execute data governance and data quality strategy.
• Define the enterprise data governance operating model, data policies and standards as well as the implementation of clear data management definitions for use across the organization.
• Provide guidance and recommendations for process improvement and data quality enhancement.

Additional Key Responsibilities

• Work with the Data Owners to ensure they understand their roles and responsibilities, providing advisory guidance and support to ensure Data Governance accountabilities are understood.
• Lead the integration and enterprise-wide use of Data Governance & Data Quality tools
• Set up and enhance Data Governance and Data Quality frameworks, standards, policies, artifacts, and processes to be leveraged by business units locally and regionally.
• Design and implement robust error and exception handling procedures.
• Implement and support the strategic direction for how the organization uses data internally and externally.
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices and ensure knowledge sharing occurs with the Enterprise team and LOB stakeholders.

Minimum Experience

• 3 - 5 years' experience in Data Governance, of which 1 -2 years at a junior specialist level.
• Working experience in Data Maturity, Data Loss Prevention, Cloud Data Governance, Data Privacy, drafting and reviewing Data policies, standards etc.
• Experience working in medium to large scale organizations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Information Technology and Computer Sciences.
• Honours preferable.
• Data Management Association (Certification).