Data Governance Lead / Manager
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CNTXT AI is hiring a Data Governance Lead/Manager in Abu Dhabi to develop data governance policies, support AI governance, and ensure compliance with UAE and international regulations.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain data governance policies, including data classification, ownership, stewardship, access control, retention, and data quality standards
- Support AI governance initiatives, including responsible AI principles, AI use case reviews, risk assessments, transparency, bias mitigation, and human oversight controls
- Ensure alignment with UAE data protection and data sovereignty requirements, as well as international frameworks including GDPR, ISO 27001, and SOC 2
- Partner with business, compliance, security, legal, and engineering teams to embed governance, privacy, and access control requirements into systems and processes
- Review data and AI use cases from a governance, privacy, security, and compliance perspective
- Support audits, security reviews, governance forums, policy documentation, and control evidence collection
- Support the adoption and use of data governance tools such as OpenMetadata, Collibra, or similar platforms
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in data governance, data security, compliance, privacy, risk, or related fields
- Hands on experience with data governance frameworks, data classification, data ownership, access controls, and regulatory compliance
- Good understanding of GDPR, UAE data protection laws, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and privacy/security by design principles
- Experience with data governance, cataloging, metadata, lineage, or stewardship tools such as OpenMetadata, Collibra, Informatica, Alation, Microsoft Purview, or similar
- Must already be based in the UAE
- Can start immediately
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Job Description
- Data Governance Lead / Manager role at CNTXT AI
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain data governance policies
- Support AI governance initiatives
- Ensure alignment with UAE data protection and international frameworks
- Partner with cross functional teams to embed governance requirements
- Review data and AI use cases from governance perspective
- Support audits, security reviews, and policy documentation
- Support adoption of data governance tools
Experience Required
- 7+ years in data governance, data security, compliance, privacy, risk, or related fields
- Hands on experience with data governance frameworks and regulatory compliance
- Good understanding of GDPR, UAE data protection laws, ISO 27001, SOC 2
- Exposure to AI governance, responsible AI, model risk, or AI use case review processes
- Experience with data governance tools such as OpenMetadata, Collibra, Informatica, Alation, Microsoft Purview
- Experience working with regulated, government, semi government, or enterprise environments preferred
- Prior UAE government or public sector experience is a strong plus
- Strong stakeholder management, documentation, communication, and execution skills
Requirements Added by the Job Poster
- Must already be based in the UAE
- Can start immediately
- 7+ years of work experience in data governance or related domain
- Experience with AI governance or responsible AI is preferred
- Experience with OpenMetadata, Collibra, or similar data governance tools is preferred
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