Senior Data & Digital Governance Expert

Role overview

What you’ll do

• Refine priority construction-sector data use cases and define datasets, KPIs, and decision-intelligence needs.
• Develop sector-wide data standards, dictionaries, taxonomies, and metadata requirements.
• Define governance models covering roles, ownership, stewardship, quality controls, and compliance.
• Translate initiatives into workflows, operating models, and governance structures ready for implementation.
• Specify data platform requirements, integration pathways, and interoperability standards.
• Assess project-level and market-level data requirements for construction ecosystem maturity.
• Prepare implementation roadmaps, handover packages, and documentation for government owners.
• Coordinate with government entities, regulators, and ecosystem stakeholders on national data framework alignment.

Core requirements

• Construction-sector expertise.
• Experience with data strategy, sector data standards, dictionaries, and taxonomies.
• Experience with data governance, quality, ownership frameworks, and stewardship models.
• Experience developing construction use cases, KPIs, and decision-intelligence designs.
• Experience with data platforms, integration, and interoperability.
• Experience designing initiatives, operating models, and implementation roadmaps.
• Government engagement and multi-stakeholder coordination experience.
• GCC experience with familiarity in SDAIA and NDMO frameworks.
• Arabic-speaking ability is preferred.

Experience match

• Deep experience in data strategy, governance, and sector-level data frameworks.
• Strong understanding of construction-sector data needs, project data flows, and market intelligence.
• Proven ability to design data standards, dictionaries, and taxonomies for complex ecosystems.
• Experience developing governance, quality, and ownership frameworks.
• Ability to translate high-level initiatives into practical implementation models and roadmaps.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills with government and regulatory bodies.
• Familiarity with SDAIA and NDMO policies, controls, and national data governance requirements.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Ability to work on-site as needed.

Advantageous experience

• National-level data governance programs or digital transformation initiatives.
• Construction analytics platforms, BIM data flows, or project-intelligence systems.
• Dashboards, monitoring frameworks, and decision-support tools.
• Interoperability standards across contractors, ministries, and ecosystem platforms.
• Metadata management, lineage, and enterprise data cataloging.
• Advisory work with government ministries or semi-government entities.
• GCC megaprojects or construction ecosystem maturity programs.
• Arabic language proficiency.