Senior Data & Digital Governance Expert

Role Overview

Core Responsibilities

• Define datasets, KPIs, and decision-intelligence needs for priority construction-sector use cases.
• Develop sector-wide data standards, dictionaries, taxonomies, and metadata requirements.
• Define governance roles, ownership, stewardship, quality controls, and compliance mechanisms.
• Create implementation-ready workflows, operating models, and governance structures.
• Specify data platform requirements, integration pathways, and interoperability standards.
• Assess project-level and market-level data requirements for ecosystem maturity.
• Prepare implementation roadmaps, handover packages, and government-owner documentation.
• Coordinate with government entities, regulators, and ecosystem stakeholders on SDAIA and NDMO frameworks.

Required Experience

• Construction-sector expertise and understanding of project data flows and market intelligence.
• Deep experience in data strategy, governance, and sector-level data frameworks.
• Experience designing data standards, dictionaries, taxonomies, quality frameworks, ownership frameworks, and stewardship models.
• Experience developing construction use cases, KPIs, decision-intelligence designs, data platforms, integration, and interoperability.
• Experience designing operating models and implementation roadmaps.
• Government engagement, stakeholder management, and coordination across complex ecosystems.
• GCC experience with familiarity in SDAIA and NDMO frameworks.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environments and on-site as needed.

Preferred and Bonus Experience

• Arabic language proficiency is preferred.
• Experience with national data governance programs or digital-transformation initiatives.
• Experience with construction analytics platforms, BIM data flows, or project-intelligence systems.
• Experience designing dashboards, monitoring frameworks, and decision-support tools.
• Experience with metadata management, lineage, and enterprise data cataloging.
• Advisory experience with government ministries or semi-government entities.
• Experience in GCC mega-projects or construction ecosystem maturity programs.