Data Management Expert

Purpose of Job

Job Resposiblites

Job Details

Data Management Planning  

•    Review National Data Management Office (NDMO) approved standards and policies to update ZATCA’s current data guides accordingly ensuring continuous adherence with NDMO requirements
•    Conduct an assessment identifying needs and challenges related to data management to highlight needed requirements for efficient data management and define improvement areas
•    Define data management policies, procedures and guidelines in line with set strategy and ZATCA’s overall strategic priority 
•    Develop data management plan to raise awareness in data protection, automation and storage topics across the organization
•    Devise list of data management KPIs in line with strategic objectives to ensure proper follow-up
•    Communicate data management policies, guidelines, strategy and plan with related stakeholders and provide support to secure clear understanding
•    Develop and install programs managing meta data and information assets to ensure data integrity and quality
•    Define data owners and create accordingly roles, responsibilities and rules on related data systems to facilitate traceability of data breaches

Data Management  

•    Follow-up on implementation of data management plans while identifying related data issues and ensuring timely resolution
•    Identify improvement areas and develop accordingly needed new data management projects to optimize the use of data within the bounds of policies and guidelines
•    Execute data management projects in line with timeline objective and management direction while ensuring proper delivery of services requested by ZATCA’s functions
•    Follow-up on implementation of improvement action plan to minimize facing new data related issues 
•    Develop reports for related stakeholders highlighting ZATCA’s compliance levels with data standards and policies

Organization and Operations  

•    Follow all relevant policies, processes and standard operating procedures so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner
•    Help in solving escalated problems and provide needed support for junior team to ensure work is carried out in an efficient manner
•    Escalate complex problems to the relevant person to ensure cases/issues are closed properly
•    Perform other duties as requested

People Management  

•    Train junior staff on the different job activities to ensure transfer of know-how, when applicable
•    Provide clear direction, prioritize tasks, assign and delegate responsibility, and monitor the workflow of subordinates/ junior staff
•    Support junior staff or direct reports in order to execute their duties according to set policies and processes

Communication and Contacs

Education

•   Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science or equivalent is required 
•   Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science or equivalent is preferred

Experience

A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience 

Competencies