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Job Title: Data Governance & Quality Analyst

Location: Doha, Qatar (Onsite)

Experience: 5+ years

Employment Type: Full-time

We are looking for a Data Governance & Quality Analyst to lead the establishment of governance frameworks, policies, and practices that ensure the accuracy, consistency, and reliability of enterprise data. The role requires strong expertise in data governance, quality frameworks, and database management, with working knowledge of Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse and structured data environments.

• Data Governance & Quality: Develop and implement data governance frameworks, policies, and standards across the enterprise.
• Data Quality: Define and monitor data quality rules, metrics, and dashboards to ensure trusted data.
• Data Stewardship: Lead data stewardship programs, assigning ownership and accountability across departments.
• Metadata & Lineage: Build and maintain data cataloging, metadata management, and data lineage.
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with data privacy and regulatory requirements.

• Database & Data Warehousing Oversight: Leverage expertise in relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, etc.) to support governance and quality initiatives.
• Data Integrity: Ensure data integrity and consistency in the Microsoft Fabric data warehouse.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with the BI and data engineering teams to align data models and standards with governance policies.
• Data Validation: Support structured data validation and profiling across business domains.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Systems, Data Management, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in data governance and data quality management.
• Strong understanding of relational databases and structured data environments.
• Hands-on experience with data warehousing (preferably Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse, or similar).
• Familiarity with data cataloging/metadata tools (e.g., Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Alation).
• Strong skills in SQL for data validation and profiling.
• Excellent communication and ability to engage with both technical and business stakeholders.

• Experience implementing data governance in enterprise-scale environments.
• Knowledge of data privacy regulations (GDPR or local equivalents).
• Understanding of Power BI or similar BI tools for data quality reporting.

Skills: data quality, metadata tool, data quality management, data governance, structured data, sql, quality analyst, data cataloging, data warehousing, cataloging

About Talent Leaders
Talent Leaders is a global executive search and leadership recruitment firm with a well-established presence across Canada, the Middle East, and Asia. We have been mandated by one of our prestigious government-affiliated clients in Qatar to lead the executive search for a Program Manager - Data Governance. This role is part of a high-impact national initiative focused on advancing enterprise data strategy, governance, and cross-entity coordination.

As a trusted partner to public sector institutions and large enterprises, Talent Leaders specializes in securing exceptional talent for senior leadership roles in data governance, digital transformation, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies. Our search methodology is discreet, research-driven, and aligned with our clients' strategic goals and organizational culture.

Role Summary ( Fluent in English and Arabic (mandatory)

A seasoned Program Manager to lead a comprehensive Data Management Program with a specific focus on Data Governance . The selected candidate will oversee the design, execution, and operationalization of a large-scale data governance operating model. This role will also contribute to the growth of the Data & AI practice through presales engagement, business development, and thought leadership.

Key Responsibilities
Program Delivery & Execution

• Lead the full-cycle delivery of the Data Management Program within the defined scope, timeline, and budget

• Oversee the development of governance artifacts including Governance Framework, RASCI Matrix, Data Source Registers, and Critical Data Element (CDE) inventories

• Manage workflows for metadata approval, issue resolution, and escalation

• Ensure project deliverables such as maturity assessments, training plans, and sustainability models meet program expectations

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with senior leadership, group-level, and entity-level stakeholders to ensure alignment and buy-in

• Facilitate Steering Committee and Working Group sessions

• Manage inter-agency communications and ensure timely resolution of escalated issues

Team Leadership & Resourcing

• Lead and coordinate a cross-functional team consisting of internal resources and consulting partners

• Align SME contributions with client-facing activities and delivery timelines

• Develop and maintain resource allocation plans in accordance with delivery milestones

Change Management & Capacity Building

• Execute change management strategies and training programs to drive adoption of governance practices

• Foster engagement across business units and promote a culture of data accountability

• Ensure sustainability and knowledge transfer for long-term operational success

Governance & Reporting

• Track progress against a Data Governance Maturity Model and ensure KPI alignment with broader data strategy

• Deliver leadership-level reporting, including post-launch reviews and lessons learned

• Maintain compliance with cybersecurity and data privacy standards

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Information Management, Public Administration, or a related discipline

• Minimum 10 years of program management experience, with at least 5 years in large-scale initiatives

• Proven experience in Data Management and Data Governance frameworks, operating model setup and execution, and multi-entity program delivery and oversight

• Familiarity with federated governance models and stakeholder coordination is preferred

• Demonstrated success in change management, training deployment, and capacity building

• Fluent in English and Arabic (mandatory)

• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification is required

• Experience in solution selling, presales, and go-to-market strategy is a strong advantage

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Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems for global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

We are hiring a Lead Data Governance Engineer with focus on data governance policies, processes, standards, and monitoring in compliance with internal policies and applicable regulatory frameworks, e.g., GDPR, DPA, ISO, etc. A successful candidate will develop Python-based tooling to automate the operations of an internal data mesh solution such as data labeling and quality metrics in a data, access management and data security best practices.

The Data Governance team in the Commercial Systems unit has a mission to enable a secure and well-governed access to comprehensive data sets originating at many internal and external data sources formed in a data mesh. The team works with well-known open-source data governance tools such as Trino and Ranger, defines and executes data governance processes, and democratizes the data at Canonical.

Location : This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.

The role entails

• Define, monitor, and execute data governance policies
• Design, implement, and maintain tooling for automated data mesh operations
• Deploy and operate services developed by the team
• Depending on your seniority, coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback
• Develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices
  
  

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
• Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
• Experience with data quality, governance, and security processes and tools
• Experience with software development in Python and SQL
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
  
  

• Performance engineering and security experience
• Experience with Airbyte, Ranger, Superset, Temporal, or Trino
  
  

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
  
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Information Technology
• Industries Software Development

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Experience: 7-10 years

Job Summary:

This position will provide experienced, key technical support for the helping Business teams with master data strategy definition, architecting the requirement, data modelling, project implementation, configuration, development, maintenance, and guidance on Best Practices for MDG solutions.

Other duties will include: Support and assistance for the S/4 HANA, SAP CAR, Ariba,third party tools (Retalix/PHQ, Portals) master data requirements while working closely with the functional business leads, Business Technology, IT applications, operations and support teams supporting SAP.

Responsibilities:

• Communicate with business partners and Business technology teams to understand the specific Enterprise master data needs and be able to translate those requirements into a comprehensive solution.

• Lead and facilitate the MDG requirements gathering workshops across multiple domains.

• Lead and provide guidance to other team members to ensure overall successful delivery of client specific solution implementations for Master Data Governance.

• Engage in the preparation, conception, realization and go-live of implementation projects. Perform feasibility studies and process design reviews, conduct project assessments, support pre-sales activities and define detailed specifications for development requirements.

• Assist clients in designing data management strategies for their SAP on-premise and cloud environments.

• Participate data quality analysis and reporting

• Coordinate between various teams - across geographies, onsite, offshore, customer, SIs, partners.

What you bring:

• 7+ years of Master Data Governance (SAP MDG or other MDG tools ) with at least 3 full cycle MDG implementations.

• Implementation experience of MDG in key domains such as Finance( GL,Profit center,cost center), Material, Business Partners, Customer, Supplier.

• Implementation experience of MDG-RFM, MDG-EAM are good to have.

• Experience in SAP MDG/other MDG tools mass processing, consolidation, data quality management, and central governance

• Implementation experience of integrating MDG with other solutions such as SAP Ariba.

• Implementation experience in hybrid landscapes

• Knowledge of MDG cloud edition, MDG cloud-ready mode, Master Data Integration, One Domain Model

• Experience in conducting design thinking workshops

• Retail implementation experience (Nice to have)

Qualifications :

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Minimum of 7+ years of hands-on experience in Master data Governance.

• MDG Certification is nice to have.

• Certifications such as PMP, TOGAF, ITIL are nice to have.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Overview

Experience: 7-10 years

This position will provide experienced, key technical support for the helping Business teams with master data strategy definition, architecting the requirement, data modelling, project implementation, configuration, development, maintenance, and guidance on Best Practices for MDG solutions. Other duties will include: Support and assistance for the S/4 HANA, SAP CAR, Ariba, third party tools (Retalix/PHQ, Portals) master data requirements while working closely with the functional business leads, Business Technology, IT applications, operations and support teams supporting SAP.

• Communicate with business partners and Business technology teams to understand the specific Enterprise master data needs and be able to translate those requirements into a comprehensive solution.
• Lead and facilitate the MDG requirements gathering workshops across multiple domains.
• Lead and provide guidance to other team members to ensure overall successful delivery of client specific solution implementations for Master Data Governance.
• Engage in the preparation, conception, realization and go-live of implementation projects. Perform feasibility studies and process design reviews, conduct project assessments, support pre-sales activities and define detailed specifications for development requirements.
• Assist clients in designing data management strategies for their SAP on-premise and cloud environments.
• Participate data quality analysis and reporting
• Coordinate between various teams - across geographies, onsite, offshore, customer, SIs, partners.

• 7+ years of Master Data Governance (SAP MDG or other MDG tools) with at least 3 full cycle MDG implementations.
• Implementation experience of MDG in key domains such as Finance (GL, Profit center, cost center), Material, Business Partners, Customer, Supplier.
• Implementation experience of MDG-RFM, MDG-EAM are good to have.
• Experience in SAP MDG/other MDG tools mass processing, consolidation, data quality management, and central governance
• Implementation experience of integrating MDG with other solutions such as SAP Ariba.
• Implementation experience in hybrid landscapes • Knowledge of MDG cloud edition, MDG cloud-ready mode, Master Data Integration, One Domain Model
• Experience in conducting design thinking workshops
• Retail implementation experience (Nice to have)

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Minimum of 7+ years of hands-on experience in Master data Governance.
• MDG Certification is nice to have.
• Certifications such as PMP, TOGAF, ITIL are nice to have.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

About Talent Leaders
Talent Leaders is a global executive search and leadership recruitment firm with a well-established presence across Canada, the Middle East, and Asia. We have been mandated by one of our prestigious government-affiliated clients in Qatar to lead the executive search for a Program Manager – Data Governance. This role is part of a high-impact national initiative focused on advancing enterprise data strategy, governance, and cross-entity coordination.

As a trusted partner to public sector institutions and large enterprises, Talent Leaders specializes in securing exceptional talent for senior leadership roles in data governance, digital transformation, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies. Our search methodology is discreet, research-driven, and aligned with our clients’ strategic goals and organizational culture.

Role Summary ( Fluent in English and Arabic (mandatory)

A seasoned Program Manager to lead a comprehensive Data Management Program with a specific focus on Data Governance . The selected candidate will oversee the design, execution, and operationalization of a large-scale data governance operating model. This role will also contribute to the growth of the Data & AI practice through presales engagement, business development, and thought leadership.

Key Responsibilities
Program Delivery & Execution

• Lead the full-cycle delivery of the Data Management Program within the defined scope, timeline, and budget

• Oversee the development of governance artifacts including Governance Framework, RASCI Matrix, Data Source Registers, and Critical Data Element (CDE) inventories

• Manage workflows for metadata approval, issue resolution, and escalation

• Ensure project deliverables such as maturity assessments, training plans, and sustainability models meet program expectations

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with senior leadership, group-level, and entity-level stakeholders to ensure alignment and buy-in

• Facilitate Steering Committee and Working Group sessions

• Manage inter-agency communications and ensure timely resolution of escalated issues

Team Leadership & Resourcing

• Lead and coordinate a cross-functional team consisting of internal resources and consulting partners

• Align SME contributions with client-facing activities and delivery timelines

• Develop and maintain resource allocation plans in accordance with delivery milestones

Change Management & Capacity Building

• Execute change management strategies and training programs to drive adoption of governance practices

• Foster engagement across business units and promote a culture of data accountability

• Ensure sustainability and knowledge transfer for long-term operational success

Governance & Reporting

• Track progress against a Data Governance Maturity Model and ensure KPI alignment with broader data strategy

• Deliver leadership-level reporting, including post-launch reviews and lessons learned

• Maintain compliance with cybersecurity and data privacy standards

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Management, Public Administration, or a related discipline

• Minimum 10 years of program management experience, with at least 5 years in large-scale initiatives

• Proven experience in Data Management and Data Governance frameworks, operating model setup and execution, and multi-entity program delivery and oversight

• Familiarity with federated governance models and stakeholder coordination is preferred

• Demonstrated success in change management, training deployment, and capacity building

• Fluent in English and Arabic (mandatory)

• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification is required

• Experience in solution selling, presales, and go-to-market strategy is a strong advantage

Overview

Role Overview: We are seeking a seasoned Program Manager to lead the Data Management with focus on Data Governanceprogram. The selected candidate will oversee the setup, execution, and operationalization of large-scale data management operating model. This business-side program aims to unify data governance across multiple entities and drive transition towards trusted data-driven policy making. The program manager will also contribute to department growth through direct contribution to the Data & AI practice presales and business development activities and thought leadership.

Program Delivery & Execution

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Data Management program within scope, budget, and timeline.
• Oversee the development and implementation of key governance artifacts: Governance Framework, RASCI matrix, Data Source Registers, CDE inventories, etc.
• Manage execution of governance workflows including metadata approval, issue management, and escalation protocols.
• Ensure all project deliverables (e.g., maturity assessments, training plans, sustainability models) meet quality expectations and program objectives.

Stakeholder Management

• Coordinate with leadership, group and entity focal points to ensure program alignment and buy-in.
• Facilitate Steering Committee and Working Group meetings.
• Manage inter-agency communication and ensure timely resolution of issues and escalations.

Team Leadership & Resourcing

• Lead a cross-functional team comprising internal staff and consulting partners.
• Coordinate SME contributions and ensure timely support for client facing activities.
• Ensure resource plans are effectively aligned to delivery milestones.

Change Management & Capacity Building

• Oversee execution of change management and training strategies.
• Drive stakeholder engagement and promote adoption of data governance practices.
• Ensure knowledge transfer and sustainability planning to enable long-term self-sufficiency.

Governance & Reporting

• Track progress against Maturity Model and KPI alignment with data strategy.
• Provide regular updates to senior leadership, post-launch reviews, and lessons learned.
• Maintain compliance with data privacy and cybersecurity policies.

Skills

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s in information management, Public Administration or a related field.
• 10+ years of program management experience, with at least 5 years in large-scale initiatives .
• Proven experience in Data Management and Data Governance frameworks, operating model setup and execution , and multi-stakeholder program delivery .
• Familiarity with federated governance models and cross-entity coordination a huge plus.
• Strong experience in change management, training rollout, and capacity building.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, fluent in English and Arabic is required.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or similar certification required.

Proven experience in solution selling, pre-sales, business development, GTM strategy & execution