201 Data Governance Manager jobs in the United Arab Emirates

A major player in the UAE is looking to set up a brand-new Data Governance function.

1. Develop and execute a comprehensive strategy for establishing a data governance function within the organisation.
2. Define the data governance vision, mission, and core principles, aligning them with business goals and regulatory requirements.
3. Implement a data governance framework that facilitates self-service data access while ensuring data integrity and responsible use.
4. Develop and execute a robust communication strategy to educate stakeholders across the organisation on data governance principles and best practices.
5. Foster a collaborative data-centric culture where business units understand the value of data governance and actively participate in data stewardship.
6. Work with business leaders to identify and prioritise data initiatives that align with strategic objectives.

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Information Technology, or a related field with minimum 8 years of experience in data governance and strategy.
• Proven track record of successfully establishing and leading data governance programs in large-scale organisations.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to influence and build consensus across diverse business stakeholders, IT teams, and senior leadership.
• A strategic mindset with a focus on business outcomes and data-driven decision making.

A major player in the UAE is looking to set up a brand-new Data Governance function.

• Develop and execute a comprehensive strategy for establishing a data governance function within the organisation.
• Define the data governance vision, mission, and core principles, aligning them with business goals and regulatory requirements.
• Implement a data governance framework that facilitates self-service data access while ensuring data integrity and responsible use.
• Develop and execute a robust communication strategy to educate stakeholders across the organisation on data governance principles and best practices.
• Foster a collaborative data-centric culture where business units understand the value of data governance and actively participate in data stewardship.
• Work with business leaders to identify and prioritise data initiatives that align with strategic objectives.

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Information Technology, or a related field with minimum 8 years of experience in data governance and strategy.
• Proven track record of successfully establishing and leading data governance programs in large-scale organisations.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to influence and build consensus across diverse business stakeholders, IT teams, and senior leadership.
• A strategic mindset with a focus on business outcomes and data-driven decision making.

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Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United A"rab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group's entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.

Overview of the role

In a rapidly evolving data and AI landscape, Al-Futtaim Retail is committed to leading transformation across the retail sector by harnessing the strategic power of data and artificial intelligence.

The Chief of Data Strategy& Analytics will be responsible for driving Retail enterprise-wide initiatives that leverage data and AI to enhance business performance, elevate customer engagement, and unlock new growth opportunities.

This role is centered on enabling business transformation—not just through technical execution, but by shaping and steering data-driven strategies that align with Retail Division's commercial objectives. The Chief of Data Strategy & Analytics will lead the development of AI-enabled products and services across the organization's portfolio, ensuring that data becomes a core enabler of innovation, operational excellence, and competitive advantage.

The individual will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams—including business leaders, marketing, data practitioners, and the Group Technology & Digital Platforms (GTDP) team—to translate strategic priorities into scalable data and AI initiatives. They will ensure that business needs are clearly articulated, and that solutions are designed to deliver measurable impact.

This role also involves engaging with executive leadership, functional heads, external partners, and vendors to foster alignment, drive adoption, and ensure successful delivery of data-led transformation programs.

What you will do: -

Description of Accountability:

Financial Dimensions:

The Chief of Data Strategy& Analytics of Retail will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing Al-Futtaim Retail's data and AI strategy to unlock new sources of business value. By embedding data and AI capabilities across the business portfolio, this role directly contributes to bothtop-line growthandbottom-line efficiency.

Through strategic planning and leadership of data-driven transformation initiatives, the role will enable:

• Revenue Expansion : By identifying and activating AI-powered opportunities that enhance customer engagement, personalize offerings, and open new service lines.
• Cost Optimization : By streamlining operations, improving decision-making, and automating processes through data intelligence.
• Value Realization : By ensuring that data assets are leveraged to drive measurable business outcomes across functions such as sales, leasing, asset management, and customer experience

This role is not only responsible for guiding the strategic direction of data and AI initiatives but also for ensuring their financial impact is tracked, reported, and aligned with division's broader commercial goals.

• Strategic Leadership
  Lead the development and execution of a data and AI strategy that supports business growth, operational efficiency, and customer-centric innovation.
• Transformation Enablement
  Champion data-driven transformation initiatives, ensuring that data and AI capabilities are embedded into core business processes, decision-making, and service delivery.
• Business Alignment
  Collaborate with senior leadership to identify high-impact opportunities where data and AI can deliver measurable business outcomes, such as revenue growth, cost optimization, and risk mitigation.
• Portfolio Oversight
  Oversee a portfolio of data and AI programs, ensuring alignment with business priorities and managing cross-functional dependencies to deliver value at scale.
• Stakeholder Engagement
  Act as a bridge between business units and data teams, translating strategic objectives into actionable data initiatives and ensuring stakeholder buy-in and adoption.
• Governance & Ethics
  Establish and uphold data governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and promoting ethical use of AI across the organization.
• Innovation & Thought Leadership
  Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies, providing strategic guidance on how innovations in data and AI can be leveraged to maintain competitive advantage.
• Culture Building
  Foster a culture of data literacy, innovation, and continuous improvement, empowering teams to use data as a strategic asset.

Required Skills to be successful:

• Strategic Leadership: Ability to define and execute a data and AI strategy that aligns with business transformation goals.
• Business Acumen: Deep understanding of Retail business operations, value drivers, and how data can unlock efficiencies and growth.
• Data Governance & Ethics: Expertise in establishing governance frameworks, ensuring compliance, and promoting ethical AI use.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Skilled in translating business needs into data initiatives and securing cross-functional buy-in.
• Change Management: Proven ability to lead cultural and operational shifts toward data-driven decision-making.
• AI Literacy & Enablement: Familiarity with AI concepts (LLMs, ML, GenAI) and ability to guide non-technical teams in their adoption.
• Portfolio Oversight: Experience managing a portfolio of data and AI initiatives across multiple business units.

What equips you for the role:

• Master's degree in business administration, Data Science, Economics, or a related field
• Participation in executive data literacy programs and AI strategy workshops is highly valued.
• 12–15 years in data strategy, analytics, or transformation roles, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership capacity.
• Experience in Retail or adjacent sectors with complex data ecosystems.
• Transformation Leadership: Demonstrated success in leading enterprise-wide data modernization or AI-driven transformation programs.
• Proven track record of working with finance, operations, marketing, and technology teams to deliver business outcomes.

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Before you click "apply": Please read the job description carefully to ensure you can confidently demonstrate why this opportunity is right for you and take the time to put together a well-crafted and personalised CV to further boost your visibility. Our global Talent Acquisition team members are all assigned to specific businesses to ensure that we make the best matches between talent and opportunities. We not only consider the requisite compatibility of skills and behaviours, but also how candidates align with our Values of Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence.

As part of our candidate experience promise, we also want to make ourselves available to you throughout the application process. We make every effort to review and respond to every application.

Driven to drive business performance, we seek a strategic and analytical professional to fill the role of Data Analyst.

We are looking for an exceptional data-driven thinker who can collect, process, and analyze large datasets to inform business decisions and drive growth. The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop actionable insights, dashboards, and reports that contribute to operational efficiency and success.

• Collect and clean structured and unstructured data from various sources using SQL, Excel, and data visualization tools like Tableau, Power BI, or Looker.
• Analyze data to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies using statistical analysis and machine learning techniques.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, visualizations, and reports to present findings to non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data needs and business goals.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and track business performance metrics.

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, or a related field.
• Proven experience (2+ years) in data analysis or a related role.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python or R is a plus.
• Familiarity with data warehousing, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), and BI best practices.

• Opportunity to work with a talented team of professionals.
• Chance to grow and develop your career in data analytics.
• Competitive compensation package.

Downstream Data Specialist

• Drive innovation through data assets and analytics to create business value.
• Identify and solve complex technical challenges, optimize processes, enhance revenue, ensure environmental sustainability, and improve safety.
• Develop and optimize Machine Learning models and pipelines for efficient deployment, monitoring, and scaling.
• Explore diverse data sources to improve predictive modeling and optimize business strategies.

• Apply MLOps and DevOps practices to drive ideas from conception to production.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop data-driven solutions.
• Publish research papers for peer-reviewed journals and present findings to advance industry knowledge.

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as Data Science or Computer Science.
• 15 years of experience in Data Science, NLP, Computer Vision, and/or ML projects in the Oil & Gas Industry.
• Expertise in MLOps, DevOps, AIOps, DataOps, and related operational frameworks.

Job Title: Data Strategy Expert

We are seeking a highly skilled Data Strategy Expert to lead the development and implementation of data-driven initiatives that drive business growth and digital transformation.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data science, AI, and strategic planning, with excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Science, AI, Computer Science, Public Policy, or related fields.
• Proven experience in data strategy, digital transformation, or advisory roles.
• Strong research, analytical, and strategic planning skills.
• Ability to engage, mobilize, and influence diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks and regulatory compliance.
• Experience in creating awareness materials, reports, and policy advisory documents.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on high-impact projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and develop your expertise in data strategy and digital transformation.

You will be part of a dynamic and supportive team, working in a fast-paced environment that requires adaptability and innovative thinking.

We encourage professional growth and development, offering opportunities for training, mentorship, and career advancement.

In addition, you will have access to cutting-edge technology, resources, and tools to help you succeed in your role.

Optimizing Payments Strategy Lead

We are seeking a highly skilled professional to lead the development of an all-encompassing payments strategy tailored specifically for top-tier merchants.

The successful candidate will be responsible for defining, delivering, and building tools for the right insights to showcase the value of our optimal payment strategies.

• Craft a comprehensive payments strategy for key merchants.
• Conduct in-depth data analysis to uncover valuable insights and anomalies.
• Design and implement experiments and A/B tests to improve performance, including ML-based solutions.
• Develop cutting-edge automation tools to monitor and optimize merchants' performance.
• Establish robust measurements to assess how proposed solutions impact merchants' performance and revenue.
• Collaborate with various teams across the organization to ensure an exceptional merchant experience and inform product development requirements.

• 5 years experience as a senior analyst working with large and complex data sets.
• Strong background in mathematics, statistics, computer science, engineering, or finance is essential.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python programming languages to extract and analyze data from our Data Warehouse.
• Experience with Git, Spark Databricks, and ReTool API is highly desirable.
• Ability to find creative and effective solutions for business problems.

Data Strategy Consultant

Joining Capco means joining an organization that is committed to an inclusive working environment where youre encouraged to #BeYourselfAtWork. We celebrate individuality and recognize that diversity and inclusion in all forms is critical to success. Its important to us that we recruit and develop as diverse a range of talent as we can and we believe that everyone brings something different to the table so wed love to know what makes you different. Such differences may mean we need to make changes to our process to allow you the best possible platform to succeed and we are happy to cater to any reasonable adjustments you may require. You will find the section to let us know of these at the bottom of your application form or you can mention it directly to your recruiter at any stage and they will be happy to help.

ABOUT US

Capco is global technology and business consultancy with a focus on the financial services sector. We are passionate about helping our clients succeed in an everchanging industry combining innovative thinking with unique expert knowhow. The solutions we offer our customers every day are as diverse as our employees.

We are/have:

• Experts across the Capital Markets Insurance Payments Retail Banking and Wealth & Asset Management domains.
• Deep knowledge in various financial services offerings including Finance Risk and Compliance Financial Crime Core Banking etc.
• Committed to growing our business and hiring the best talent to help us get there
• Focused on maintaining our nimble agile and entrepreneurial culture

Your Role

Youll be joining Middle East Capcos Data Strategy & Advisory team as a Data Strategy Consultant. You will use your deep data expertise to pioneer the formulation of focused actionable and effective data strategies to sustainably deliver business outcomes for our clients.

Our projects vary in their nature and your responsibilities will differ based on client requirements but could include:

• Scoping mobilizing and running the delivery of client data strategy and operating model projects managing and coaching mixed Capco / client teams
• Definition of the clients data strategy including its vision objectives and key results (OKRs)
• Managing the definition and mobilization of client data literacy and culture programmes
• Heading up data maturity / capability assessments to provide a clear and objective assessment of client data capability levels
• Overseeing the definition of the clients data Target Operating Model (TOM) including design of processes roles & responsibilities and governance to sustain the data strategy in BAU
• Directing the definition of data policies standards and guidelines
• Steering the development of the data strategy business case and shaping strategic roadmaps
• Running structuring and facilitating interviews and workshops to identify client pain points and their root causes and linking these to data capabilities (e.g. Data Governance Data Quality Data Architecture)
• Reviewing existing client data processes tooling and governance and providing recommendations to improve their effectiveness
• Being the key advisor of data management solutions as part of data architecture reviews

You will also play a key role in developing the Data Strategy & Advisory capability within Capco which may include:

• Managing and running capability offerings or operational areas in partnership with the Capability Data Practice and Domain Leads
• Developing and sustaining excellent internal and external client and vendor partnerships
• Identifying and researching business development opportunities on new or existing clients and directing the development of client proposals and bids
• Defining internal / externalfacing thought leadership
• Developing data methodologies and accelerators to enhance Capcos delivery capability
• Developing and delivering training for Capco and client resources in data methodologies

Your Skills and Experience

Most importantly youll have a passion for data. You will bring your trackrecord in driving data change to enable clients to achieve their business outcomes.

To qualify for the role you will have most of the following:

• A minimum of 5 years experience in Data Strategy and / or Data Management
• Deep and extensive understanding of Data Strategy Data Management and Data Analytics principles and one or more of several common Data Management methodologies and capability models (e.g. DAMA DMBOK DCAM CDMC) and toolsets
• Experience structuring and running maturity assessments eliciting & understanding client strategic aims pain points and requirements and providing actionable recommendations
• Extensive experience in documenting currentstate processes roles & responsibilities and governance structures and designing their targetstate
• Experience supporting the definition of data strategies business cases and roadmaps
• Proven experience running delivery teams with an ability to create and sustain a positive and inclusive team environment even when under pressure and in ambiguous circumstances
• Solid experience in project scoping and management
• Excellent analytical and problemsolving skills
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with solid experience and comfort working autonomously and in team environments
• Extensive experience in simplifying complex concepts with excellent verbal and written communication skills including in Microsoft PowerPoint Word and Excel

Ideally you will also bring:

• A minimum of 5 years consulting experience at a toptier consultancy or a similar internal data strategy role within a Financial Services organization
• A background in Financial Services (e.g. banking insurance investment management)
• Handson experience in data management tooling (e.g. Collibra Solidatus Talend Ataccama) and data analytics implementation (e.g. Power BI Tableau QlikView or Sense)
• A deep understanding of the challenges opportunities and regulations (e.g. ESG LIBOR BCBS239 CCAR GDPR Consumer Duty) facing the Financial Services industry
• Uptodate knowledge of industry bestpractices within data management and analytics
• Formal certification in data management methodologies or capability model

Data at Capco

Capcos global Data Practice of 800 practitioners are an established team of data strategists analysts scientists architects and engineers who help client teams harness the power of data to drive insight optimize performance and commercialize data opportunities. We enable financial institutions to become datadriven by helping transform their understanding and use of data to derive value. We translate strategy into action designing implementing and mobilizing innovative data capabilities with a focus on efficiency and scalability and partnering with leading vendors and industry bodies.

Collaboration enthusiasm and encouragement are key in ensuring we maintain our culture through working in an environment where clients become colleagues. We are looking for a candidate who will empower the team drive high standards grow the capability and deliver customer focused outcomes.

Our clients and peers have voted us as the ATeam Best Consultancy in Data Management in consecutive years valuing our ability to identify and develop top data addition to this we have proudly won both the Best Consultancy 2022 in the British Banking Awards and the Best ESG Data & Technology Consultancy as part of the annual ESG Insight Awards.

WHY JOIN CAPCO

You will work on engaging projects with some of the largest banks in the world on projects that will transform the financial services industry.

We offer:

• A work culture focused on innovation and creating lasting value for our clientsand employees
• Ongoing learning opportunities to help you acquire new skills or deepenexisting expertise
• A flat nonhierarchical structure that will enable you to work with senior partnersand directly with clients
• A diverse inclusive meritocratic culture
• Enhanced and competitive family friendly benefits including maternity / adoption / shared parental leave and paid leave for sickness pregnancy loss fertility treatment menopause and bereavement.

Required Experience:

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• Master's degree in Information Technology or equivalent; certified CDMP, Informatica, and Azure Fundamentals professional.
• Advanced knowledge of metadata registries, data catalogs, stewardship models, and data privacy frameworks.
• Proficient with industry-leading platforms: Informatica Suite (Axon, EDC, IDQ, DDM), Collibra, Azure Purview, IBM Cloud Pak, Snowflake, Databricks, Oracle OBIEE, Apache Hive.
• Skilled in the creation and deployment of quality metrics, issue tracking, scoring models, and remediation analytics.
• Proficient in data architecture concepts including Data Vault, Star Schema, SCD implementations, and versioned lineage tracking.
• Experienced in Agile, Scrum, and DevOps-aligned project delivery using JIRA, Confluence, ServiceNow, and Git-based CI/CD systems.
  
  

• Master's degree in Information Technology or equivalent; certified CDMP, Informatica, and Azure Fundamentals professional.
• Advanced knowledge of metadata registries, data catalogs, stewardship models, and data privacy frameworks.
• Proficient with industry-leading platforms: Informatica Suite (Axon, EDC, IDQ, DDM), Collibra, Azure Purview, IBM Cloud Pak, Snowflake, Databricks, Oracle OBIEE, Apache Hive.
• Skilled in the creation and deployment of quality metrics, issue tracking, scoring models, and remediation analytics.
• Proficient in data architecture concepts including Data Vault, Star Schema, SCD implementations, and versioned lineage tracking.
• Experienced in Agile, Scrum, and DevOps-aligned project delivery using JIRA, Confluence, ServiceNow, and Git-based CI/CD systems.
  
  

• 8+ years of experience in data governance, data engineering, or data management, with a proven ability to lead enterprise data initiatives.
• Strong expertise in implementing data governance frameworks, including metadata management, data lineage, quality rules, and business glossaries.
• Hands-on experience with governance tools such as Axon, EDC, IDQ, Collibra, and Azure Purview.
• Solid background in ETL/ELT pipeline development and data warehouse solutions using platforms like Informatica, WhereScape, Apache Airflow, and Azure Data Factory.
• Familiarity with modern data ecosystems including Snowflake, Azure Synapse, Databricks, and Azure Data Lake.
• Experience integrating governance with BI platforms such as Tableau, Power BI, and OBIEE.
• Exposure to regulated industries such as banking, government, or telecom, with understanding of data privacy and compliance practices.
• Skilled in working within Agile environments and using tools like JIRA, Confluence, and ServiceNow for project and stakeholder management.

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Contract

• Job function Information Technology
• Industries IT Services and IT Consulting

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