About the Role

The Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON) is seeking a Data Governance and Management Tools Expert to join its team in Riyadh. This role aims to manage, operate, and develop data governance and management tools, and activate their capabilities in managing metadata, data cataloging, classification, and improving data quality.

Job Purpose

The incumbent will implement approved policies and standards, automate processes, and monitor data quality. This contributes to enhancing data reliability and facilitating effective access and use within a full-time work environment.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Manage, operate, and develop the Informatica platform and data governance and management tools, ensuring their efficient performance and service continuity.
• Participate in designing and developing the metadata framework, including documentation standards, classification, and data access levels.
• Manage processes for inventorying data sources and connecting them to the platform, and automating the extraction, updating, and verification of metadata for completeness and accuracy.
• Manage and maintain the data catalog, including documenting and linking business and technical assets, managing relationships between them, and tracking data lineage.
• Activate and implement data classification policies using automated classification tools, monitoring classification results, and verifying their accuracy in coordination with relevant entities.
• Prepare, develop, and implement data quality rules, manage their lifecycle, and execute validation processes to check for data accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Monitor data quality indicators, analyze results and trends, and prepare periodic reports to share with stakeholders.
• Analyze data quality issues and identify root causes, participating in the preparation and implementation of remediation plans and monitoring their effectiveness in coordination with relevant entities.
• Configure and automate data governance and management procedures and workflows within the platform, and improve operational processes in compliance with approved policies and standards.
• Evaluate tool capabilities and identify development opportunities, manage settings, user permissions, and system integration, and resolve technical issues in coordination with IT teams and vendors.
• Prepare and update operational manuals and documentation, provide technical support and training to business data specialists and platform users, and support the publishing of approved metadata in the National Data Catalog.

Work Environment

The work location for this full-time position is in Riyadh, within a supportive professional environment aimed at enhancing the efficiency of data management and governance.

Additional Information

Experience requirements or salary details for this role have not been specified. Applicants will be evaluated based on the alignment of their qualifications and experience with the mentioned tasks.