Senior Data & Digital Governance Expert

Job Summary

Support the development and refinement of data-driven initiatives within a construction ecosystem maturity program in the GCC. The role involves defining governance and quality requirements, developing sector-wide data standards, and translating initiatives into implementation-ready operating models and roadmaps for government owners.

Responsibilities

• Refine priority construction-sector data use cases and define required datasets, KPIs, and decision-intelligence needs
• Develop sector-wide data standards, dictionaries, taxonomies, and metadata requirements
• Define governance models including roles, ownership, stewardship, quality controls, and compliance mechanisms
• Translate initiatives into implementation-ready models with clear workflows, operating models, and governance structures
• Specify data platform requirements, integration pathways, and interoperability standards
• Assess project-level and market-level data requirements for construction ecosystem maturity
• Prepare detailed implementation roadmaps, handover packages, and documentation for government owners
• Coordinate with government entities, regulators, and ecosystem stakeholders to ensure alignment with national data frameworks (SDAIA, NDMO)

Must haves

• Construction-sector expertise
• Data strategy, sector data standards, dictionaries, and taxonomies experience
• Data governance, quality, ownership frameworks, and stewardship models knowledge
• Construction use-case development, KPIs, and decision-intelligence design experience
• GCC experience with familiarity in SDAIA/NDMO frameworks
• Government engagement and multi-stakeholder coordination capability

Nice to haves

• National-level data governance programs or digital-transformation initiatives experience
• Construction analytics platforms, BIM data flows, or project-intelligence systems knowledge
• Metadata management, lineage, and enterprise data cataloging experience
• Arabic language proficiency

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