Senior Manager, Data Governance

Reporting to the Chief Data Officer, the role holder will define, implement and ensure adherence to the Group’s Data management policies, drive all aspects of data governance, frameworks and standards across all domains to drive and improve data quality and integrity. This will support decision making, drive growth and ensure adherence to regulatory requirements. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Be the voice of data by establishing and executing an enterprise data management roadmap including strategic priorities for development of information-based capabilities aligned to best practice and international standards across all business domains such as DAMA, ARMA, DCAM etc. 
• Provide executive stewardship by identifying data ownership and accountability of the Group’s Information Assets across the organization, championing and implementing data management strategies and standards.
• Institutionalize data quality management by implementing systems and processes for monitoring data quality, identifying & escalating issues, implementation of data controls and manage data quality remediation strategies. This will also include defining and continuously measuring data quality metrics and KPIs.
• Establish a formal approach to managing the data assets through process, rules, policies and practices including accepting, prioritizing, and categorizing change requests and ensuring that changes are communicated in a timely and adequate manner.
• Coordinate the Data Governance Council by planning, directing meetings, maintaining and monitoring Data Governance issues/risk log including driving outcomes from the Steering Committee and the Data Governance Council
• Proactively engage in new products and services design, system deployments, lines of business to ensure data governance is implemented at the core of all initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to the data management framework across all key data domains as defined in relevant data management policies and collaborate with risk, compliance and cyber security teams in closure of identified gaps.
• Identify and drive business use of data assets to stimulate growth through insights and analytics by ensuring the interests of the executive sponsor and Steering committee are met by the enterprise data management initiatives.
• Advise and evangelize to business leadership the concept of “data as an asset” and the value of understanding the quality of data by aligning data governance with the business goals and priorities.
• Collaborate with leadership within KCB group to identify business needs and implement data capabilities and processes. Ensure annual performance measures align with Data Governance and business objectives.

The Person

For the above position, the successful applicant should have the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in mathematics/ business/ economics/Statistics/Actuarial Science/Computer Science from a recognized university or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 5 years' relevant work experience in data governance.
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks like DAMA DMBOK, COBIT, or ISO/IEC 38500.
• Broad understanding of the Enterprise Data Management capabilities and experience in Defining and Enforcing data governance/management policies, procedures and standards across the organization.
• Experience in identification of critical data assets and critical data elements
• Experience in designing and implementing data quality and remediation frameworks across enterprises.
• Experience in analyzing and prioritizing data related projects; including facilitating workshops and managing project workloads,  
• Experience in working with cross-functional teams and managing data stewardship across multiple business entities.
• Experience in implementing security policies and protocols in data processes
• Working knowledge and experience in use of SQL, Python, Power BI, Machine Learning Techniques will be an added advantage.

The above position is a demanding role for which the Bank will provide a competitive remuneration package to the successful candidate. If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please log in to our Recruitment portal and submit your application with a detailed CV.

To be considered your application must be received by Friday 6^th June 2025.

Qualified candidates with disability are encouraged to apply.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.