Senior Data & Information Governance Specialist

CDL was founded in early 2003 by its current Managing Director Lucy Mmari.Within her 14 year tenure in a well established logistics company, She honed her skill in human resources management and thereafter started CDL.

Senior Data & Information Governance Specialist

Role Overview

• We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Data & Information Governance Specialist to support an international organisation in strengthening and operationalising its enterprise Data and Information Governance capability.

• The ideal candidate will have strong experience across Data and Information Governance, information protection, data quality, records and content governance, data classification and retention, data ownership/stewardship, and change management. Experience operationalising governance frameworks across both structured data and unstructured information is particularly important.

• The role will also require a practical understanding of how AI can support Data and Information Governance, including classification, metadata enrichment, information discovery, quality monitoring, risk identification and workflow automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and operationalise Data and Information Governance frameworks, policies and processes.

• Support governance forums, working groups, reporting and action tracking.

• Translate governance requirements into practical roles, processes, SOPs and RACI frameworks.

• Define and operationalise data ownership, information ownership and stewardship.

• Strengthen data quality, metadata, data catalogue, classification, retention, access and information protection practices.

• Extend governance across unstructured information, including documents, records, emails, collaboration platforms and knowledge assets.

• Work with Legal, Information Security, IT and business teams to ensure effective governance and information protection.

• Drive change management, adoption, training and awareness across technical and non-technical teams.