Data Governance Officer

About the role

Jordan Kuwait Bank is looking for a Data Governance Officer to join its Data Management team. In this role you will help implement data quality frameworks, manage metadata, and maintain business glossaries, ensuring data accuracy, compliance, and accessibility across the organization.

Key responsibilities

• Implement and maintain data quality frameworks and validation processes.
• Manage metadata, business glossaries, data catalogs, and data lineage documentation.
• Establish and enforce data governance policies, standards, and controls.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to define critical data elements and stewardship responsibilities.
• Monitor data privacy, classification, and regulatory compliance requirements.

Required profile

• 2‑3 years of experience in data management, data governance, data quality, metadata management, business intelligence or related fields.
• Strong analytical, communication and problem‑solving abilities.
• Experience working with both business and technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Business Information Systems or a related discipline.
• Professional certifications such as DAMA CDMP or other data governance certifications are a plus.

Required skills