What The Role Is
We are looking for an officer who believes that data governance is critical for organisation that taps on data for process transformation and operational efficiency. Policies and processes are your area of interests and you like to put in place structures and standards to ensure quality and integrity of our data assets. You will implement such structures and governance measures such that we are in compliance with government data policies and regulations. You are also passionate in cultivating an environment whereby relevant stakeholders (e.g data owners, data users) takes ownership of data, adhere to data policies and protection measures. The right candidate needs to be comfortable with engaging a wide range of stakeholders and is able to interact effectively with both the technology teams and the business units. It will be added advantage if he/ she has proven ability and experience in data management and using a variety of data mining/data analysis tools.
What You Will Be Working On
- Design, develop and maintain all data governance artefacts (e.g. framework, policies, standards and guidelines) to ensure compliance with IM8 regulations/ government data policies, stay relevant and up-to-date in meeting JTC's strategic objectives and business needs
- Execute and ensure effective implementation of data governance framework (e.g data sharing procedure, data protection measures, data quality indicators etc) across the entire organisation
- Collaborate with relevant parties to ensure the correct processes, people and technology are in place to support the data governance framework
- Develop and implement initiatives that raise overall data literacy and governance awareness, which includes building digital competency skills across different group of users within JTC through structured training programs
- Strategize to shift mindset and embed data obligations and accountabilities into everyone's day to day activities
- Think strategically by proposing business metrics/ alternative approaches to measure data governance value.
- Ensure data quality/ security performances are formally reported, internally and externally as required
- Handle data sharing requests within and across organisations.
- Provide advice on data inventory, sharing and governance related matters.
- Implement audits for data quality and remediate data incidents (alongside the cyber-security team)
What We Are Looking For
- Relevant qualifications in data science/analytics, information management, statistics, computer science or related fields, or candidates from other disciplines with professional certifications
- Minimum 1 to 3 years of relevant working experience, and possess understanding of data related government regulatory requirements
- Strong in data management, governance, quality, protection with large scale data or project management and oversight experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication across all levels of seniority
- Ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams to drive business solutions
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills. Knowledge of data quality concepts
- Good presentation skills, able to communicate complex issues and data concepts to stakeholders
- Passion for learning new techniques and solving challenging problem
- Proficient in the use of open-source analytic tools (i.e. R and python), visualization tools (i.e. Qlik Sense, Tableau and Power BI) and database development tools (i.e. SQL and Hadoop) will be an advantage
