Lead Data Governance

We are seeking an experienced Lead Data Governance to drive enterprise-wide data governance initiatives for a leading organization within the energy sector.
This role will lead the implementation of data governance strategies, frameworks, and standards while ensuring high-quality, trusted, and accessible data across the business.
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting digital transformation, AI governance, analytics, and enterprise data management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide data governance strategy and roadmap.
• Develop and maintain governance frameworks, policies, standards, and best practices.
• Drive data quality, metadata management, business glossary, and data lineage initiatives.
• Support AI governance and responsible AI implementation.
• Lead enterprise data literacy and organizational upskilling programs.
• Oversee governance within digital platforms, analytics, and data initiatives.
• Partner with business stakeholders, data owners, and IT teams to improve data quality and governance maturity.
• Lead implementation of governance technologies and enterprise metadata standards.
• Manage governance reporting, steering committees, and executive stakeholder engagement.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise data policies and governance standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Management, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of Data Management experience within the Oil & Gas industry.
• Minimum 5 years in a leadership or management role.
• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise Data Governance frameworks.
• Strong experience with:
  • Data Governance
  • Data Quality
  • Data Lineage
  • Business Glossary
  • Metadata Management
  • Master Data Management
• Knowledge of Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, BI platforms, and Data Modeling.
• Experience with Change Management and Stakeholder Management.
• Understanding of Database Systems, Enterprise Document Management Systems (EDMS), Information Security, and Enterprise Architecture.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• Fluent English.

People are our business worldwide
 
Orion Group was founded in 1987 and is now one of the largest, independent, international recruitment companies. We have a network of 200 employees working from 24 offices, delivering a range of services – Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Outsourcing Services, Retained Search, Global Workforce Solutions, Completions & Commissioning and Materials Management – across 68 countries. As a global leader in workforce solutions, we recruit personnel across the Engineering & Technical, Office & Commercial, Scientific and Skilled Trades disciplines, for sectors including Oil & Gas, Life Science, Power & Utilities, Constructions & Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Renewables.