VP, Data Governance Operationalisation
Date:
Oct 16, 2026
Location:
Malaysia
Office Location:
Mercu 3, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
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- Manage assigned country or branch Data Governance workstreams from planning through delivery.
- Develop project plans, milestones and deliverables, and maintain action, risk, issue and dependency tracking.
- Run workshops with report owners, data owners, stewards and technology teams to gather, challenge and validate information.
- Identify Key Data Uses and Key Data Elements, documenting selection rationale, evidence and approvals.
- Capture business and technical metadata, including definitions, ownership, source systems, tables, fields, formats and transformations.
- Analyse and stitch together end-to-end data lineage using Excel, SQL, mapping documents and inputs from business and technology SMEs.
- Define data-quality requirements, rules, thresholds and exception-handling processes with business stakeholders.
- Write and test SQL queries for data profiling, reconciliation, validation and implementation of data-quality checks.
- Prepare complete, quality-checked metadata, lineage and DQ artefacts for onboarding into Collibra.
- Track delivery, resolve information gaps and escalate material risks or delays.
- Produce clear status updates and management-ready materials.
- Support data governance council and steering committee
- Support the drive to create data awareness training for APAC stakeholders.
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OTHERS
- To perform other duties as assigned by the Management and HOD.
- To relief or cover duties of staff members in the department in his/her absence.
- Ensure timely escalation to Supervisor/Management in case of any issues.
POSITION SPECIFICATIONS
Academic Qualification (Degree / Diploma etc.) / Professional Qualification / Certification
- Bachelor's/ University degree in Data Management, Computer Science, or related field
- Certifications such as Collibra, CDMP or CIMP are highly desirable.
Working Experience (Years / Type)
- 5 to 10 years’ experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, Regulatory Reporting, Data Analysis or Business Analysis, preferably within banking.
- Hands-on experience in business and technical metadata, data lineage and data-quality requirements.
- Strong stakeholder-management and workshop-facilitation skills.
- Strong Excel skills, including data analysis, reconciliation and lineage documentation.
- Good powerpoint presentation skills
- Practical SQL skills for data profiling, validation and development of DQ checks.
- Ability to interpret reporting logic, transformation rules and source-to-target mappings.
- Experience developing project plans and managing milestones, actions, risks, issues and dependencies.
- Ability to manage country workstreams independently and deliver through stakeholders across different functions and locations.
- Experience with Collibra or similar Data Governance tools is advantageous.
- Knowledge of BCBS 239 and regulatory reporting is advantageous.