RAKBANK, also known as the National Bank of Ras Al-Khaimah, is a Public Joint Stock Company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It was founded in 1976 and is one of the oldest banks in the UAE. The Bank operates within retail and corporate banking, offering a range of services including personal and business banking, credit cards, loans, investment services, and wealth management.In the recent years, the Bank has achieved significant milestones which includes being named as one of the world’s best banks by Forbes ME (2022) and was awarded UAE’s SME Bank of the year by the Asian Banking and Finance Awards. The Bank has been successful in achieving the highest profitability and lowest cost of risk since 2015. It has also seen significant growth in its acquiring business, card spending, and business loans.Being on a transformational journey, in partnership with Honeywell, RAKBANK has also taken steps towards sustainability by reducing its overall energy consumption.We are a diverse team comprising of over 3,000 employees from across 58 countries. We make conscious efforts to build talented and diversified teams and encourage people to develop their full potential. We are committed to providing a working environment that promotes work-life balance, career development, recognition and security for the future.In line with our strategy, a major part of our transformation journey is to future proof our bank and establish ourselves as a ‘Digital bank with human touch’, for our customers.So join us in co-creating the future of RAKBANK!What You Will Be DoingAssisting in implementing the Data Management Framework, to support the delivery of organizational and regulatory objectives.Assisting Data Governance Manager / team in implementing the adopted Data Governance Strategy.Working with the Data Governance team to ensure best practices enterprise-wide.Assisting in driving forward the enterprise-wide data transformation program.Building relationships between the data governance team and other teams in the organizationBe a key stakeholder and advisor in all the new strategic data initiatives and ensure alignment to the enterprise-wide data strategy.Assisting in building a framework of principles to ensure data literacy, data quality and data integrity across the business.Assisting in improving data quality, metadata management, master data management and all other data management buckets.Assisting in defining best practices and standards for data handling, usage, and storage enterprise-wide.Working with the data protection team to ensure enterprise-wide regulatory compliance.What You Should HaveChampioning a Data-as-an-Asset mindset across the group; training the team.Support Data Governance Manager on maintaining strategic partnerships across the bank.Be an active contributor to how the bank evolves Data Governance practices and influence the adoption of data standards.Be able to understand functional and non-functional ask and participate in vendor analysis and vendor selection as applicable.Data Quality and Integrity – technical knowledge of industry best practices, development of standards, and tooling to monitor.Policy and Standards- conducting analysis, drafting proposed policies/standards.What We Are Looking For3-5 years experience in carrying out Data Maturity Assessments.Familiarity with data management best practices, policies, standards, and frameworks such as DAMA, DCAM, BCBS 239, GDPR and regional regulatory requirements.Working Experience as Data Governance Analyst/Consultant.Data Catalog implementation/usage experience.Experience in Data Quality Assessment (profiling, classification) and data documentation.Experience in designing short-term data solutions to achieve all goals and prepare data roadmaps for management.Strong analytical and numerical and presentation skills A comprehensive understanding and experience in implementing data solutions – Metadata Management, Data Quality, Data Visualization.Knowledge of Cloud Data platforms.Strong Stakeholder Management.What’s In It For YouPay for performance culture (Competitive and performance-linked compensation)Provision of medical care plan for your family and youComprehensive Life insurance planDiverse workforce and inclusive cultureCareer development and growth opportunities by designWork with the best minds in the fieldGet opportunities to bring your whole-self to the organization and perform to your best.