About the Role
We are seeking a Data and AI Governance Specialist to support governance end to end, including framework design, data quality, AI risk, and national index readiness (NDI/NAII). This role is designed to convert compliance into tangible deliverables for clients rather than just a checklist. As a client-facing position, you will have the opportunity to work directly with stakeholders, support data and AI governance delivery, and translate your findings into actionable recommendations for both technical and business audiences. This is a lean team environment, offering high visibility and the potential for real impact.
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Key Responsibilities
Data Governance
- Support clients in designing and documenting data governance frameworks, including ownership models, stewardship roles, policies, and standards.
- Assist with data quality initiatives, such as profiling, defining quality rules, monitoring, and tracking remediation.
- Aid in data cataloging, metadata management, and lineage documentation across client environments.
- Translate client business requirements into governance scope, deliverables, and effort estimates.
AI Governance
- Help clients design AI governance frameworks, including model inventory, risk-tiering, approval workflows, and documentation standards.
- Assess client AI systems against responsible AI principles, focusing on explainability, auditability, bias, and risk controls.
- Map client data and AI practices against global frameworks to benchmark maturity.
National Index Readiness (NDI / NAII)
- Conduct client readiness assessments against the National Data Index (NDI) and National AI Index (NAII) scoring criteria, identifying gaps between current practices and index requirements.
- Compile documentation and artifacts that clients need to demonstrate compliance for index submissions.
- Develop remediation roadmaps to close index gaps, sequenced by client timelines and resources.
- Monitor client progress against NDI/NAII benchmarks across engagement milestones and report status to stakeholders.
- Stay updated on changes to NDI/NAII methodologies and criteria, providing revised client guidance accordingly.
Client Delivery
- Participate in discovery sessions with both prospective and existing clients, documenting findings and shaping governance approaches.
- Collaborate with client enterprise architecture and IT teams to ensure governance initiatives align with their broader data and AI strategy.
- Foster working relationships with client business stakeholders, effectively communicating findings in terms of business impact.
- Support the establishment and operation of client data and AI governance offices.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in IT, Data Management, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience in data governance and/or AI governance.
- Strong awareness of local data protection, data management, and AI regulatory frameworks in the Kingdom, including national data and AI indexes such as NDI and NAII.
- Solid understanding of data standards, policies, procedures, and data quality frameworks.
- Excellent communication skills, capable of engaging confidently with both technical and business stakeholders.
- Fluency in Arabic and English.
Preferred:
- Direct experience with the National Data Index (NDI) or National AI Index (NAII) readiness or submission processes.
- DAMA certification.
- Familiarity with AI governance/risk frameworks or platforms.
- Experience in consulting or client-facing delivery.
- Exposure to data governance tooling.
- Saudi National.
If this sounds like the kind of work you want to do, we would like to hear from you. The company is an equal opportunity employer and assesses every application on merit.
