Company description:
SMRT Corporation Ltd is a public transport service provider.
Our primary business is to manage and operate train services on the North-South Line, East-West Line, the Circle Line, the Thomson-East Coast Line and Bukit Panjang Light Rail Transit.
This is complemented by our bus, taxi and private hire vehicle services.
Our core values are Respect, Integrity, Safety and Service, and Excellence.
We are committed to provide safe, reliable and comfortable service for all our commuters.
Job description:
Job Purpose
As a Manager of Data Governance in SMRT, you will be tasked to design and implement corporate data governance strategy and framework.
You play a key role in implementing governance activities to ensure the company has a good data foundation on which trusted information that can be used for critical business processes, decision making and accounting to meet overall business needs.
Responsibilities
- Define and design organisation's data management and governance strategy.
- Implementation of data governance policies and develop standard operating procedures.
- Initiate data governance activities to ensure alignment and effective implementation across Business Groups.
- Review data processing architecture and data sharing practice.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure a common understanding of data governance and advocate data management practices.
- Serve as a liaison and provide consultation to assist business units in identifying and setup of critical data elements.
- Establish and govern an enterprise data governance implementation roadmap.
Qualifications & Work Experience
- Bachelor's degree and above in Analytics, Information Systems Management, Computer Science or related fields.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in data governance.
- Prior experience in implementing data governance framework.
- Good knowledge of the overall governance framework, including operating model, data governance, data management, data security, data quality and data architecture.
- Good understanding of metadata management, reference data management, master data management, and data quality.
Skills
- Project management
- Understanding of data governance tools
- Knowledge in data governance principles
- Proficient with data engineering methods and technologies, Azure Cloud proficiency will be an advantage
- Experience in working in a diverse organisation and across business processes
- Excellent written and oral communication skills