I'm currently partnering with a well-known New Zealand technology business looking to bring on a Data & AI Governance Specialist.
This is not a role for someone who wants to sit back and write policies all day.
They're looking for someone who enjoys rolling up their sleeves, solving problems and improving how data is managed across an organisation. Someone who can lead initiatives, influence stakeholders and build capability, while still being hands-on with governance tooling, cataloguing, lineage and data quality.
The business is investing heavily in improving the foundations of its data environment and is looking for someone who can help bring structure, ownership and better practices across the organisation.
Alongside this, AI is becoming an increasingly important focus. You don't need to be an AI expert, but you do need to be curious, engaged and excited about how AI can be adopted responsibly and practically within a business.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and evolve data governance capability across the organisation
- Drive improvements in metadata management, data cataloguing and lineage
- Improve visibility of data quality, ownership, risk and governance coverage
- Work closely with engineering, analytics, product, security and business stakeholders
- Implement practical governance controls and processes that support delivery
- Support governance tooling and platform adoption
- Contribute to governance literacy and capability across the business
- Support the introduction and governance of AI initiatives and use cases
- Help establish practical guardrails around AI data, models and outputs
- Balance governance, risk and delivery without creating unnecessary bureaucracy
- Experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Data Stewardship or Data Risk
- Strong understanding of metadata, cataloguing, lineage and data quality concepts
- Experience working with governance tooling such as Informatica, Precisely or similar enterprise platforms
- Ability to influence stakeholders across both technical and business teams
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Comfortable operating in evolving environments where not everything is fully defined
- A pragmatic mindset focused on outcomes rather than process for process sake
- Genuine curiosity around AI and emerging technologies