Senior Data Governance Specialist

For a UN Agency based in Geneva, NTT DATA is currently looking for a Senior Data Governance Specialist to lead and implement best-in-class data governance frameworks, policies, and strategies for our organization. This role is pivotal in ensuring data integrity, compliance, and usability while aligning data governance initiatives with business objectives. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data governance, data management, regulatory compliance, and stakeholder engagement. You will be responsible for: Assess current data governance maturity, including risk exposure, compliance gaps, and operational inefficiencies. Identify gaps, challenges, and opportunities by engaging with stakeholders across business and IT functions. Document key findings and provide actionable recommendations for improvement. Develop a structured data governance framework. Define key components such as data ownership, accountability, stewardship, and compliance requirements. Ensure integration with existing IT, security, privacy, and compliance frameworks. Provide governance around metadata management, data quality, and data lineage tracking, working closely with MDM and Data Catalog (metadata) consultants. Collaborate with data architecture and engineering teams to embed governance within data platforms and solutions. Establish data governance processes that enable AI/ML adoption by ensuring data accessibility, trustworthiness, and ethical use. Implement policies to improve data discoverability, accessibility, and compliance for AI models. Work with data science and cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance, security, and ethical use of data. Design a long-term strategy for data governance, ensuring alignment with business objectives and UN data strategy. Define roles and responsibilities for data governance stakeholders, including data stewards and custodians. Develop and implement a Data Quality Policy, outlining standards, controls, and responsibilities for ensuring high-quality data across the enterprise. Define governance practices to ensure AI/ML-readiness, including bias detection, model explainability, responsible AI principles, training data quality, and compliance with ethical AI standards and guidelines. Work with legal and compliance teams to ensure all policies meet regulatory and business requirements. Develop and conduct data governance training programs for business and technical stakeholders. Create comprehensive documentation, including governance playbooks, guidelines, and best practices. Establish communication strategies to increase awareness and adoption of data governance initiatives. Present findings, recommendations, and progress reports to senior leadership and stakeholders. For this role you will need to have experience in: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Management, Information Systems, Business, or a related field. Minimum 7 years of experience in data governance and management. Demonstrated experience in developing and executing enterprise-wide data governance strategies, policies, and roadmaps in large organizations. Strong knowledge of data governance, data quality, metadata, and master data management (MDM) standards. Proven expertise in data architecture and integration. Experience in cloud data governance (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills. Ability to train and lead organizational change efforts in data governance. Expertise in data governance frameworks such as DAMA DMBOK, DCAM, or EDM Council Standards. If you are interested and available for this opportunity as freelance contractor, please share your CV in ENGLISH as soon as possible. NTT DATA is a global consultancy company, employing over 20.000 professionals world-wide. Within the International Institutions we have framework contracts with European Institutions like: European Commission; European Parliament; European Court of Auditors; Europol; NATO; Court of Justice; EPO; European Council, United Nations, etc. #J-18808-Ljbffr