Senior Manager - Tech Consulting - Data Strategy & Governance - Cairo
EY · Cairo
Senior Manager – Data Strategy & Governance
We are looking for an experienced Senior Manager – Data Strategy & Governance to join our growing MENA Technology Consulting team in Egypt, and lead enterprise Data Strategy, Governance and Data Management transformations across Egypt and MENA.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead Data Strategy, Data Governance and Data Management transformation engagements.
- Define governance frameworks, operating models, policies, standards and implementation roadmaps.
- Establish data ownership, stewardship, metadata, business glossaries, catalogues and lineage capabilities.
- Lead Data Quality, Master & Reference Data, Data Classification, Privacy and Security initiatives.
- Advise C-suite stakeholders on data strategy, regulatory requirements and governance technology choices.
- Lead solutioning, proposals, RFP responses and business development.
- Provide leadership and mentoring across multidisciplinary Data Governance and Data Management teams.
Qualifications
- Strong experience in Data Strategy, Data Governance, Data Management or Data Advisory, with leadership responsibility.
- Proven experience leading enterprise-scale data governance and transformation programs.
- Strong C-suite advisory, consulting, communication and stakeholder-management capabilities.
- Good understanding of data privacy, security, regulatory compliance and GDPR.
- Industry experience preferably across Financial Services, Government & Public Sector, Energy & Utilities, Telecom, Consumer & Retail, or Real Estate & Infrastructure.
- Prior Big Four, management consulting or technology consulting experience is highly preferred.
- Experience across Egypt/MENA and readiness to travel across MENA based on client needs.
Skills Required
- Data Governance: Metadata Management, Data Catalogues, Business & Technical Glossaries, Data Lineage, Stewardship and Critical Data Elements.
- Data Quality: Data Profiling, quality rules, monitoring, controls and remediation.
- Data Management: Master Data Management, Reference Data Management and data lifecycle management.
- Privacy & Security: Data Classification, Data Security, GDPR, masking and handling controls.
- Governance Platforms: Microsoft Purview, Informatica IDMC/EDC/IDQ, IBM Knowledge Catalog, Collibra and Alation.
- Open-Source Governance: Apache Atlas, OpenMetadata and DataHub.
- Data Quality & Observability: Great Expectations, Soda, Monte Carlo and similar platforms.
- Understanding of how Data Governance, Data Quality and trusted data foundations enable Analytics, AI, GenAI and Responsible AI at enterprise scale.
If you are passionate about helping organizations turn data into a trusted, governed and AI-ready enterprise asset, we would love to hear from you.