Sr. Manager Data Governance

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

Chalhoub Group’s Capability Hub is our technology and innovation hub set up with the vision to unite exceptional talent to build technology and capabilities that elevate luxury experiences and define the future of luxury retail.

For over seven decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. In its pursuit to excel as a hybrid luxury retailer, the Group has curated a portfolio of over 10 owned brands and strengthened its distribution and marketing expertise for over 400 international names across luxury fashion, beauty, jewellery, watches, eyewear, and art de vivre categories.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken to build a future where luxury dreams become reality — bridging cultures and crafting memorable experiences for our consumers. Be it by constantly reinventing itself, committing to innovation, or embracing new technologies, the Group is shaping the future of luxury retail. It delivers seamless omnichannel experiences across more than 950 stores, online platforms, and mobile apps. Driving this innovation journey is The Greenhouse — the Group’s innovation hub, incubator, and accelerator for startups and emerging businesses, regionally and globally.

Chalhoub Group fosters a people-at-heart culture rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a workplace catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. Today, it brings together over 16,000 talented professionals across eight countries in the Middle East, with a presence in LATAM.

Sustainability is at the core of the Group’s strategy, guided by a clear commitment to people, partners, and the planet. Chalhoub Group is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, a signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, and to have pledged to reach Net Zero by 2040.

What you'll be doing 

Lead enterprise data governance, establishing data policies, stewardship frameworks, and master data 'Golden Record' standards, and enforcing data compliance, access controls, and data lineage across the Group's GCP and SAP data architectures.  

• Establish and maintain enterprise data policies, standards, and data stewardship frameworks across the Group. 

• Define and enforce master data 'Golden Record' standards and master data management (MDM) practices across GCP and SAP architectures (SAP MDM), including reference data and the business glossary. 

• Enforce data compliance and privacy (PDPL, GDPR), including access controls, role-based access (Looker RBAC), and security classification. 

• Own data cataloging and data lineage using UpGuard, ensuring end-to-end traceability across data platforms. 

• Establish data quality governance standards, defining quality dimensions (freshness, completeness, validity, schema drift), quality SLAs, and scorecards, with oversight of automated and AI-assisted data quality monitoring. 

• Define onboarding playbooks for new data sources, data products, and BI assets, with clear ownership, certification, and quality gates. 

• Set governance standards for data documentation (dbt Cloud Docs) and metadata across Google BigQuery and the wider data estate. 

• Partner with business, IT, and security teams to operationalize data governance, drive adoption, and report on compliance, quality coverage, and adoption metrics to leadership. 

• Mentor and guide data governance and quality practitioners, growing governance capability across the function. 

What you’ll need to succeed  

• Minimum 7 years of experience in data governance, data management, or enterprise data quality, including leading governance initiatives. 

• Deep expertise in data governance frameworks, data stewardship, business glossary, reference data, and master data management (Golden Record standards, SAP MDM).

• Strong knowledge of data compliance and privacy regulations (PDPL, GDPR), access controls, security classification, and data lineage. 

• Experience defining data quality dimensions, quality SLAs, scorecards, and stewardship and onboarding playbooks. 

• Hands-on experience with data cataloging and lineage tooling (UpGuard), Looker RBAC, and documentation (dbt Cloud Docs). 

• Proficiency in SQL and Google BigQuery, with experience governing data across GCP and SAP architectures.

What we can offer you  

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality.  We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.  

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.  

Using GenAI in Your Application Process

To support a fair and consistent experience for all candidates, we ask that assessments and interviews are completed independently and without assistance from generative AI tools. This ensures we understand your strengths, your thinking, and how you approach real situations.

We Invite All Applicants to Apply

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.