Data Lead (Orchestration & Strategy)

Essential Qualifications/Experience:

·       Bachelor's degree in Data Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field

·       At least five years of relevant experience in data governance, data management, information management, or business intelligence

·       Experience chairing governance boards, working groups, or formal decision-making meetings

·       Experience reviewing governance submissions and assessing their completeness, maturity, and decision readiness

·       Experience documenting decisions, actions, risks, and meeting proceedings

·       Experience defining, tracking, and reporting data-governance KPIs and data-quality indicators

·       Knowledge of data governance, data quality, data ownership, stewardship, metadata, and data-source onboarding

·       Experience coordinating multidisciplinary stakeholders, contractors, and technical teams

·       Strong analytical, organisational, communication, and stakeholder-management skills

Desirable Qualifications/Experience:

·       Certification in data management, data governance, project management, ITIL, or business analysis

·       Experience with data catalogues, BI tools, data-quality platforms, or document-management systems

·       Experience in an international, governmental, defence, security, or regulated environment

·       Knowledge of data-management framework

·       Experience in configuration management, validation, cybersecurity, or technical data environments

·       Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements

·       Knowledge of NATO organization, internal structure and resultant relationships

·       Personal Attributes

·       High level of integrity, professionalism, and accountability

·       Detail-oriented and committed to maintaining accurate, complete, and traceable records

·       Proactive and results-focused

·       Diplomatic but able to challenge stakeholders when necessary

·       Organised and capable of working under time pressure

·       Collaborative and comfortable working across organisational boundaries

·       Committed to continuous improvement and evidence-based decision-making

·       Strong leadership and meeting-facilitation skills

·       Ability to chair meetings objectively, maintain focus, manage disagreements, and drive decisions

·       Ability to supervise working groups and coordinate activities across multiple teams

·       Ability to assign responsibilities, monitor progress, and ensure timely closure of actions

DUTIES/ROLE:

·       Weekly Data Governance Board (DGB):

ü  Running the weekly DGB as Data Lead and Chair-Person in full coordination with the ACPV contractor

ü  DGB meetings are planned, chaired and completed in coordination with the ACPV main contractor

ü  Agenda, participants and supporting material are confirmed before each meeting

ü  Meetings result in clear decisions, actions and assigned responsibilities

·       Preparation of DGB Submission Packages:

ü  Prepare on weekly basis mature and complete DGB submission package for the DGB agenda and confirm completeness and readiness of submitted package via the ACPCV DGB secretariat

ü  Submission packages are to be complete, accurate and sufficiently mature for DGB consideration

ü  Required documentation, recommendations and supporting evidence are included

·       Documentation of DGB Proceedings:

ü  Document on weekly basis DGB decisions, action items and proceedings that are properly captured

ü  Decisions, action items, owners and deadlines are accurately recorded

ü  Meeting minutes are reviewed and distributed to relevant stakeholders

ü  Records are stored in the approved repository and remain traceable

·       Data Governance KPI and Quality Reporting:

ü  Track and report on weekly basis the data governance KPIs and the quality indicators with aim to address data governance performance gaps and support continuous improvement

ü  Data governance KPIs and quality indicators are measured and reported weekly

ü  Performance gaps, trends and root causes are identified

ü  Corrective or improvement actions are proposed and tracked

·       Monitoring and Reporting of Mandatory Data Governance Artefacts:

ü  Report on weekly basis that the data governance mandatory artefacts are collected as per the DGB Terms of References (TOR) and the associate Data Source on-boarding Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

ü  Mandatory artefacts are collected and reviewed against the DGB TOR and Data Source On-Boarding SOP

ü  Missing, incomplete or outdated artefacts are identified and reported

ü  Artefacts are stored in the designated repository and are traceable

·       Supervising Data Source On-Boarding Working Group:

ü  Supervise the work of the Data Source On-Boarding Working Group (DOWG) in its mission to prepare decision and recommendation packages for the DGB when convened on weekly basis

ü  DOWG activities are planned, coordinated and aligned with DGB priorities

ü  Decision and recommendation packages are accurate, complete and ready for DGB review

ü  Risks, issues and delays are escalated in a timely manner

·       ACPV Data Business-Value Reporting:

ü  Report monthly that the knowledge generated out of the ACPV data is delivering the intended business value

ü  The knowledge, insights and outputs generated from ACPV data are assessed against defined business objectives

ü  Business benefits, use cases and value gaps are documented

ü  Recommendations are provided to improve data utilisation and business outcomes