Bilingual Data Governance Lead

🔥 19 hours ago

🇯🇵 Japan – Remote

💵 ¥6.5M / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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GAIDOOR RECRUIT

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1 - 10 employees

Founded 2018

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Logistics • Marketing

GAIDOOR RECRUIT is a Tokyo-based recruitment agency that provides tailored recruitment solutions for startups and large companies, both local and global. The agency specializes in connecting highly-skilled Japanese and foreign professionals with growth-oriented businesses, focusing on IT, consulting, and startup sectors. GAIDOOR RECRUIT fosters mutual success and development by carefully assessing candidates' skills and career visions to match them with suitable job opportunities.

📋 Description

• Develop and drive company-wide data governance policies, roadmaps, and operating models • Define roles and responsibilities for data owners, data stewards, and other key stakeholders • Design decision-making and governance processes across multiple business units and group companies • Establish frameworks balancing effective data utilization with governance and risk management • Identify opportunities to leverage data based on business needs and support implementation • Promote data standardization, metadata management, data catalogs, and master data management • Define data quality metrics and establish monitoring, visualization, and continuous improvement processes • Improve data discoverability, accessibility, and usability across the organization • Establish policies for data quality, access control, privacy, and accountability for AI and Generative AI use cases • Design governance processes that enable innovation while managing data and AI-related risks • Collaborate with business and technical teams to connect emerging technologies and AI use cases with business value • Develop data usage, consent management, and data lifecycle policies in accordance with applicable privacy regulations • Collaborate with legal, security, and business teams on data-related risk assessments and mitigation • Support audits and develop internal guidelines and governance standards • Drive cross-functional initiatives involving management, business, planning, engineering, legal, and security stakeholders • Promote education and awareness around data governance and responsible data utilization • Help establish a company-wide data-driven culture • Identify operational challenges and continuously improve governance processes

🎯 Requirements

• Professional experience in Data Governance, Data Management, or Data Platforms • Experience planning and driving cross-functional projects involving both business and technical stakeholders • Strong stakeholder management, communication, and coordination skills • Knowledge of data quality, data standardization, metadata management, or related data management practices • Ability to work proactively, identify organizational challenges, and drive initiatives independently • Japanese: business level • Knowledge or practical experience with DAMA-DMBOK, CDMP, or related data management frameworks • Experience establishing or operating data owner / data steward models or data governance organizations • Knowledge of privacy regulations, consent management, information security, and data protection • Experience working with healthcare data or managing data across multiple services or group companies • Experience implementing or operating data catalogs, Master Data Management (MDM), or data quality management tools • Knowledge or experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Databricks, or similar modern data platforms • Experience designing or operating AI / Generative AI governance frameworks • Experience working in English in a professional environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Permanent full-time employment • Flextime system (no core time) • Fully remote work • Remote work from anywhere in Japan • Foreign employees may work remotely from their home country for up to six months per year