Assistant Director (Data Policy & Governance)

You are responsible for overseeing the management and utilisation of operational data within respective Service Operations Departments while playing a crucial role in strategy development, process improvement, stocktaking and data exploitation to enhance decision-making and operational effectiveness for the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).

- Design and manage processes to gather data from various sources across the SAF - Conduct comprehensive stocktakes and cataloguing of data to identify priorities and establish standards - Develop and implement proper data assets management standard operating procedures and workflows across Data Life Cycle (from data acquisition, fusion, access and distribution to disposal). - Maintain overall oversight of data policy, governance, and service-level agreements to enforce compliance - Develop, implement, and govern Service Operations Data Strategy including defining key business outcomes, objectives and key results - Ensure data quality by running checks and cleaning data for accuracy, completeness, and consistency - Protect sensitive data from unauthorised access or breaches - Support projects involving data requirements - Collaborate with relevant departments to build staff literacy, competency, and capabilities in data management - Lead and coordinate workplans across Services Departments and relevant stakeholders while establishing cross-service data quality Challenge(s) - Having good understanding of Services' operations, work processes, and data landscape to work with relevant operations owners and develop synchronised efforts to meet the SAF's data requirements - Collaborating with relevant stakeholders to integrate legacy data into modern data lakes or hubs - Coordinating and overseeing multiple data-related initiatives as older systems store data in silos with non-standard formats

- 6 years of experience in related field - Experience in data governance frameworks, policies, and best practices - Education in Data Science, Computer Science or a related field - Meticulous with good stakeholder management and excellent communication skills - Proficiency in developing and implementing data strategies and workflows - Data cataloguing, metadata management, and quality assurance skills - Strong project management abilities Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.