Data Governance & Metadata Executive

MBC Group

UAE

Ref: LP104-131

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

MBC Group is the largest satellite TV, Radio and Digital Media network in the Middle East based in Dubai Media City. MBC is looking for a motivated and results oriented colleague with an agile and collaborative mindset to join our Data Governance team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to help driving the Data Governance program within the company. You will work closely with business and functional areas on the topics of Data Stewardship, Data Standards and Policies, Data Protection and Meta Data Management to support the strategic requirements of the department and the company.

Job Objective

Your broad responsibilities will include

Data Standards and Policies
- Develop and enforce data standards to improve data migration and exchange across the enterprise
- Work on data related policies to ensure the proper handling and managing of data throughout the company

Data Protection and Compliance
- Support the departments roadmap to transform MBC into a company which is compliant to the recent Data Protection regulations e.g. GDPR

Data Stewardship
- Support the implementation of the Data Stewardship model in order to establish accountability for data
- Establishing and moderating a Data Owner and Data Steward committee

Meta Data
- Ensure integrity of all information like titles, synopses, age rating etc. in the current databases.
- Coordinate with suppliers and colleagues the delivery of mandatory meta data and ensure the most efficient workflows are in place across all divisions
- Constant review of best practice and fulfillment of new requirements as technology and services develop

Project and New Initiatives
- Actively participate in strategic and tactical initiatives in order to ensure that data requirements are considered in projects

Requirements

Requirements
- 4+ year’s experience in a Data Governance role
- Experience in developing Data Standards and data related policies
- Experience with Business Glossaries and Data Catalog
- Experience with Metadata management (preferably in Media)
- Excellent communication skills
- Highest personal and professional integrity and strong work ethics
- Ability to manage senior stakeholder across all the business and functional areas
- Ability to develop cooperative and constructive working relationships

Desirable Requirements
- Arabic language
- Experience in Data Protection especially GDPR
- Familiar with the DAMA methodology
- Developed skills in priority setting and alignment of project priorities with Departmental strategy
- Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity and rapid change
- Ability to get to the heart of the problem and make sound and timely decisions to resolve problems

About the Company

MBC GROUP is the largest media company in the Middle East & North Africa region that enriches people’s lives through information, interaction and entertainment. In 2002, nearly a decade after the launch of MBC1 in London, in 1991, MBC GROUP moved its headquarters to Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates.

Today, MBC GROUP includes over 17 leading TV channels: MBC1 (general family entertainment); MBC2 & MBC MAX (24-hour western movies); MBC3 (children’s edutainment with a mix of both local productions and western acquisitions); MBC4 (entertainment for young families with a female-focus); MBC ACTION (an indigenous adrenaline-packed channel targeting young males with local and homegrown productions); MBC VARIETY (Western films and general entertainment with uninterrupted broadcasting); MBC DRAMA (24/7 Arabic drama) & MBC+ DRAMA (a joint pay-TV channel between MBC and OSN); MBC PERSIA (general family entertainment dubbed and subtitled in Farsi); WANASAH (24-hour Arabic music channel); MBC MASR & MBC MASR2 (general family entertainment geared towards the Egyptian family); MBC BOLLYWOOD (delivering the freshest in Bollywood content geared towards the region via an Arabized interface); MBC USA (on “Dish Network” in the US); MBC IRAQ (a premium channel aimed at the entire Iraqi family), MBC5 (new satellite channel dedicated to the Maghreb); all of them benefit from MBC STUDIOS which produces the region’s most compelling premium content for cinema, television and on-demand platforms. MBC GROUP also includes two FM radio stations: MBC FM (Gulf music) and Panorama FM (contemporary Arabic hit music).

Furthermore, part of MBC GROUP is Shahid and its premium subscription-based service Shahid VIP, the world’s leading Arabic streaming platform, home to highly rated original productions from the Arab world, a wide range of exclusive movies and premieres, as well as the top watched live Arab TV channels.

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