Chief Data Officer

About the role

DSO National Laboratories, Singapore's largest defence R&D organisation, is recruiting a Chief Data Officer within its Digital Division. The role sets the enterprise direction, governance and value agenda for data, establishing organisation-wide policy, decision rights, operating models and investment priorities so that data are protected, trusted, accessible and responsibly used across corporate functions and core R&D areas. It reports to the Chief Digital Officer and acts as the enterprise integrator for data, aligning business, R&D, technology, security, legal, privacy and workforce considerations.

Key responsibilities

• Own and recommend the enterprise data strategy, policy architecture, governance model and multi-year roadmap for approval by management and governance bodies.
• Lead enterprise data governance with authority to set standards, define accountabilities, resolve cross-division issues and data risks or non-compliance.
• Designate enterprise data owners and stewards, clarify decision rights and require divisions to implement approved policies, standards and controls.
• Provide executive responsibility to divisions and projects on data and AI risks, readiness, adoption, value realisation and compliance, supported by organisation-wide measures and reporting.
• Account for enterprise data management, including controls for data transfers and lifecycle management and for lowering data risks.

Required profile

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or another related field.
• At least 15 years of experience in data analytics and data governance roles.
• At least 3 years of experience leading data transformation and governance of an organisation.