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Vice President – Data Platforms
Abu Dhabi
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What you’ll work on
Full postingDefine and evolve the Group data platform architecture across ingestion to serving
Own reliable, monitored data ingestion from enterprise and subsidiary systems
Implement platform data governance, lineage, quality monitoring and access controls
Enable governed self-service data access for business and subsidiary teams
Drive availability, performance and FinOps cost discipline on the platform
From the employer’s posting
Define and evolve the Group data platform architecture: ingestion, storage, modeling, processing and serving layers.
Own data ingestion from enterprise and subsidiary source systems into the Group data platform, with reliable, monitored pipelines.
Implement platform-level data governance: data principles, cataloguing, lineage, quality monitoring and access controls.
Enable governed self-service for business and subsidiary teams, balancing autonomy with control.
Ensure availability, performance and cost discipline of the data platform in production.
Education & alternatives
QUALIFICATION Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required Master's degree is preferable
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required Master's degree is preferable Employment type
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- Sep 23, 202642 days ago
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- Nov 5, 2026
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About the role
We file this job under Data Leadership, by the work the posting describes.
Data leaders run data teams or design how a company's data fits together. Managers hire, set priorities and answer for whether the data work pays off; architects choose the systems and the shape of the data.
Expect years of hands-on data work, experience leading people or projects, and the ability to explain tradeoffs to executives.
Unlike a senior engineer or analyst, most of a data leader's week goes to people, planning and decisions rather than building.
US government figures for computer and information systems managers
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $175,140
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 15.8% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
The government has no code for data leaders, so these figures are for the closest group, computer and information systems managers, which includes data processing and data operations managers.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 11-3021.
Job description
JOB PURPOSE
Own the data backbone of the Group: the platforms through which data is ingested, stored, modeled, governed and made available for analytics, Artificial Intelligence and operational use across Aldar and its subsidiaries.
Establish end-to-end accountability from data platform engineering to operations, building AI-ready foundations and a self-service model that lets Group Digital and the business consume trusted data at speed, without the data platform becoming a bottleneck.
Serve Group Digital's Data & AI teams with data and self-service capabilities; analytics and data science ownership remains with Group Digital.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Data Platform Strategy & Architecture:
Define and evolve the Group data platform architecture: ingestion, storage, modeling, processing and serving layers.
Design for reuse, scalability, security-by-design and cost efficiency across the Group and subsidiaries.
Build AI-ready foundations: pipelines, data products and platform capabilities that support advanced analytics and Artificial Intelligence use cases.
Data Engineering & Ingestion:
Own data ingestion from enterprise and subsidiary source systems into the Group data platform, with reliable, monitored pipelines.
Set engineering standards for data pipelines, data products and platform automation.
Ensure database management and storage planning support performance and growth.
Platform Data Governance & Quality:
Implement platform-level data governance: data principles, cataloguing, lineage, quality monitoring and access controls.
Safeguard master data alignment and data reliability for downstream consumers.
Partner with Information Security on data protection controls across the platform.
Serving Group Digital & Self-Service:
Serve Group Digital's Data & AI teams with data and self-service capabilities, with clear interfaces and service commitments.
Enable governed self-service for business and subsidiary teams, balancing autonomy with control.
Provide centralized observability of data flows supporting digital products.
Operations & Reliability:
Ensure availability, performance and cost discipline of the data platform in production.
Establish monitoring, incident management and capacity planning for data services.
Drive FinOps discipline on data platform and storage spend.
Leadership & Talent Development:
Build and lead the Data Platforms team, including data platform and database management capabilities.
Develop data engineering depth and support Emiratization objectives.
What This Role Is Not:
Not an analytics or data science role; those capabilities are owned by Group Digital.
Not a reporting or Business Intelligence delivery function; the role provides the platform others build on.
Not limited to Aldar corporate; the platform serves the Group and its subsidiaries.
This role owns the data backbone on which the Group's analytics and Artificial Intelligence ambitions are built.
RELATED YEAR OF EXPERIENCE
Minimum of 10-12+ years in data platform engineering or data architecture leadership within large, complex organizations.
YOE IN MANAGERIAL POSITION
Minimum of 2+ years of managerial experience in a related field.
FIELD OF EXPERIENCE
Enterprise data platforms at group or multi-entity scale, including cloud data stacks
Data engineering practices, data governance tooling and self-service enablement
Building AI-ready data foundations (pipelines, MLOps-adjacent capabilities) is an advantage
TECHNICAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
Engineering leader with architectural depth; credible with both engineers and executive stakeholders
Service mindset toward Group Digital and the business: the platform exists to be consumed
Rigorous on data reliability, governance and cost discipline
Comfortable operating at the boundary between technology platforms and digital product teams
QUALIFICATION
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required
Master's degree is preferable
Employment type
Experienced hires
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