ICT Applications Professional

About the role

The ICT Applications Professional will lead data governance and information architecture initiatives for Saudi Telecom Company in Riyadh. You will ensure data policies, quality, and regulatory compliance are embedded across all systems and processes, supporting the company’s strategic data utilization goals.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain data policies and principles across relevant participants.
• Drive STC data utilization and management objectives.
• Achieve target data quality through audits and enforcement of quality policies.
• Lead technical assessments of current data management practices.
• Set information architecture standards and methodologies.
• Identify and classify information assets, ensuring compliance with privacy, retention, and industry regulations.
• Create strategic data models, principles, and designs to strengthen data management and quality.
• Review user requirements, analyze business needs, and define data categorization and labeling.
• Plan and design information architecture, including conceptual, logical, and canonical ecosystem models.
• Establish data valuation rules and classification (severity, criticality, confidentiality).
• Implement disciplined information asset management and translate architecture principles into technology solutions.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Software Engineering.
• Relevant certifications such as CDMP, SID, or TOGAF.
• Six or more years of experience in data governance, data modeling, metadata design, or information architecture.
• Proven ability to define and maintain data principles, policies, and matrices.

Required skills

• Data modeling
• Metadata design and management
• Information architecture
• Data governance and quality assurance
• Enterprise data architecture (conceptual, logical, canonical models)