Senior Specialist, Data and AI Governance, APAC

Senior Specialist, Data and AI Governance, APAC

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive team and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

About the Role

The Senior Specialist, Data & AI Governance will play a critical role in helping Aon maximize the value of its data and AI assets across Asia Pacific. Working across business, analytics, and technology teams, this role will drive adoption of Data & AI Governance practices that enable trusted decision-making, accelerate AI innovation, improve data quality, and support the development of strategic data assets.

Rather than viewing governance as a compliance exercise, this role will help position governance as a business enabler, ensuring that data and AI assets are discoverable, trusted, reusable, and aligned with strategic business objectives.

What the Day Will Look Like

Data & AI Strategy Alignment:

• Partner with business, analytics, and technology teams to align Data & AI Governance priorities with business goals and growth opportunities.
• Identify opportunities where better governance can improve decision-making, enable AI adoption, increase data reuse, and create business value.
• Support strategic initiatives involving analytics, AI, data modernization, and digital transformation.
• Promote governance as an enabler of innovation rather than a compliance activity.

Strategic Data Asset (SDA) Enablement:

• Support the governance and lifecycle management of Strategic Data Assets (SDAs) across APAC.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to improve the quality, accessibility, and adoption of key data assets.
• Help identify and prioritize data assets that can drive business outcomes, analytics insights, and AI use cases.
• Track governance maturity and business value delivered through strategic data assets

Data & AI Governance Implementation:

• Support the implementation of Aon's Data & AI Governance frameworks and standards across APAC.
• Embed governance practices into analytics solutions, data products, AI initiatives, and digital capabilities.
• Support governance forums, issue management, and continuous improvement activities.
• Help business teams understand and adopt governance practices that improve trust and usability of data.

Data Quality and Stewardship:

• Work with Data Owners, Data Stewards, and analytics teams to improve data quality and trust.
• Support the definition of business rules, data standards, and quality measures.
• Coordinate the resolution of data quality issues and promote accountability for data assets.
• Drive continuous improvement in the consistency, completeness, and usability of data.

Metadata, Data Catalog and Knowledge Management:

• Maintain business glossaries, data dictionaries, and metadata repositories.
• Improve discoverability and understanding of enterprise data assets.
• Promote adoption of data catalog and governance capabilities.
• Support documentation of ownership, lineage, and business definitions to enable self-service analytics and AI.

AI Governance and Responsible AI:

• Support implementation of Aon's AI Governance Framework and Responsible AI principles.
• Partner with business and technology teams to govern Generative AI, AI agents, machine learning models, and AI-enabled products.
• Maintain inventories of AI use cases and support governance reviews for emerging AI solutions.
• Promote responsible AI practices and awareness across APAC.
• Monitor industry developments and help evolve Aon's AI governance capabilities.

Stakeholder Engagement and Governance Enablement:

• Build strong relationships across business, analytics, and technology teams.
• Coordinate governance forums, working groups, and communities of practice.
• Deliver training, communications, and awareness activities to improve adoption of Data & AI Governance.
• Act as a trusted advisor on data, analytics, and AI governance topics.

How this opportunity is different

This role is about helping Aon unlock greater value from its data and AI investments. You will work across business, analytics, and technology teams to ensure data and AI assets are trusted, discoverable, and aligned to business priorities.

Rather than focusing solely on governance controls, this role will help turn data and AI into strategic assets that improve decision-making, accelerate innovation, and support long-term business growth across APAC. 

Skills and experience that will lead to success

• 5+ years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, Analytics, AI Governance, or related disciplines.
• Experience working with business and technology stakeholders in complex organizations.
• Strong understanding of how data, analytics, and AI can create business value.
• Familiarity with governance and analytics tools such as Alation, Collibra, Microsoft Purview, Power BI, Databricks, or similar platforms.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Curious, collaborative, and outcome-focused, with a passion for data, AI, and innovation.

How we support our colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage a diverse workforce. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two “Global Wellbeing Days” each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself.  We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognise that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work... and we are all for it. We call this Smart Working!

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

We provide individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us to request an accommodation on ReasonableAdjustments@Aon.com

Aon values an innovative, diverse workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.  

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