Governance Administrator

Role Overview

As a Governance Admin, you will play a critical role supporting governance, compliance, and audit coordination activities across our expanding business operations. As part of our team in Dammam, you'll work in an ONSITE environment and be responsible for managing governance registers, ensuring document control and version management, supporting compliance tracking, and contributing to audit readiness. Your focus on process rigor, attention to detail, and proactive communication will help us achieve excellence in governance across multi-country operations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and administer governance registers including policies, procedures, approvals, authorizations, and compliance trackers.
• Support document control with accurate numbering, revision tracking, approval records, and controlled distribution in accordance with company policy.
• Track compliance obligations and renewal timelines, ensuring policies, certifications, and licenses are current and documented.
• Assist in audit preparation by compiling governance evidence, maintaining audit readiness, and supporting internal, external, and client audits.
• Facilitate traceability between governance documents, approvals, and their implementation across multiple regions.
• Support ESG, compliance, and governance reporting by gathering data and coordinating with relevant stakeholders.
• Coordinate communication of policy updates, governance changes, and new procedures to relevant teams and regions.
• Support governance documentation alignment during site takeovers, mobilizations, and operational transitions, ensuring audit readiness.
• Drive change management processes for governance documents by tracking updates, approvals, and communicating across the organization.
• Champion continuous improvement within governance administration, enhancing processes for quality, compliance, and documentation integrity.

Must have requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Governance, Compliance, or a related discipline.
• 3–5 years of experience in governance administration, compliance support, document control, or audit coordination roles.
• Experience supporting multi-country operations, audits, and governance frameworks.
• Knowledge of corporate governance frameworks, policy hierarchies, and approval structures.
• Expertise in document control and records management, including version control, retention, and controlled distribution.
• Understanding of governance registers, trackers, and compliance calendars.
• Proficiency in audit readiness and evidence management for internal, external, and client audits.
• Experience tracking compliance obligations across multi-country operations.
• Familiarity with ESG and compliance reporting fundamentals.
• Governance support during site takeovers, mobilizations, and operational transitions.
• Uphold strict confidentiality, information control, and data integrity principles.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite – Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

Nice to have requirements

• Experience in data center facility management environments.
• Hands-on experience in maintaining complex governance, policy, and document registers.
• Ability to manage robust document control systems ensuring revision control, approval workflows, and accessibility management.
• Demonstrated support for compliance and governance reporting, especially ESG metrics.
• Prior involvement in operational transitions, site mobilizations, or takeovers, ensuring documentation is audit ready and compliant.
• Experience supporting continuous improvement initiatives related to governance process efficiency and documentation quality.