The Chief Data Officer is a founding executive appointment at PDA and one of the most consequential data leadership roles in Pakistan's public sector history.

About the Role

You will be responsible for building and institutionalising Pakistan's national data governance architecture — the frameworks, standards, policies, and platforms that determine how government data is collected, managed, shared, protected, and used at scale. This is a sovereign infrastructure challenge, not a corporate data management role. You will report directly to the Chairperson and work alongside the Chief AI Officer and be part of PDA's integrated technology governance team.

Responsibilities

• Design and own Pakistan's National Data Governance Framework, covering data classification, data quality standards, metadata standards, interoperability protocols, and data lifecycle management across government
• Lead the development of PDA's data policy instruments...