West African Exploration and Production Company (WAEP) is an indigenous energy company focused on the exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbon resources across West Africa headquartered in Lagos State, Nigeria. WAEP is committed to delivering safe, efficient, and sustainable energy solutions through the application of industry best practices, technological innovation, operational excellence, and environmental stewardship. Our operations are guided by the highest standards of integrity, safety, professionalism, and corporate responsibility as we contribute to energy security and economic growth throughout the region. WAEP continues to build strategic partnerships that create value for stakeholders while supporting the sustainable development of Africa's energy sector.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Data Manager
Location: Lagos
Role Purpose
The Data Manager is responsible for the governance, quality, integrity, security, accessibility and lifecycle management of technical subsurface and petroleum engineering data, ensuring that reliable information is available to support upstream studies, regulatory obligations and business decisions.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Technical data accuracy and completeness
Data retrieval and availability performance
Data-quality issue resolution time
Compliance with governance and security controls
Timeliness of partner/regulatory data deliverables Repository/system availability
Audit readiness and traceability
Key ResponsibilitiesDevelop and implement technical data-management standards, procedures, workflows and governance controls.
Manage subsurface data including seismic, well, log, core, production, reservoir, interpretation and related technical datasets.
Ensure accurate loading, indexing, classification, versioning, storage, retrieval and archiving of technical data.
Maintain data quality through validation, reconciliation, metadata management and periodic quality-control reviews.
Administer or support technical data repositories, databases and applications used by subsurface teams.
Control data access and support compliance with information-security, confidentiality and data- retention requirements.
Coordinate receipt, transfer and delivery of technical data to/from partners, regulators, contractors and service companies.
Support data migration, system upgrades, application integration and digital-transformation initiatives.
Maintain audit trails and ensure technical data is traceable, recoverable and available for regulatory and assurance reviews.
Provide user support, training and guidance on technical data-management processes and systems.
Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor's Degree in Information Management, Geoscience, Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline.
Relevant data-management, information- governance or technical application certification is an added advantage.
Minimum 8-12 years' relevant experience in technical data management, preferably within upstream oil and gas.
Core Competencies:Technical data governance Subsurface data management
Metadata and master-data quality Database/repository administration
Data security and access control
Data migration and integration Records retention and auditability
Technical application support
Quality assurance
Stakeholder and user support
Application Closing Date7th October, 2026.
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