Data Governance Specialist

Eindhoven | Hybrid | Freelance | full-time | Data Governance

We are looking for a Global Data Governance Specialist, to complement our Data Governance team. The Data Governance Manager will be ensuring adherence to an enterprise data governance framework for data practices, policies, standards and data quality improvement, both at a technical and functional level.

Your team
You will report to the Data Governance, Literacy & Change management Manager. Together, you will make a critical contribution to the implementation of the Data Strategy and Digital Transformation journey. The team offers a high level of energy and passion, an open collaboration environment and opportunities to learn from each other for personal growth.

Key Responsibilities

Engage with internal stakeholders of your assigned data domains, supporting implementation of the enterprise data governance roadmap, building strong partnerships to execute the data strategy
Help establish the roles and responsibilities related to data governance in your assigned data domains within the organisation, ensuring accountability for the stewardship and data assets.
Facilitate the development and implementation of all aspects of data governance, including data protection, data quality standards, definition of data products, adoption of policies and standards
Implement within data domains data management practices, principles and policies
Help implement data governance policies for key constituents, including data stewards (workflow, processes, life cycle, business rules)
Help establish data quality metrics, monitor frequently and ensure adoption to quality requirements
Contribute to the technology and functional roadmaps for data management

Your profile

To be successful in this role you shall:

Have a Master's degree in Information Technology, Data Analytics, Mathematics, Statistics or a related field, and 5–10 years of experience in the industry or a service company in close relation with Data Governance and Data Management for value generation
Strong understanding of data governance and data management practices, with demonstrated experience in implementing federated data domains and data stewardship
Knowledge and understanding of the data and technology landscape of transactional systems, data management, processes and data analytics consumption
Knowledge of data related best practices, privacy, regulatory requirements and emerging technologies such as AI/ML and Generative AI
Strong communication skills are used to drive change, inspire and guide data stewardship, influence business functions to support and engage with the principles of data and analytics governance.
Demonstrate interpersonal capacities to collaborate and relate openly with diverse groups of international stakeholders across organizations, build strong partnerships, manoeuvre comfortably through complex policies, processes, people-related organisational dynamics.
You are reliable, accountable, a curious and persistent team player, proactive, structured, with drive and autonomy. Your hands-on mentality helps you achieve results together with your project team.
Agile/SCRUM Project management (including Jira tool) would be a plus.

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