Data & AI Governance Manager

Kpmg Llp; Zaventem; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

premium electric company car +charging

net daily and monthly allowances

bonus

iPhone with subscription

cafeteria plan

flexible work arrangements

group insurance with full KPMG"s"Con

Employee assistance program

Lifelong learning

Sport & wellbeing events

Job summary

KPMG Lighthouse is seeking an experienced Data & AI Governance Manager to lead governance initiatives across data and AI transformation programs, ensuring reliability, explainability, and regulatory compliance.

You will design, operationalize and scale governance, work with CDOs/CIOs, and embed governance into pipelines, reporting, and decision-making, while guiding senior stakeholders and delivering tangible outcomes.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of experience in Data & AI governance.
• Experience in regulatory-driven environments (GDPR, EU AI Act, CSRD).
• Knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK or DCAM is a plus.
• Hands-on governance tooling experience (Collibra, Purview, Informatica).
• Experience with data quality tooling (Collibra Data Quality, Soda, Great Expectations).
• Experience with automation and integration (Python, SQL, APIs).
• Experience with data lineage, metadata, quality monitoring.
• Exposure to regulated industries such as Financial Services.

Responsibilities

• Design governance strategies and operating models.
• Translate regulatory requirements into governance designs.
• Enable scalable, automated governance in pipelines and lifecycles.
• Lead tooling selection and architecture oversight (Collibra, Purview, Informatica).
• Collaborate with Data, IT, Risk and Business stakeholders.
• Support growth through governance value cases and proposals.

Skills

Regulatory experience

Stakeholder management

Governance frameworks

Data & AI governance

Communication skills

Tools

Collibra

Microsoft Purview

Informatica

DataHub

Python

SQL

Job description

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As a Data & AI Governance Manager within the Lighthouse team, you contribute to multidisciplinary Data & AI transformation programs where governance plays a central role in enabling trust, scalability and value creation across the organisation.

You support organisations in designing and implementing end-to-end Data & AI governance capabilities, ensuring that data and AI systems are reliable, explainable, compliant and aligned with business objectives.

This role sits at the intersection of regulation, Data & AI and business value. Your focus is on building robust and future-proof governance frameworks that support both compliance and scalable innovation. You will help organisations design, operationalise and scale Data & AI operating models, translate regulatory requirements into actionable governance capabilities, and embed governance into everyday decision‑making.

This role is suited for an experienced consultant with strong expertise in Data & AI governance and the ability to engage senior stakeholders while driving tangible delivery outcomes.

What will you do?

1. Design Data & AI governance strategies

• Advise clients on governance frameworks, operating models and capabilities.
• Define structures, roles, policies and processes across the data and AI lifecycle.
• Translate regulatory and business requirements into pragmatic governance designs.
• Assess data maturity and define actionable roadmaps.

2. Enable scalable and automated governance

• Support the transition from manual to scalable and automated governance models.
• Embed governance-by-design in data pipelines, AI lifecycles and business processes.
• Design monitoring, reporting and auditing capabilities.
• Promote data-as-an-asset and data product thinking.

3. Drive governance implementation and architecture oversight

• Lead tooling selection and implementation, for example Collibra, Microsoft Purview and Informatica.
• Ensure alignment with data quality, lineage, ownership and security requirements.
• Define and implement standards such as metadata, Critical Data Elements (CDEs) and data quality frameworks.
• Bridge Data & AI, IT, Risk and Business stakeholders.
• Align Data & AI governance with broader enterprise governance.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, such as CDOs, CIOs, CROs and AI leads.
• Translate complex topics into clear risks, scenarios and recommendations.
• Support organisations in navigating regulatory challenges and AI adoption.

5. Contribute to growth and innovation

• Support proposals and define governance value cases.
• Position governance as a key enabler of Data & AI transformation.
• Contribute to Lighthouse’s governance offering across industries.
• Develop reusable assets such as playbooks, accelerators and standards.
• Drive innovation in areas such as AI governance and data product governance.

6. Strengthen collaboration and capabilities

• Coach teams on governance practices, tools and delivery approaches.
• Facilitate collaboration between Data, AI, Risk, IT and Business teams.
• Contribute to building a strong governance community within Lighthouse.

What you bring

• 4–6 years of experience in Data & AI governance. Consulting experience is a plus.
• Experience in regulatory‑driven environments, involving regulations and standards such as BCBS 239, Solvency II, GDPR, the EU AI Act and CSRD.
• Knowledge of governance frameworks such as DAMA‑DMBOK and DCAM is a plus.
• Hands‑on experience with governance tooling such as Collibra, Microsoft Purview, Informatica, DataHub or similar platforms.
• Experience with data quality and metadata tooling, such as Collibra Data Quality, Soda or Great Expectations.
• Experience with automation and integration using Python, SQL and APIs.
• Experience operationalising governance, including lineage, metadata ingestion, quality monitoring and workflows.
• Exposure to regulated industries, such as Financial Services, is an asset.
• Experience contributing to proposals or commercial discussions.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Fluency in English and either Dutch or French.
• An attractive remuneration package with a great number of extra-legal benefits (premium electric company car + charging card, net daily and monthly allowances, bonus, an iPhone with subscription, and many other benefits tailored through our cafeteria plan).
• Flexible work arrangements to ensure a healthy work-life balance and the possibility to work from anywhere 20 days per year.
• A comprehensive insurance package including group insurance with full KPMG contributions, hospitalization insurance and optional outpatient options (dental & eye care, medical consultations and registered medication).
• Career development opportunities combined with trainings based on your personal goals and aspirations.
• We care about you. With initiatives such as confidential counselors, an employee assistance program, hotlines and more, we will support your emotional and mental health throughout your career.
• An inclusive, international culture where personal growth, mutual trust and lifelong learning is fostered.
• Great team building activities and sport & wellbeing events (Brussels Marathon, Antwerp 10 Miles, 1000 kilometers for KOTK, river clean‑ups, and many more…) through our Together@KPMG & KPMG Foundation programs.