Data Governance and Compliance Officer

3D-ICT; Brussel; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

3D-ICT is seeking a Data Governance & Compliance Officer to establish and evolve enterprise-wide data governance and compliance frameworks. You will align business objectives with regulatory requirements to improve data control, transparency, and trust across data assets.

The role bridges Business, IT, Security, Risk, Legal, and Privacy, fostering data literacy and compliant data management across the organization. Strong cross-functional collaboration is essential.

Qualifications

• 3-4 years of experience in data governance, data management or IT governance.
• Experience in regulated and/or complex organizational environments.
• Strong exposure to cross-functional collaboration between business, IT, architecture, and platform teams.
• Familiarity with data product concepts, master data, data quality frameworks, and regulatory compliance (GDPR, EU Data Act, AI Act).
• Comfortable interacting with both senior business stakeholders and technical experts.
• Technical understanding of modern data platforms is a plus (e.g. Snowflake, DBT, AWS).
• Hands-on knowledge of data catalog, data quality, data lifecycle management, and BI tools.

Responsabilités

• Data Governance Roadmap: Define, maintain, and communicate the roadmap aligned with objectives and regulatory priorities.
• Compliance and Regulatory Oversight: Ensure GDPR, Data Act, retention, access control, privacy-by-design compliance; coordinate with CISO/DPO/Legal/Risk.
• Governance: Develop and monitor data governance processes and controls; address non-compliance and governance gaps.
• Data Ownership & Community Leadership: Define roles, provide guidance, lead governance community and board.
• Business Process Optimization: Analyze and redesign data-related processes; promote governance-by-design in platforms.
• Training & Data Literacy: Build capability and awareness; contribute to training materials and articles.
• Maturity Assessment & Reporting: Define KPIs and monitor adoption of new practices.
• Representation committees: Represent Data Governance in strategic programs and steering committees.

Connaissances

Data governance

Data management

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Data quality

Metadata management

Data catalog

BI tools

Snowflake

DBT

AWS

Outils

Snowflake

DBT

AWS

Description du poste

Functie

Mission

The Data Governance & Compliance Officer is responsible for establishing, strengthening, and

continuously evolving enterprise-wide data governance and compliance frameworks. The role

ensures alignment between business objectives, regulatory requirements, and data management

best practices — enabling the organization to improve control, transparency, and trust in its data

assets.

This role bridges Business, IT, Security, Risk, Legal, and Privacy stakeholders, fostering a culture of

data literacy and sustainable, compliant data management across the organization.

Detailled Tasks

1. Data Governance Roadmap

• Define, maintain, and communicate the Data Governance roadmap, aligned with business objectives and regulatory priorities

2. Compliance and Regulatory Oversight

• Ensure compliance with Data Act and other applicable legislation
• Ensure compliance with GDPR, data retention, access control, and privacy-by-design principles, and support the implementation and monitoring of related data protection and regulatory controls
• Coordinate with CISO, DPO, Legal, Risk, and Security teams to support and strengthen data compliance management activities across the organization

3. Governance

• Develop, monitor, and optimize data governance processes and controls, analyzing non-compliance issues and governance gaps to define and implement corrective and preventive actions
• Ensure proper execution of governance activities including business term documentation, data classification, metadata maintenance, data lifecycle management and data quality rule definition
• Design and enforce enterprise-wide policies, procedures and standards aligned with GDPR, NIS2, Data Act, etc. and sector-specific regulations

4. Data Ownership & Community Leadership

• Define clear roles, responsibilities, and governance bodies
• Provide training and guidance to data roles
• Lead the Data Governance Community
• Chair the Data Governance Board

5. Business Process Optimization and Change Management

• Analyze and redesign data-related processes for efficiency and accuracy
• Coordinate with platform and architecture teams to integrate governance-by-design principles into tools, platforms, and technical architectures
• Drive adoption of new governance practices across the organization

6. Training & Data Literacy

• Foster a data-driven culture by building capability and awareness at all levels (starting from data roles to business and management)
• Contribute to creation of training materials, articles, etc.

7. Maturity Assessment and Reporting

• Define KPIs for data governance activities and data governance objectives,
• Monitor adoption of new practices and results

8. Representation committees

• Represent Data Governance in strategic programs, initiatives, and steering

COMPETENCES

Languages

• English
• Dutch or French

Background

• 3-4 years of experience in data governance, data management or IT governance
• Experience working in regulated and/or complex organizational environments
• Strong exposure to cross-functional collaboration between business, IT, architecture, and platform teams
• Familiarity with data product concepts, master data, data quality frameworks, and regulatory compliance (GDPR, EU Data Act, AI Act
• Comfortable interacting with both senior business stakeholders and technical experts
• Technical understanding of modern data platforms is a plus (e.g. Snowflake, DBT, AWS)
• Hands-on knowledge of data catalog, data quality, data lifecycle management, and BI tools is a strong asset

SOFT SKILLS

• Strong coordination, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent communication with the ability to bridge Business and IT effectively
• Analytical and structured mindset; able to simplify complex regulatory topics into actionable guidance
• Strong change management, coaching, and community-building abilities
• Proactive, autonomous, and quality-oriented approach
• Effective influencer across cultures and hierarchies

Inlichtingen

Tetiana Zamiatina [phone]