Data Governance Expert

Keystone Solutions; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Keystone Solutions seeks a Data Governance Expert to lead data governance at client sites, coordinating data stewards and owners within a multidisciplinary team. You will define roles, promote data culture, manage metadata quality, and help implement a data catalog and GDPR compliance across large organizations in Belgium.

This mission runs 16/11/2026 - 31/12/2026, full-time, with emphasis on stakeholder coaching and governance policies.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant field and 10+ years in data-related roles (governance, quality, BI).
• Minimum 10 years of practical data governance experience in large organizations.
• Experience implementing and managing a data catalog and metadata standards.
• Knowledge of GDPR and data privacy requirements.
• Strong communication skills in Dutch, English, and French.

Responsibilities

• Define roles and responsibilities for data stewards and data owners.
• Coach data stewards and data owners to ensure data governance adoption.
• Coordinate the data catalog development and metadata quality initiatives.
• Promote a data culture and coordinate data governance policies and guidelines.
• Support data maturity through a data literacy program and KPI tracking.

Skills

Data Governance

Data Quality Management

Data Catalog

Glossaries Management

Project Management

Data Quality Tools

SQL

Databricks

GDPR Knowledge

Communication Skills

Education

Master's degree in data, computer science, economics, management, or equivalent

Tools

Databricks

Data Governance Tools

Data Catalog Tools

GDPR Compliance Tools

Job description

Mission Overview:

As a Data Governance Expert, you will play a key role in implementing and coordinating data governance at a client site, representing Keystone Solutions. You will work within a multidisciplinary team of data engineers, architects, analysts, AI experts, BI specialists, project managers, and data governance and quality experts to leverage data as a strategic asset.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define roles and responsibilities for data stewards and data owners.
• Coach data stewards and data owners.
• Facilitate the community of data stewards (meetings, action tracking, sharing best practices).
• Actively contribute to promoting a data culture within the organization.
• Coordinate and monitor the feeding of the data catalog (business glossary).
• Ensure the quality, consistency, and completeness of metadata by applying defined standards.
• Initiate and coordinate the work of data stewards in data quality improvement projects (defining rules, prioritization, reporting, and tracking).
• Contribute to defining data governance policies and guidelines for the organization.
• Support the improvement of data maturity through a data literacy program (selection of training and monitoring).

Profile:

• Master's degree in data, computer science, economics, management, or equivalent.
• 10+ years of experience in a data-related role (governance, data quality, BI, data management).
• Minimum 10 years of practical experience in data governance within a large organization.
• Practical experience in implementing and managing a data catalog.
• Basic knowledge of SQL.
• Knowledge of DataBricks is a plus.
• Practical knowledge of data quality tools.
• Knowledge of GDPR.
• Autonomy and motivation.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Good knowledge of the second national language.

In this consultancy mission, you will be supported by the reference and master data management team and the data validation team. As a

Duration:

16/11/2026 - 31/12/2026 2 months (full time)

Skills required:

• Change Management - Level: Junior - Most recent: Any time
• Data Governance - Level: Expert - Most recent: Any time
• Data quality management - Level: Expert - Most recent: Any time
• Management of glossaries of business terms - Level: Confirmed - Most recent: Any time
• Master Data Management (MDM) - Level: Junior - Most recent: Any time
• meta data management - Level: Confirmed - Most recent: Any time
• Project Management - Level: Junior - Most recent: Any time
• SQL - Level: Junior - Most recent: Any time
• Working knowledge of data governance tools - Level: Confirmed - Most recent: Any time

Language requirements:

Dutch
Level Active knowledge
English
Level Active knowledge
French
Level Active knowledge