Senior Data Governance, Stewardship & Quality Lead (Hybrid)

Pauwels Consulting; Sint-Joost-ten-Node; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Pauwels Consulting seeks a Senior Data Governance Expert to join the data office and drive transformation in the public health sector. You will implement and coordinate data governance frameworks, coach data stewards, and lead data quality initiatives to support strategic policies.

You will define roles for data stewards and owners, lead the data stewardship community, and coordinate the population of the glossary and catalog to ensure metadata completeness.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Data Governance and Data Quality Management.
• 5+ years of experience with Metadata Management, Business Glossaries and Data Governance Tools.
• 3+ years of Master Data Management (MDM) and Project Management.
• 3+ years of Change Management to drive data culture and literacy.
• 3+ years of SQL experience.
• Master’s degree in IT, Economics, Management or related field.
• Experience implementing and managing a Data Catalog.
• Solid GDPR knowledge and its application to data management.
• Proactive, solution-oriented with strong communication skills.
• Native in Dutch or French with active English and the other national language.

Responsibilities

• Define roles and responsibilities for data stewards and data owners with coaching support.
• Lead and animate the data stewardship community, facilitate meetings, track actions, share best practices.
• Coordinate population and maintenance of business glossary and data catalog for metadata completeness.
• Initiate and oversee data quality improvement projects, define rules, prioritize tasks, report progress.
• Contribute to organizational data governance policies, guidelines, and standards.
• Support data literacy programs by selecting training materials and monitoring data maturity.

Skills

Data Governance

Data Quality Management

Metadata Management

Business Glossaries

Data Governance Tools

Master Data Management

Project Management

Change Management

SQL

Data Literacy

Education

Master’s degree in IT / Economics / Management

Tools

Databricks

Data Catalog tools

Data Quality tools

Job description

Pauwels Consulting seeks a Senior Data Governance Expert to join the data office and drive transformation in the public health sector. You will implement and coordinate data governance frameworks, coach data stewards, and lead data quality initiatives to support strategic policies.

You will define roles for data stewards and owners, lead the data stewardship community, and coordinate the population of the glossary and catalog to ensure metadata completeness.