Senior Data Quality Consultant

Datashift; Oost-Vlaanderen; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth opportunities

Direct impact projects

Excellent employment terms

Continuous training

Job summary

Datashift is seeking a Senior Data Quality Consultant to lead data quality initiatives end-to-end for clients, shaping strategies and driving adoption across business and technical teams.

You will act as trusted advisor, manage scope with stakeholders, design data quality rules, and provide hands-on support with SQL and tooling. Join a fast-growing team and help deliver measurable impact.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of experience in data-related roles (data quality, governance, engineering).
• Proven experience leading data quality initiatives in client-facing environments.
• Ability to guide implementation without needing to be the primary developer.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience across business and technical domains.

Responsibilities

• Lead data quality engagements from assessment to adoption.
• Act as the main contact for clients on data quality topics.
• Translate business challenges into structured data quality initiatives.
• Manage scope, priorities and delivery with client stakeholders.
• Align with the client on architecture and support decisions on infrastructure.
• Design and oversee data quality rules, controls and monitoring.
• Ensure data quality is embedded in data pipelines and lifecycle processes.
• Provide hands-on support with SQL and tooling setup.
• Engage with senior business and IT stakeholders to drive adoption.
• Drive data quality culture within client organisations.

Skills

Data quality

Leadership

Stakeholder management

SQL

Communication

Tools

Collibra

Soda

Great Expectations

Job description

For one of our fast growing practices, we are looking for a Senior Data Quality Consultant.

Do you have 5 to 8+ years of experience in supporting data (quality) initiatives And acting as a trusted data advisor at our clients? And the prospect of helping to grow a company that believes in together creating an impact with qualitative data at our customers sounds good?

Your Responsibilities

We are looking for a Senior data quality consultant who can lead data quality initiatives end-to-end, from strategy through adoption, and act as a trusted advisor to our clients. You will play a key role in shaping data quality strategies, driving implementation and ensuring adoption across both business and technical teams at our clients.

Client delivery:

• Lead data quality engagements from assessment to implementation and adoption
• Act as the main point of contact for clients on data quality topics
• Translate business challenges into structured data quality initiatives
• Manage scope, priorities and delivery in collaboration with client stakeholders
• Align with the client on architecture and support them in decisions on needed infrastructure

Implementation

• Design and oversee implementation of data quality rules, controls and monitoring
• Ensure data quality is embedded in data pipelines and lifecycle processes
• Provide hands‑on support where needed (SQL, tooling setup)

Stakeholder management & change

• Engage with senior business and IT stakeholders to drive alignment and adoption
• Drive data quality culture and awareness within client organisations

Your Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of experience in data-related roles (data quality, data governance, data engineering, data management)
• Proven experience leading data quality initiatives in client‑facing environments
• Experience working across business and technical domains
• Experience with data quality tooling (e.g. Collibra, Soda, Great Expectations) and familiarity with data governance tooling
• Ability to guide implementation without needing to be the primary developer
• Strong stakeholder management skills, strong communication skills
• Able to balance strategy with execution.

Your growth path

Datashift is a firm believer in growing through its people. We will guide and support you providing a multitude of opportunities to develop and grow in the direction you want. However we equally believe that it's you who takes ownership of your growth. That's why we give you the tools and put you in the driver’s seat – it's up to you to seize the opportunity.

One thing is for sure, surrounded by an entrepreneurial team, many opportunities will present themselves to deepen your expertise knowledge or broaden your responsibilities within a fast growing scale‑up. As an experienced data consultant, we expect you to support within the Datashift organization with coaching younger colleagues, support knowledge transfer and/or take initiative in new data quality related initiatives to make sure we remain an innovative and relevant partner to our clients.

Our offer

• A highly entrepreneurial team where initiatives are highly valued and room is given to grow;
• A no‑nonsense working environment where you will have a direct impact and deliver meaningful results (whilst having a lot of fun);
• Excellent terms of employment;
• Joining a fast growing company means growing together with it: learn new skills, take a variety of responsibilities and opportunities that continuously present themselves
• Fringe benefits including continuous training that builds and extends professional, technical and management skills in all areas;