Data Governance Lead: Drive Trusted Data & Analytics

Vestas group; Favrskov Kommune; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Vestas seeks a Data Governance Lead Professional to mature governance capabilities across the organization. You will collaborate with Domain Data Owners, Data Stewards, Product Owners, Architects, and Digital Solutions teams to ensure data as a strategic asset.

Your role includes defining ownership structures, data quality controls, and governance practices, enabling analytics, automation, and AI initiatives across business domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in information management, CS, engineering, business, or related field.
• Background in Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata Management.
• Experience with governance frameworks such as DAMA-DMBOK, DCAM or similar.
• Ability to translate governance principles into practical scalable ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation and continuous improvement of Data Governance Framework across domains.
• Establish Data Ownership and Data Stewardship communities.
• Define and monitor data quality standards, controls, metadata management, and documentation.
• Partner with business and digital teams to enable analytics and AI initiatives.
• Collaborate with information modelling specialists to embed governance into standards and models.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Facilitation

Strategic thinking

Collaboration

Governance

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in information management/CS/engineering/business

Tools

Informatica

DCAM/DAMA-DMBOK

Job description

Vestas seeks a Data Governance Lead Professional to mature governance capabilities across the organization. You will collaborate with Domain Data Owners, Data Stewards, Product Owners, Architects, and Digital Solutions teams to ensure data as a strategic asset.

Your role includes defining ownership structures, data quality controls, and governance practices, enabling analytics, automation, and AI initiatives across business domains.