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🤝 Data Governance Expert

    Job description

    🤝 The Job

    As an experienced Data Governance Expert with a deep understanding of data governance concepts and their practical implementation in data governance tools., you will work closely on a daily basis with our clients to establish and maintain effective data governance processes and policies. You will assist in the implementation of data governance tools and platforms. Next to this, you are passionate about the topic and eager to support colleagues implementing modern data platforms and AI solutions also to ensure proper governance by design. In other words, we are a scale-up, you should expect a healthy dose of entrepreneurial opportunities, identifying opportunities and shaping new offerings as we grow. 


    What you'll be doing:

    • Advise clients on data governance best practices and trends in the industry

    • Design and implement data governance frameworks, including data classification, metadata management, and data lineage

    • Support the development and implementation of data governance tools and platforms

    • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data governance requirements are incorporated into data solutions, ranging from Data Platforms to AI solutions

    • Help shape and refine our data & AI governance offering


    🎉 What you'll find at Dataroots

    Since 2016, Dataroots has been committing its excellent consulting services to help clients excel in their data-driven operations. Our approach focuses on team well-being, fostering diversity, and promoting knowledge sharing. By focusing on these values, we've achieved healthy and sustainable growth over the years. Through our consulting services, we actively encourage professional growth by exposing our employees to different industries, tools, technologies,... broadening their scope in the process.

    As part of the Talan Group, we are able to take this approach to the next level, adding the element of international mobility to our employees’ career journey.

    Join a team where your work will have a direct impact on both our clients and our journey. Learn more about our DNA at [https://dataroots.io/our-dna].


    Job requirements

    💼 What we’re looking for

    • You have a minimum of 4 years of experience in data governance, through which you acquired deep and experience-based knowledge of data governance frameworks, processes, and best practices

    • You have practical experience translating the above to data governance tools and platforms

    • You are able to work with clients at all levels of the organization

    • You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills

    • You have an entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for innovation and business growth

    • You combine technical affinity with excellent soft skills to drive change

    • You have a solid knowledge of GDPR and similar other data regulations (Basel III, Solvency II, HIPAA, etc)

    • You have experience working in a service/consulting organization

    • You speak fluent English and either Dutch or French.


    Don't worry if you don’t meet every requirement from the start. Most of all we are looking for colleagues with the same passion for personal and team development as the rest of us.


    💰 The Offer

    • An attractive salary with extralegal benefits, including:
      • Mobility budget or a company car with fuel/charging card

      • Hospitalization and group insurance

      • High-end laptop

      • Smartphone with subscription

      • Substantial amount of holidays

      • Meal vouchers

      • ...

    • Diverse and welcoming work environment, where you’ll collaborate & unwind with colleagues from different cultures and disciplines. The organization of both fun & professional events and initiatives is actively encouraged and supported.

    • A training budget for individual and team learning opportunities.

    • Tons of team-building events and sports initiatives to stay connected and unwind.

    🇧🇪 Our main offices are in Leuven and Ghent, with co-working spaces in Charleroi and Antwerp. These locations are always available for brainstorming sessions or team events. As a Dataroots expert, much work can be performed remotely, but you will most likely also visit our clients on-site.

    Ready for a new chapter as a Data Governance Expert at Dataroots? Great! Apply now! 🎉

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