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Data Governance Specialist

South HollandHybrid24 hours/week3-6months

A public organization is looking for an experienced professional in Data Governance and Data Quality. The assignment focuses on improving, implementing, and securing data quality within the organization. The emphasis is on operationalizing data stewardship, assigning ownership, developing quality standards, and achieving sustainable improvements within information and data projects. The assignment focuses on:

  • Improving data quality.
  • Assigning ownership.
  • Operationalizing data stewardship.
  • Advising on suitable tooling and implementing tooling that contributes to monitoring and improving data quality.

The candidate will work with process owners, information professionals, and data specialists to clearly assign data responsibilities, make data quality measurable, and actually implement improvement measures. The assignment has a strong executive character. In addition to developing frameworks and working methods, the candidate is expected to translate these into concrete applications, processes, and working agreements that will be used permanently within the organization.

What you do

  • Setting up and operationalizing Data Stewardship, including the implementation of roles such as Data Owner, Data Steward, and process owner.
  • Establishing, implementing, and monitoring data quality rules, quality criteria, and quality indicators.
  • Identifying, analyzing, and resolving data quality issues within information and data projects.
  • Developing a generic and repeatable approach for data quality management.
  • Setting up monitoring, dashboards, reports, and management information for data quality.
  • Initiating and guiding improvement trajectories aimed at sustainable data quality improvement.
  • Advising and guiding management, process owners, and users in assigning ownership for data quality.
  • Securing knowledge, governance, working methods, and responsibilities within the organization.

What they ask

  • Minimum 5 years of experience as a data steward / data governance specialist.
  • Extensive experience in setting up Data Governance within multiple public organizations, including the structured assignment of roles, responsibilities, and decision-making regarding data.
  • Experience in establishing and implementing data quality rules, quality indicators, and quality measurements.
  • Experience in operationalizing Data Stewardship within a public organization, including setting up, implementing, and securing roles such as Data Owner, Data Steward, and process owner.
  • Experience in organizing and facilitating workshops and work sessions on data quality, data management, or Data Governance with management, process owners, and users.

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