Data Governance and information architecture manager

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership:

• Define and communicate the vision strategy and roadmap for data governance and enterprise information architecture.
• Establish objectives priorities and KPIs for both governance and architecture initiatives.
• Align governance and architecture practices with the organizations strategic goals and regulatory requirements.
• Support Strategic initiatives

Team Management :

• Build lead and develop a high-performing team dedicated to data governance and information architecture.
• Define roles responsibilities and career development paths for team members fostering a culture of excellence and continuous learning.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to data stewards and data owners to ensure alignment with best practices and organizational objectives.
• Foster collaboration across data IT and business teams to embed governance and architecture principles into day-to-day operations.
• Promote an agile and adaptive approach to data management enabling the team to respond effectively to evolving business needs and regulatory changes.

Data Governance Implementation:

• Develop document and enforce policies standards and procedures for data governance.
• Define roles responsibilities and structures for data stewardship and accountability.
• Ensure compliance with data protection regulations and industry standards such as GDPR.

Enterprise Information Architecture Development:

• Design and maintain business information models including conceptual and logical data models.
• Define mappings for critical business entities (e.g. Product Customer Partner) and contexts (e.g. Order Management Pricing).
• Develop and manage a Unified (Conceptual) Information Model to guide data initiatives.
• Collaborate with other architecture domains to define information flows and integration between applications.
• Support project teams by defining data and information management requirements.
• Ensure alignment between data governance and broader enterprise architecture efforts.

Data Quality Management:

• Set data quality standards metrics and monitoring mechanisms.
• Collaborate with data owners and stewards to address data quality issues and root causes.
• Drive initiatives to continuously improve data quality and reliability.

Metadata Management and Documentation:

• Implement processes to capture and maintain data lineage definitions and dependencies.
• Promote the use of data dictionaries glossaries and cataloguing tools.
• Advocate for metadata standards and best practices organization-wide.

Risk and Value Assessment:

• Assess the benefits and risks of information use in business contexts such as new product launches or partnerships.
• Formulate recommendations on data access security retention and ownership.
• Promote value creation by leveraging data resources and the external data ecosystem.

Requirements

Skills and Competencies

• Strong conceptual thinking pattern recognition and problem-solving abilities.
• Proven ability to articulate the value of data governance and information architecture to diverse audiences.
• Rapid assessment of emerging technologies and their applicability to business needs.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Knowledge and Expertise

• Deep knowledge of data governance principles frameworks and best practices.
• Expertise in information modeling data classification and enterprise-level information architecture.
• Familiarity with metamodels taxonomies ontologies and structured techniques for data management.
• Experience with Master Data Management (MDM) and Business Intelligence.
• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and data privacy/security standards.
• Proficiency in distributed data management and analytics in cloud and hybrid environments.
• Excellent knowledge of current regulations

Experience

• Minimum 8 years of experience in data governance information architecture or related fields.
• Experience in large-scale organizations preferably including the automotive sector.
• Experience in Team management

Education and Certification

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Information Management Computer Science Business Administration or a related field.
• Relevant certifications in data governance (e.g. DM-BOK CDMP) and architecture (e.g. TOGAF).

Languages

• Fluent in English and one of Belgiums national languages (Dutch or French).

Roles
Senior Data Governance Manager

Skills
Data Architecture
Data Governance
Data Management
GDPR

Languages
Dutch or French - Level Nice to have
English - Level Nice to have