Data Governance Specialist
Your Role
As a Senior Data Governance Specialist, you will be the architect of the Enterprise Data Foundation. You recognize that high-performing AI is only possible on a bedrock of trusted, high-quality, and structured data. Your mission is to help our clients move past "data chaos" by establishing the core disciplines—Stewardship, Quality, and Master Data—that turn raw information into a strategic asset. You will empower organizations to take charge of their data, ensuring it is accessible and actionable for both human decision-makers and autonomous systems.
Your Main Tasks & Responsibilities
- Build the "Golden Thread": Lead engagements to define data governance strategies that establish a single version of truth, focusing on Master Data Management (MDM) and cross-functional data standards.
- Engineer Data Quality Frameworks: Design and implement automated data quality monitoring and remediation workflows to ensure data is "fit for purpose" at every stage of the lifecycle.
- Modernize Governance Architecture: Shape governance models for modern architectures, transitioning from legacy silos to Data Mesh and Federated Governance models that promote data product ownership.
- Metadata & Lineage Orchestration: Map the enterprise data landscape by implementing robust metadata management, technical lineage, and business glossaries to ensure full transparency and auditability.
- Drive "Privacy-First" Foundations: Oversee data privacy and regulatory compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, etc.) as a foundational layer, embedding security and ethics into the very start of the data supply chain.
- Enable Agentic Readiness: Leverage your strong data foundation to prepare the ecosystem for AI Agentic workflows, ensuring data is structured and labeled for machine consumption.
Your Background
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field.
- Experience: 2 to 6 years in a functional analysis or data-centric role, ideally within a project-based or consulting environment.
- Modeling Mastery: Proven expertise in Data Modeling (Conceptual/Logical). Deep knowledge of Data Vault or Kimball methodologies is a significant advantage.
- Technical Literacy: Experience with modeling tools and a solid understanding of Cloud Data Warehousing (Snowflake, Azure Synapse, etc.).
- Agile Mindset: Comfortable navigating Scrum environments. Product Owner or Scrum Master certifications are highly valued.
- Governance Fluency: Familiarity with data governance tools like Collibra or Alation is a major plus.
- Communication: A bilingual or trilingual profile (English + Dutch/French) with the ability to influence both C-suite executives and back-end developers.
Our Offer
Accenture is an incredible place to work - and keep learning. By joining us, you’ll become part of a global company with a world-class brand and reputation. Besides the work we do for our clients, we’re really proud of our vibrant, diverse workplace culture: we believe in openness and honesty, fairness and equality, common sense and realism. We want to get to know the real you and help you explore and grow - whatever it is you're great at. So you will always have lots of learning opportunities (formal and informal) to improve your role-specific skills and expertise. Besides our high-profile, challenging projects and our nurturing work environment, we offer excellent employee benefits, including:
- 20 + 12 holidays (Belgium)
- Laptop and smartphone
- Hospitalization insurance and extensive group insurance package
- Bonus program
- Training & learning opportunities
- Different mobility options
- Flexrewards: decide on your rewards package with our flexible benefits tool
- Discount program: get discounts at your favorite (online) shops
- Employee shares purchase plan
- And many more!
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