Junior Data Governance & Data Management Specialist

Junior Data Governance & Data Management Specialist

📍 Brussels or Antwerp region (hybrid)

🌍 The opportunity

Are you passionate about data, governance and analytics and looking to start your career in a data-driven industrial environment?

We are supporting a leading international organisation in building and scaling its Data & AI capabilities. As part of this journey, we are looking for a Junior Data Management Specialist to join their growing Data & AI team.

This is an excellent opportunity to learn on the job, contribute to the maturity of data governance practices, and work closely with both business and IT stakeholders in a large-scale, international environment.

🚀 Your role

As a Junior Data Governance & Data Management Specialist, you will support the implementation and adoption of data management and governance practices across the organisation.

You will:

• Support the organisation and facilitation of communities of practice (e.g. Data Owners, Data Stewards, Data Product Owners)
• Help prepare meetings, capture outcomes and share best practices across teams
• Contribute to the design and implementation of data governance standards (data contracts, glossary, policies)
• Support the rollout of data management processes (data product lifecycle, access management, master data processes)
• Assist in building and maintaining the data product catalogue
• Contribute hands-on to data quality, metadata and master/reference data management initiatives
• Support project teams in applying data governance principles in real use cases
• Collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders (data engineers, analysts, architects, business users, etc.)
• Ensure clear and structured documentation, standards and ways of working
• Help create communication and training materials to support data adoption across the organisation
• Contribute to building a culture of data excellence and continuous improvement

You will grow into the role with increasing ownership over time.

🎯 Your profile

We are looking for an early-career data professional with strong motivation to grow in data governance and management.

You:

• Hold a Master’s degree in Information Systems, Data, Analytics or a related field
• Have initial experience or strong academic exposure to data governance, data management or analytics
• Have an interest in data quality, metadata management and master/reference data
• Ideally have exposure to data governance tools (e.g. data catalog tools like Purview or similar)
• Have a structured and analytical mindset
• Communicate clearly and enjoy working with both business and technical stakeholders
• Are proactive, organised and eager to learn
• Enjoy working in a cross-functional, international environment
• Are fluent in English

Interest in data product thinking or industrial/technical environments is a plus.

🌱 What you gain

• A strong learning curve in Data Governance & Data Management
• Exposure to large-scale Data & AI transformation
• Work in a leading international industrial environment
• Collaboration with senior stakeholders and data experts
• Clear growth path towards Data Governance, Data Management or Data Product roles

📩 Interested?

Send your CV or reach out for a confidential conversation.