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Data Governance Specialist

As a Data Governance Specialist, you will play a key role in both designing and practically embedding governance activities within ACA Group and for our clients. You act as a bridge-builder between Business, IT, and Change Management. 

Your mission is to enable data-driven work in a robust, controlled, and scalable manner.

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Your role at ACA

  • Design & Implementation: Help design, refine, and implement the ACA Group Data Governance Framework, including principles, roles and responsibilities, processes, metadata, data quality, and data stewardship.

  • Practical Application: Translate the framework into reality by working on projects to make governance measures applicable, focusing on both policy levels and organizational maturity.

  • Knowledge & Awareness: Build data governance awareness by developing and delivering workshops, training materials, and best practices. Contribute to thought leadership (blogs, white papers, internal knowledge sessions).

  • Change Management: Guide the organizational change required to anchor data governance. You will work with stakeholders at various levels (business owners, data stewards, IT, management) to align culture, roles, and processes.

  • Federated Governance: Preferably participate in or lead federated governance models (where governance is distributed across domains or units). At a minimum, you have a conceptual understanding and the ambition to develop this further.

  • Trend Watching: Stay ahead of relevant developments, trends, and best practices in data governance to benefit both ACA Group and our clients.

Do you have what it takes?

Hard skills

  • Technical Affinity: You can identify and shape the role of data governance within a technical architecture.

  • Federated Governance: Experience with (or a strong grasp of) federated data governance is a significant plus.

  • Change Management: A strong interest or experience in organizational change; you are skilled at bringing people, processes, and culture along during transitions.

  • Project Experience: Experience implementing governance or data management initiatives, preferably in a consultancy or project-based environment.

  • Strategic Planning: Ability to develop a feasible roadmap and planning for Data Governance initiatives tailored to specific client needs.

  • Communication: Excellent communication skills in Dutch and English. You can explain complex technical or organizational matters clearly to diverse stakeholders.

  • Proactive Mindset: You are eager to learn and active in knowledge sharing (workshops, sessions, content creation).

Soft skills

  • Analytical Strength: You have an eye for detail but never lose sight of the "thousand-meter view" (balancing strategy with implementation).

  • Team Player: You work well in a team but are also highly self-reliant and proactive.

  • Result-Oriented: You focus on outcomes while remaining conscious of the human element in change.

  • Client-Centric: You are committed to building a solid governance foundation that realizes the client's data strategy.

Our application process

From candidate to colleague: this framework will give you a general idea of the different steps in our interview process.

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We will take a look at your CV, and the responsible recruiter will contact you ASAP. To get to know each other and your skills better, we’ll give you a call.
Interview time
If the phone call went well for both of us, we’ll invite you to an interview with a technical colleague to dive deeper into your resume.
We’ll make you an offer
If the interview went well, we’ll make you an offer!
Welcome to the team
Yay! You’re officially part of the ACA team now. We’re looking forward to working together!

What's working at ACA like?

    Innovative work environment
    You will work with the newest tech & tools, in an innovative environment with flexible hours and working-from-home arrangement.
    Customized salary package
    An attractive salary, a company car*, meal vouchers, expense allowance, MacBook Pro and more.
    * ACA wants to contribute as much as possible to a sustainable environment. The expansion of an exclusively electric vehicle fleet is an important factor. We want 98% of our vehicle fleet to be electric by 2025! ⚡
    Learn & grow
    On-the-job coaching and mentoring gives you the opportunity to grow professionally and personally at ACA. You have a personal evolution plan with a budget for technical and professional training and many opportunities to learn. Knowledge sharing is central in everything we do, that is why we founded the Internal ACAdemy: our internal & external center for knowledge sharing.
  • We’ve got your back
    We provide an elaborated health and insurance plan to cover your needs. It’s our priority to keep our employees as happy as possible. We do this by providing a good work-life balance, providing the right tools, and so on.
  • Our unique company culture
    You’ll be part of a passionate and hardworking team that is proud of their realizations. ACA is a place with teamwork, openness, knowledge sharing and peer recognition as key values.
    • Employee centricity
    We are a team-driven company that knows how to contribute and make fun in a professional environment. Because a great and motivated team is only possible if you can also relax together. That’s why we provide plenty of opportunities both inside and outside the office and organize an awesome ACA-weekend every year!

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