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Data Management professionals work with all data touch points to get a full picture of how data is being used and then implement the policies and standards that protect it.
As the value, size and regulation of data grows, the data management market follows with professionals in Data Quality, Data Management, MDM, and Data Stewardship on the rise.
Companies now realise the power of their data and understand the need for people to track it, understand how it is being used, and the processes required to look after this asset.
With dedicated consultants hiring in this market, we have a fantastic network of data governance professionals across all levels. If you are looking to build a Data management team, or looking for your next Data management job, please get in touch.
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Our recruitment strategies are, therefore, highly customized, focusing on understanding and aligning with your specific business objectives and data management requirements.
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Data Governance Analyst
Amsterdam
€40000 - €75000
+ Data Management & Governance
PermanentAmsterdam, North Holland
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Data Governance Analyst
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Hybride)
Up to 75k annually
About the Role
A leading international organisation is seeking a Data Governance Analyst to join its growing Data Team. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a greenfield environment, contributing to a wide range of data-focused initiatives and projects.
The Opportunity
Based in Amsterdam as part of the Central Data Team, you will help shape and drive the organisation’s data governance initiatives. You will focus on metadata and reference data management, taxonomy development, and data quality monitoring and improvement.
In this role, you will act as a subject matter expert, promoting data governance awareness across the organisation and collaborating closely with central teams to deliver measurable data governance and data quality outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement the data governance framework, including data policies and standards.
- Design and manage data quality assurance programs to monitor, measure, and improve data quality.
- Lead initiatives related to master data, reference data, and taxonomy management.
- Maintain the business glossary to ensure consistent definitions, terminology, and understanding of key business terms across all departments.
- Collaborate with IT, business, and compliance teams to implement effective data governance solutions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field.
- Proven experience in data governance, data management, or a related field.
- Strong understanding of data governance principles, practices, and industry standards.
- Ability to communicate the value and role of data governance to both business and technical audiences.
- Experience working in project-based environments with multiple tasks, dependencies, and deadlines.
- Ability to influence and build consensus across organisational boundaries.
- Experience with data governance tools (e.g., Microsoft Purview, Collibra) is a plus.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements such as GDPR, EU AI Act, or HIPAA is advantageous.
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Team: Central Data Team
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Data Governance Analyst
Amsterdam
€60000 - €80000
+ Data Management & Governance
PermanentAmsterdam, North Holland
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Data Governance Analyst
Amsterdam (Hybrid, 3 days in office) | Up to €80,000 inclusive of holiday allowance
This is an excellent opportunity for a Data Governance Analyst to join a growing data function at a pivotal stage of its development. You’ll play a key role in shaping how data is governed across the business, helping to build frameworks, improve data quality, and support AI readiness in a highly visible position with strong stakeholder exposure.
The Company
Our client is a large international organisation investing heavily in its Data Management capabilities. Data governance has become a strategic priority, with strong leadership support and a clear roadmap for improving data quality, consistency, and trust across the business.
The successful candidate will join a small, collaborative Data Governance team based in the Netherlands, working closely with senior stakeholders to establish governance best practices and support enterprise-wide data initiatives. The environment offers the opportunity to influence how governance is embedded across multiple business functions.
The Role
As a Data Governance Analyst, you will support the ongoing development and implementation of the organisation’s data governance framework while helping drive key initiatives across data quality, taxonomy management, and critical data elements.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting the delivery and operationalisation of a Data Governance Framework
- Partnering with business stakeholders across HR, Finance, Marketing, and other domains
- Identifying and defining critical data elements across key business functions
- Driving data quality monitoring, measurement, and improvement initiatives
- Contributing to taxonomy, metadata, and reference data management activities
- Supporting the development and maintenance of business glossaries, standards, and governance policies
- Promoting data governance best practices across technical and non-technical teams
- Working with data owners and subject matter experts to ensure consistent data definitions and usage
- Contributing to AI governance initiatives by helping improve data trust and quality
- Supporting cross-functional projects that improve data alignment across systems
Your Skills & Experience
To be successful in this Data Governance Analyst role, you will demonstrate:
- Strong commercial experience in data governance, data management, or a related discipline
- A solid understanding of data governance principles, frameworks, and best practices
- Experience delivering project-based initiatives and managing competing priorities
- The ability to engage effectively with both technical and business stakeholders
- Experience influencing and building consensus across teams
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- A proactive and collaborative approach to problem solving
Desirable experience includes:
- Exposure to data governance platforms such as Microsoft Purview or Collibra
- Knowledge of GDPR, the EU AI Act, or related regulatory frameworks
- Experience working within complex, international organisations
- Exposure to taxonomy, metadata, master data, or reference data initiatives
What They Offer
- Salary up to €80,000 inclusive of holiday allowance
- Hybrid working model with 3 days per week in the Amsterdam area office
- Opportunity to help build and shape a developing Data Governance function
- High visibility across the organisation and direct access to key stakeholders
- Exposure to strategic AI, data quality, and governance programmes
- Strong opportunities for professional growth and ownership
- Sponsorship transfer support available where required
How to Apply
If you’re a Data Governance Analyst looking for a role where you can make a genuine impact while helping shape governance capabilities from the ground up, apply today to learn more.
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Director, Public & Private Cloud
Dallas
$250000 - $251000
+ Data Management & Governance
PermanentDallas, Texas
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Director, Public & Private Cloud Engineering
A global semiconductor and engineering-led organisation is looking for a Director of Public & Private Cloud Engineering to lead an enterprise cloud platform organisation focused on connecting private and public cloud into one unified environment.
This is a highly strategic leadership role with a strong delivery focus, leading a global engineering organisation across cloud platform engineering, SRE, DevOps, and infrastructure functions.
The Role
Reporting into senior technology leadership, this person will oversee an organisation of 50-100 engineers and leaders across the US and India while driving the evolution of a connected cloud platform environment across both private and public cloud.
The organisation already has strong technical capability across cloud and infrastructure, but the current environment remains fragmented across teams and platforms. This role is focused on bringing those environments together, building alignment across engineering functions, and driving platform delivery across the business.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead a global cloud engineering organisation across platform engineering, SRE, DevOps, and infrastructure
* Drive strategy and delivery across both private and public cloud environments
* Connect siloed infrastructure and platform functions into a unified cloud platform
* Partner closely with senior technical leadership and architecture teams to deliver cloud initiatives
* Oversee Kubernetes, compute, storage, networking, GPU infrastructure, and cloud services across modern environments
* Improve reliability, scalability, automation, and operational efficiency across cloud platforms
* Build trust, autonomy, and strong engineering culture across distributed teams
* Drive modern infrastructure practices using open source tooling and infrastructure-as-code approaches
Required Experience
* 12+ years across cloud, infrastructure, platform engineering, or private cloud environments
* Experience leading managers and senior engineering leaders within enterprise organisations
* Strong experience across both private and public cloud environments
* Deep expertise across AWS plus additional public cloud exposure preferred
* Strong infrastructure automation and IaC experience using Terraform, Ansible, Python, or similar tooling
* Experience building or scaling internal infrastructure platforms or cloud engineering environments
* Strong understanding of networking, security, distributed systems, and infrastructure operations
* Proven ability to deliver technical strategy within complex engineering environments
Preferred Background
* Kubernetes or OpenShift platform leadership experience
* Experience within large enterprise or engineering-led organisations
* Exposure to AI/ML, GPU, or high-performance compute environments
* Strong open source tooling experience
This is a highly visible leadership opportunity within a global engineering environment offering significant ownership, long-term platform impact, and executive-level exposure.
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Data Consultant – Strategy, Architecture, Governance – Contract role
€100000 - €101000
+ Data Management & Governance
PermanentNetherlands
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Senior Data Consultant
Amsterdam | Competitive salary and benefits
This is an opportunity to step into a high-impact data transformation role where your work will directly shape how an organisation uses data to drive commercial and operational decisions. You will operate at senior stakeholder level, combining strategic thinking with hands-on delivery across complex, end-to-end data initiatives.
The Company
They are a purpose-driven organisation operating across multiple international markets, with a strong focus on building scalable, future-proof data capabilities. Data plays a critical role in enabling better decision-making across commercial, finance, operations, and supply chain functions. The business is investing in its data foundations and is looking for senior expertise to help define and deliver that vision.
The Role
- Lead the design and delivery of end-to-end data transformation initiatives across key business processes such as sales and supply chain
- Assess current-state data landscapes, identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement
- Define future-state data flows, ownership models, KPIs, and governance frameworks
- Develop clear, actionable project plans covering short-term improvements and long-term transformation
- Work closely with senior stakeholders across finance, IT, BI, and operations to drive alignment and momentum
- Contribute to the development of a long-term data strategy aligned with broader technology and business goals
Your Skills and Experience
- Strong commercial experience in data consulting, data transformation, or enterprise data programmes
- Proven capability in mapping and redesigning complex end-to-end business processes
- Experience defining data strategies, roadmaps, and target-state architectures
- Confident working with senior stakeholders across business and technology functions
- Analytical and structured problem-solving approach, with the ability to turn complexity into clear recommendations
What They Offer
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- High visibility role with direct exposure to senior leadership
- The chance to shape data strategy and execution at an enterprise level
- A collaborative, cross-functional environment with real scope for impact and progression
How to Apply
If you are a senior data professional looking to drive meaningful change through data, apply now to find out more.
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AI Readiness Consultant
New York
$65 - $80
+ Data Management & Governance
ContractNew York
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Job Title
AI SME / AI Readiness Expert (Contract)
Intro Harnham
Harnham is supporting a senior AI advisory engagement for a consulting‑led enterprise transformation project. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, governance, and executive decision‑making.
Intro client
You will advise a large, regulated financial organization at a pivotal moment in its AI journey. The initiative has strong executive sponsorship and high visibility across the business.
Role Details
- Role type: AI SME / AI Readiness Expert (Strategic Advisory)
- Location: Remote, EST hours (occasional office visits in NYC optional)
- Contract length: Initial 4 months with potential extension
- Utilization: Full‑time, 40 hours per week
Intro to role
This is a senior advisory role focused on understanding current AI maturity and defining a practical path forward. You will evaluate capabilities, benchmark against peer institutions, and help leadership make informed decisions on AI investment and delivery. The environment is heavily regulated, with tight controls around data and model usage.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess current enterprise AI maturity across people, process, and technology.
- Build enterprise‑level AI readiness assessments and roadmaps.
- Benchmark AI capabilities against peer European banking institutions.
- Advise senior leadership on compliant AI implementation approaches.
- Translate regulatory constraints into practical delivery guidance.
- Support executive decision‑making with clear, structured recommendations.
Requirements: Must have
- Senior‑level experience advising on AI strategy or AI readiness.
- Strong understanding of AI governance, risk, and regulatory constraints.
- Experience working with large, regulated financial services organizations.
- Proven ability to present and influence C‑suite or executive leadership.
- Structured approach to maturity assessments and roadmapping.
Nice to have
- Direct exposure to European or French banking environments.
- Experience working alongside COO‑led or enterprise transformation projects.
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