Global Data Management Consultant

Role Overview

• Own and improve the end to end process for defining, maintaining, and improving data definitions.
• Resolve inconsistencies and ambiguities in existing definitions.
• Ensure alignment between business definitions, technical implementation, and actual data usage.
• Drive innovation in data requirements and definitions using AI.
• Support new data requests for existing or new data consumers.
• Partnering to understand people, process, system and links to data.
• Support business stakeholders with clarifying the business requirements and translating them into functional requirements.
• Ensuring projects adherence to data management best practices (definitions, data models, data architecture, data lineage, reference data, data quality, etc.).
• Facilitating communication between technical teams and business requestors.
• Advising on data availability and existing data flows.
• Provide content guidance to the assigned Data Management projects to ensure that deliverables meet requirements.
• Work with DLL offices around the world to source, test and reconcile data.
• Liaise functionally with subject matter experts in the business domains (e.g., Risk, Finance, Asset Management, Commercial).
• Liaise with technical experts in IT to develop the data management infrastructure and associated tools.
• Ensure effective implementation of the deliverables in the line organization and ensure business ownership.
• Act as a delegated Product Owner for our Enterprise Data Warehouse by maintaining updated and prioritized backlogs for the development teams.
• Assess project plans with a heavy data component on their strategic relevance and feasibility.
• Manage and control scope, timelines and budget according to agreed project plans.
• Manage project members to ensure effective and efficient execution of activities.
• Effectively manage stakeholders at senior management level in the DLL and Rabobank organization.

Requirements

• Relevant education to minimum equivalent of master’s degree.
• Demonstrated experience as a Data Management Consultant or a Business Analyst.
• A process driven mindset able to translate business end-to-end processes into conceptual data model elements.
• Experience working with IT (SAFe/Scrum) and bridging the gap from business needs to functional solutions.
• Excellent communication, consulting, change and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• The ability to influence and negotiate with senior management.
• Good people management and coaching skills.
• Familiar with a multi-cultural and international environment.
• Excellent business English (both spoken and written).

Benefits

• Two working days per year volunteering for a local charity.
• Health and Wellness program including healthy food, free health checks, fun health & vitality activities.
• Flexible hours with possibility to work from home
• Career development opportunities: online learning, member development programs.