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Data Governance (Expert) - RIZIV INAMI

Customer: RIZIV INAMI Avenue Galilée 5 BP 1 1210 Bruxelles Belgium
Dates: 2026-11-16 — 2026-12-31
Arrangements: Full time; hybrid; at least twice per week at the Brussels office; teleworking must take place within Belgium.
Apply before: 2026-11-04
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Description

The INAMI-RIZIV Data Office supports the transformation towards an organisation guided by data. It collaborates with Belgian and European health stakeholders to support public policies, improve quality of care and reinforce medical oversight. The team brings together data engineers, architects, analysts, AI experts, BI specialists, project managers and data governance and quality experts.

The consultant implements and coordinates data governance across INAMI services according to the Data Governance Manager’s priorities. The assignment includes defining data steward and data owner roles, coaching them and animating the data steward community. It also covers the business glossary and data catalogue, metadata standards, data quality initiatives, policies, guidelines and data literacy.

The expert reports to the Data Governance Manager and works with business, BI, AI and data stewardship teams. Reference and master data management teams and the data validation team provide support. The full-time hybrid assignment runs from 16 November to 31 December 2026 in Brussels, with at least two office visits per week and telework restricted to Belgium. The vacancy requests extensive governance and data quality experience, with Dutch or French as a mother tongue, knowledge of the other national language and active English.

Top Reasons to Apply
Shape healthcare data
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Lead data stewardship
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Drive governance adoption
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Collaborate with AI experts
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Hybrid Brussels assignment
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Responsibilities
Implement data governance across INAMI services according to the Data Governance Manager’s priorities.
Define steward and owner roles and responsibilities.
Coach data stewards and data owners.
Animate the data steward community through meetings, action follow-up and good-practice sharing.
Promote organisational data culture.
Coordinate data catalogue population and business glossary maintenance.
Ensure metadata quality, consistency and completeness using defined standards.
Initiate and coordinate data steward work in data quality improvement projects, including rule definition, prioritisation, reporting and follow-up.
Must Have
Master's degree or equivalent
Ten years data experience
Ten years organisational governance
Data catalogue implementation experience
Basic SQL knowledge
Data quality tooling knowledge
GDPR regulatory knowledge
Autonomous working ability
Nice to Have
Databricks platform knowledge

Detailed Responsibilities and Skills

Additional Responsibilities

  • Contribute governance policies and guidelines for INAMI.
  • Improve data maturity through a data literacy programme, including training selection and follow-up.
  • Report to the Data Governance Manager.
  • Collaborate with business, BI, AI and data stewardship teams.
  • Work with reference/master data management and data validation teams.

General skills

  • Master’s degree in data, IT, economics, management or equivalent.
  • 10 years in a data-related role such as governance, data quality, BI or data management.
  • Ability to work autonomously.
  • Motivation for the assignment.
  • Excellent oral communication skills.
  • Excellent written communication skills.
  • Good knowledge of the second national language in the profile; passive knowledge in the expertise section. Platform lists active Dutch and French. The exact level is inconsistent and must be clarified.
  • Mother tongue Dutch or French; either language satisfies the native-language condition.
  • Dutch: active knowledge in the platform language list; see the native-language alternative and second-language discrepancy.
  • French: active knowledge in the platform language list; see the native-language alternative and second-language discrepancy.
  • English: active knowledge.
  • Change Management: 3 years; Junior platform level; most recent experience may be at any time.
  • Project Management: 3 years; Junior platform level; most recent experience may be at any time.
  • Commitment to work at the Brussels office at least twice per week.
  • Commitment to telework only within Belgium.

Technical skills

  • At least 10 years of hands-on data governance experience in a large organisation.
  • Knowledge of GDPR (RGPD).
  • Data Governance: 10 years; Expert platform level; most recent experience may be at any time.
  • Data quality management: 10 years; Expert platform level; most recent experience may be at any time.
  • Management of glossaries of business terms: 5 years; Confirmed platform level; most recent experience may be at any time.
  • Metadata management: 5 years; Confirmed platform level; most recent experience may be at any time.
  • Master Data Management: 3 years; Junior platform level; most recent experience may be at any time.

Tools

  • Hands-on experience implementing and managing a data catalogue.
  • Basic SQL knowledge; beginner level with 3 years of experience; platform level Junior, experience at any time.
  • Working knowledge of data quality tools; no specific product is named.
  • Working knowledge of data governance tools: 5 years; Confirmed platform level; most recent experience may be at any time.
  • Knowledge of Databricks is an advantage. Preferred, not mandatory.