Projectleider (Junior) - DVW
Description
De Vlaamse Waterweg NV seeks a broadly deployable information management professional to support its Information Management team. The assignment combines projects and change initiatives in data governance, information management and digital collaboration. Strategic projects include further development of the DataHub and data governance and implementation of the AI strategy. The professional maps needs and stakeholders, develops a feasible approach and monitors progress.
The professional aligns policy, business and technical partners and helps employees and teams use data responsibly and manage information sustainably. Practical training and awareness initiatives cover data storytelling, Power BI, data quality and correct data management. The role also coordinates the content and organisation of Inforum. This includes programme development, speaker and stakeholder alignment, practical organisation and coherent communication.
The assignment takes place in a Microsoft 365 environment with SharePoint, Teams, Power BI and the DataHub data catalogue. Technical understanding is needed to analyse functional needs, understand data flows and dependencies and formulate quality and governance requirements; an in-depth developer role is not required. Collaboration includes data owners, information managers, architects and analysts. The assignment runs from 1 December 2026 to 15 July 2027 at 60%, with an estimated 576 hours and home working possible.
Top Reasons to Apply
Shape data governance
Implement AI strategy
Develop DataHub capabilities
Enable digital collaboration
Deliver practical training
Detailed Responsibilities and Skills
Additional Responsibilities
- Align policy, business and technical partners
- Guide responsible data use
- Guide sustainable information management
- Develop practical training
- Deliver practical training
- Develop awareness initiatives
- Deliver awareness initiatives
- Coordinate Inforum content
- Coordinate Inforum organisation
- Develop Inforum programme
- Align speakers and stakeholders
- Monitor practical event arrangements
- Ensure coherent event communication
- Connect organisational stakeholders
- Communicate complex themes accessibly
- Analyse functional needs
- Understand data flows and dependencies
- Formulate quality and governance requirements
- Collaborate with data owners, information managers, architects and analysts
- Guide digital-workplace users
General skills
- Demonstrable experience as a junior project manager in infrastructure or development projects: at least 1 year.
- Demonstrable knowledge of the terminology, organisation, roles and processes of a project management methodology, such as Prince2 or PMBok; certification is not explicitly requested.
- A master’s or bachelor’s degree is required; documentary proof of the diploma must be submitted.
- Ability to independently lead and coordinate projects and change initiatives.
- Dutch language proficiency at European CEFR level C2.
- Should have: demonstrable experience using project management techniques and tools, including risk management and issue management.
- Should have: demonstrable knowledge and experience of ITIL.
- Nice to have: analyse needs and translate them into a feasible approach and functional requirements.
- Nice to have: communicate complex information clearly and accessibly.
- Nice to have: organise the content and practical arrangements of events such as Inforum.
- Nice to have: develop and deliver training and awareness initiatives.
- Nice to have: connect stakeholders and align policy, business and technical partners.
- Nice to have: work independently, in a structured and results-oriented manner.
- The description requires switching readily between strategy and execution, taking ownership of projects, connecting people and translating complex topics clearly for the organisation.
- Experience with project and change management, stakeholder management and guiding users in a digital workplace is described as necessary to embed technical and organisational developments sustainably.
- Experience with project and change management is necessary to sustainably embed technical and organisational developments.
- Experience with stakeholder management is necessary to sustainably embed technical and organisational developments.
- Experience guiding users in a digital workplace is necessary to sustainably embed technical and organisational developments.
Technical skills
- Knowledge of data governance, roles and responsibilities.
- Nice to have: demonstrable knowledge of information management and digital collaboration.
- Nice to have: demonstrable knowledge of Power BI and data storytelling.
- Nice to have: demonstrable knowledge of responsible AI use and AI governance.
- Nice to have: technical insight into data flows, metadata, data quality and access management.
- Sufficient technical insight to analyse functional needs, understand data flows and dependencies, formulate quality and governance requirements and work constructively with data owners, information managers, architects and analysts. No in-depth developer role is required.
- Relevant knowledge includes metadata, data quality, roles and responsibilities, access management, information classification and responsible AI use.
Tools
- Demonstrable experience with a DataHub as a data catalogue or a comparable data environment.
- Demonstrable experience with MS Projects.
- Demonstrable knowledge of Microsoft 365, particularly SharePoint and Teams.
- Should have: demonstrable knowledge of MS Project and MS Office, specifically PowerPoint and Excel.