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Are you a datadriven professional looking to make a direct impact in a fastgrowing ambitious organisation Do you have the expertise to shape guard and elevate data management practices Then join us at Projective Group as our new Data Management Specialist.

About Projective Group

Welcome to Projective Group a leading Financial Services Consultancy firm where innovation and technology meet business. Our exclusive focus on the financial industry has allowed us to develop comprehensive solutions in multiple domains including Data Risk & Compliance Pensions & Insurance Payments Transformation and Talent. Within the Data Practice we help our clients tackle their data related challenges. We bring a combination of Engineering (data management governance analytics architecture) and Consulting (strategy use-case definition transformation) to support cloud digital transformation and AI initiatives across the financial sector.

The role

As a Data Management Specialist you will take on a key role within our Data Practice ensuring that data across client organisations is accurate consistent compliant and accessible enabling trustworthy reporting analytics and AI use cases. You will work closely with business and IT teams to design document improve and safeguard data structures data flows data governance processes and data quality frameworks. Beyond your functional and technical expertise you will act as a trusted advisor helping clients mature their data governance and adopt bestinclass data management practices. We do not believe in heavy hierarchies - you do not formally report to the Data Practice Lead but he is there to support you whenever you need.

Your profile

Design maintain and optimise data models data flows pipelines and data flows

Define and implement data quality rules validation checks monitoring and remediation processes.

Maintain data catalogs and business glossaries including ownership classifications and metadata.

Support and enforce data governance policies (e.g. data ownership retention access control privacy).

Translate business and regulatory requirements into data structures interfaces and documentation.

Monitor data quality KPIs and create reporting for data owners and management.

Coordinate and support data migration and data cleansing activities during system changes.

Ensure compliance with internal standards and external regulations (e.g. GDPR).

Document data models lineage interfaces and data requirements in a clear and accessible manner.

Your minimum skill set

Hard skills

Strong understanding of relational and dimensional modelling (conceptual logical physical).

Handson experience with SQL and at least one major database (SQL Server Oracle PostgreSQL cloud DW).

Experience with ETL/ELT or data integration tools (Informatica Talend Azure Data Factory dbt).

Familiarity with data catalog and governance tools (Collibra Alation Azure Purview OneTrust).

Knowledge of data quality techniques: profiling matching deduplication standardisation.

Understanding of data warehouse BI and analytics environments (Power BI Tableau).

Basic understanding of privacy and security concepts (masking encryption RBAC GDPR).

Ability to read and interpret technical documentation data models and API specs.

Soft skills

Strong analytical and problemsolving abilities with great attention to detail.

Excellent communication skills to bridge business and technical stakeholders.

Confident in stakeholder management; able to challenge align and advise.

Structured working style with strong documentation habits.

Proactive attitude driving issues from identification through resolution.

Comfortable working crossfunctionally with business IT risk and compliance.

High sense of ownership and integrity especially with sensitive data.

Bonus

We will be even more impressed if you have:

University or HBO degree in a technical field.

Experience with cloud platforms (Azure AWS GCP) and scripting (Python R)

Experience with Data Stewardship or Data Frameworks (DCAM DAMA)

Experience bringing AI applications or advanced analytics into production.

Experience teaching presenting or coaching.

An active network in the Dutch Financial Services & Insurance sector

Ok Im interested what can I expect

A competitive salary with variable component and company bonus.

No micromanagement no office politics a clean flat structure.

Great benefits pension bonus a training budget and social events.

Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career you will have a substantial annual training budget.

IT budget for laptop etc.

Company car or mobility budget/NS business card

A healthy work-life balance with a hybrid mix of office and home-based working options.

Modern offices in Driebergen.

Ok Im sold; what happens next

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