Data Governance Oversight Expert (Amsterdam)

At a glance

Do you want to be part of the Data Revolution in the banking industry? Do you have a strong passion for data and do you agree that data is at the core of creating value for customers? Does working in a complex environment energize you? Then come help us unlock the power of data at the Central Data Office (CDO) of ABN AMRO!

You help realise the delivery of the ABN AMRO strategy: a Personal Bank in a Digital Age. You ensure that the entire bank follows the correct route towards a fully data driven organisation. From shaping new concepts to designing and guiding data management initiatives. You are able to quickly submerge yourself in a brand-new initiative, shape it and ensure it is properly anchored for successful execution.

Your job

As Data Governance Oversight expert, your job is to enable collaboration and decision making between different Data Management departments across ABN AMRO and its subsidiaries. You do so by running the Data Committee, the corporate governing body advising the Executive Board on the Bank's execution of Data Management activities. You design how data stakeholders across the Bank should collaborate and make decisions on a wide variety of Data Management topics. You keep track of the Bank's end-to-end processes on Data Management. In doing so, you stimulate collaboration on Data Management across ABN AMRO and its subsidiaries.

The results you contribute to:


Furthermore, you are an active contributor to the topics your colleagues in the team are working on:

• Designing, driving and formalising Data Management artefacts such as standards and guidelines;
• Providing expert guidance and support in adopting these Data Management artefacts;
• Measuring and reporting on the adoption rate of Data Management targets;
• Controlling adherence to the Data Management artefacts;
• Driving awareness of Data Governance.

This role requires switching context quickly, being action oriented while having strong conceptual capabilities with an understanding of Data Governance and Data Management, risk management and foremost you are able to inspire stakeholders to take action.

Working environment

You operate in the following organisation:

• You are part of the Central Data Office - Data Governance - Governance & Control department;
• You interact with other departments in the Central Data Office;
• You interact with other Data Management departments across ABN AMRO and its subsidiaries;
• You interact with stakeholders throughout the bank to strengthen alignment with bank-wide initiatives (Legal, Compliance, Information & Operational Risk Management).

Next to your day-to-day work, there is room to think about the future of data and thereby determine the agenda for data in the bank. We do so in an open and transparent way of working where your opinion is valued and dialogue is encouraged. The team is diverse with regards to culture, experience and age. The atmosphere is lively and informal, closely monitoring a safe environment where everyone is able to share their thoughts, feelings and worries. It is normal to make mistakes and we aim to help each other grow better as learning is one of our main focuses.

The team you become part of is in constant collaboration with all business lines, international branches and subsidiaries of the bank. We all work together at the frontier of the largest data revolution in the banking industry and with the core value-assets of the organization.

Your profile

• Bachelor or Master's degree required, preferably in Information Sciences, Business Information Management, Data Management, Legal, Compliance or a related field (like Risk Management);
• At least 4 years work experience in general, preferably in the financial industry or at a consultancy firm;
• Great at simplifying complexity;
• Data-driven mentality and experience;
• Experience in Data Governance, Data Management, or related roles (you are familiar with DAMA DMBOK, Data Mesh, BCBS239, etc.);
• Understanding of the way of working with 3 lines of defense;
• Good consultancy, communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders across departments, disciplines and different seniority levels;
• Excellent English and Dutch communication skills.

If you do not meet all the above requirements, but have a strong drive to succeed, we are motivating you to send your application.

We are offering

• The gross monthly salary displayed above is based on a 36-hour work week, including vacation pay and benefit budget.
• The Benefit Budget is 11% of your salary. The Benefit Budget allows you to acquire additional employment benefits. If you make no purchases or reservations in the Benefit Shop in a given month, you are paid one twelfth of your Benefit Budget that month.
• Five weeks of vacation per year. You have the option to purchase an additional four weeks per year.
• Personal development Budget of € 1,000 per year, which you can accumulate up to € 3,000.
• Possibility to work from home (in consultation with your team and depending on your position).
• An annual public transport pass with free public transportation throughout the Netherlands.
• An excellent pension scheme.

Equal opportunities for all

The success of our organisation depends on the quality of our people and the ideas that they have. Truly surprising insights and innovative solutions for our clients result from an interplay of cultures, knowledge and experience. Diversity is therefore extremely important to our organisation. To ensure that everyone at ABN AMRO can develop their talents, we encourage an inclusive culture in which all colleagues feel engaged and appreciated.

Disclaimer external recruitment agencies

External recruitment agencies need to have a signed agreement with ABN AMRO BANK N.V., executed by a Talent Acquisition Specialist, when submitting a resume to a vacancy. No unsolicited services or offers, please.

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