Information/Data Architect

My client is looking for an Information/Data Architect to assist with shaping information architecture, data governance, data quality management and data-democratisation:

- Define and evangelize the short-term and long-term vision on information architecture and data governance in light of the increasing strategic importance and value of data within the company.
- Identify the right balance in the way data governance and information architecture is conducted for small- and large-scale data assets (ie level of automation, level of detail, coverage, long-term vs short-term focus, cost).
- Identify opportunities for unlocking business value from (integrating) data sources cross-departmentally.
- Take ownership of information maturity and (meta-)data quality assessments (as-is), and define short- and long-term targets (to-be).

SKILLS

Clear Communication:

- You're an excellent communicator and storyteller, effectively tuning your delivery to your target audience, ie from engineer to C-level executive. You build up and maintain interpersonal relationships with ease.

Experience:

- You can count on 7 years of experience in data-centric IT activities and have assembled ample experience in rolling out effective data governance processes.

Business acumen:

- You are able to quickly grasp new business processes and have an aptitude for identifying the best ways to improve or enable them using data.

Pragmatic:

- You are able to strike the right balance between theoretically perfect solutions and sensible/realistic solutions

Big Data technology:

- Experience or profound interest in Big Data technologies (Hadoop, Spark, Elasticsearch, Kafka, ...)

Frameworks:

- Knowledge of DAMA/DMBOK, TOGAF, TMForum is a plus

Customer-oriented:

- View data value in light of personalized, customer experience