Data Management Consultant - Data CoE

Data Management Consultant – Data CoE

As Data Management Consultant you will play a key role in strengthening our new Data Center of Excellence (CoE). You will drive the implementation of the Enterprise Data Management roadmap and thereby directly impacting the strategy of PostNL!

Why join PostNL as a Data Management Consultant

• Visible work: you help us treat data as a strategic asset and improve how we use data across our entire organization.
• Challenge: you work on building our Data Center of Excellence and implement a federated data governance model in a complex environment.
• Good atmosphere: you work with colleagues who support each other and drive innovation together.
• Flexibility: you work partly from home and partly at our office in The Hague.
• Responsibility: you guide business domains and influence how data is managed across teams.
• Development opportunities: you grow your expertise and help shape the future of data within our organisation.

Your role

PostNL is establishing a Data Center of Excellence (CoE) to strengthen enterprise-wide data management capabilities and ensure data is treated as a strategic asset. As part of this transformation, Enterprise Data Management (EDM) is driving the implementation of a federated data governance operating model, enabling business domains to take ownership of their data while ensuring consistent governance across the organization.

As a Data Management Consultant, you play a key role in translating strategy into practical implementation. You combine strong knowledge of data management disciplines with excellent consulting and facilitation skills to help business domains adopt new ways of working. Acting as a trusted advisor, you guide stakeholders in implementing pragmatic and sustainable data management practices that improve data quality, compliance, ownership and business value.

Your colleagues

You work in the Data Center of Excellence (CoE) within the Data Foundations department. Your team focuses on strengthening data management across our organization. You collaborate closely with Data Owners, Data Stewards, Product Owners and IT teams. Together you build a strong data-driven organization and share knowledge and best practices.

What we’ll deliver

An innovative position and work that affects literally every street in the country. PostNL wants to be the logistics e-commerce platform of the future, delivering special moments faster, smarter and better. With your mindset, you can help PostNL face its challenges head on. You can count on excellent benefits in the process. The benefits of your position are:

• Salary between €4.588 and €6.498 (scale 11) gross per month at 37 hours per week. But 32 hours is possible too!
• Hybrid working is encouraged and you’ll have flexible working hours. Employees who work from home more than two days a week get an allowance of €45 net per month.
• 8% vacation pay and 25 vacation days on a full-time contract.
• Travel allowance for commuting from 6 km each way up to a maximum of 70 km each way, or an NS Business Card for business travel and commuting.
• A good pension plan through the PostNL pension fund.
• Laptop (Mac or Windows) and a smartphone.
• Training opportunities for personal development through Mijn Leerplein.
• Discounts on holidays, events and products.

What you bring to the job

You are a strong consultant who knows how to connect people and turn strategy into action. You communicate clearly, work in a structured way and help others move forward.

You also have the following qualities:

• 3+ years of experience in data management, data governance or related fields.
• You have experience with implementing data management practices in complex organizations.
• You have experience in stakeholder management and facilitating workshops.
• You are familiar with Agile ways of working.
• You have knowledge of data disciplines such as Data Governance, Data Quality, MDM, Metadata Management and Data Privacy.

The final letters...

• We do a background check on all applicants. As part of the check, we ask that applicants submit a certificate of good conduct. We also check references and possibly conduct a special investigation.
• Because we believe in equal opportunities, candidates take an assessment designed to evaluate their competences and skills relevant to the position.
• We recruit our own co-workers as we try to build the organisation of the future. Post from recruitment agencies will be returned to sender!