Data & AI Governance Lead

DamenGorinchemOn-siteFull-time2 Sept 2026

Damen is seeking a Data & AI Governance Lead to build and lead its data and AI governance capability within Damen Data Services. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution to ensure trusted, compliant data and responsible AI across an international maritime organization. Requires strong experience in data governance, master data management, and stakeholder management, with a salary of €6,500–€8,400 gross per month.

What you'll do

Lead and develop Damen’s Data & AI Governance capability.
Manage a team of Data Stewards, the Product Owner MDM, Project Manager and AI agent(s).
Create an environment where ownership, accountability and continuous improvement thrive.
Further develop Damen’s data and AI governance framework, including roles, responsibilities, decision-making structures and standards.
Strengthen Data Ownership and Data Stewardship across the organization, ensuring governance is practical, clear and effective.
Drive adoption through communication, coaching, stakeholder engagement and change management.
Increase visibility of data quality issues and prioritize improvements based on business impact.
Establish sustainable processes that continuously improve critical data domains.
Ensure trusted data is available for business operations, reporting and analytics.
Partner closely with business stakeholders, IT, Security, Privacy, Analytics and AI teams.
Govern critical master data domains together with the Data Shared Services Center.
Build strong relationships that connect strategy, governance and business value.
Work alongside Data & AI Architecture teams to align governance with data models, metadata, lineage, definitions and data products.
Support the implementation of governance principles within modern data platforms and business systems.
Help establish scalable ways of working that support future growth.
Ensure data is classified, governed, secured and trusted for AI use cases.
Strengthen data lineage, ownership, access control and source reliability.
Help shape responsible AI governance with a focus on transparency, compliance, security and human oversight.

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Must-have

Data GovernanceMaster Data ManagementEnterprise Data ManagementData StewardshipData QualityMetadata ManagementData Lifecycle ManagementStakeholder Management

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ERPPDMCRM

Soft skills

LeadershipCommunicationCoachingStakeholder EngagementInfluenceHands-on mindsetPragmaticVision

Data GovernanceAI GovernanceMaster Data ManagementMaritimeShipbuildingInformation TechnologyFull-timeOn-siteNetherlandsLeadership

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