Data & AI Governance Manager

As a Data & AI Governance Manager within the Lighthouse team, you contribute to multidisciplinary Data & AI transformation programs where governance plays a central role in enabling trust, scalability and value creation across the organisation.

You support organisations in designing and implementing end-to-end Data & AI governance capabilities, ensuring that data and AI systems are reliable, explainable, compliant and aligned with business objectives.

The information below covers the role requirements, expected candidate experience, and accompanying qualifications.

This role sits at the intersection of regulation, Data & AI and business value. Your focus is on building robust and future-proof governance frameworks that support both compliance and scalable innovation. You will help organisations design, operationalise and scale Data & AI operating models, translate regulatory requirements into actionable governance capabilities, and embed governance into everyday decision-making.

This role is suited for an experienced consultant with strong expertise in Data & AI governance and the ability to engage senior stakeholders while driving tangible delivery outcomes.

What will you do?

1. Design Data & AI governance strategies

• Advise clients on governance frameworks, operating models and capabilities.
• Define structures, roles, policies and processes across the data and AI lifecycle.
• Translate regulatory and business requirements into pragmatic governance designs.
• Assess data maturity and define actionable roadmaps.

2. Enable scalable and automated governance

• Support the transition from manual to scalable and automated governance models.
• Embed governance-by-design in data pipelines, AI lifecycles and business processes.
• Design monitoring, reporting and auditing capabilities.
• Promote data-as-an-asset and data product thinking.

3. Drive governance implementation and architecture oversight

• Lead tooling selection and implementation, for example Collibra, Microsoft Purview and Informatica.
• Ensure alignment with data quality, lineage, ownership and security requirements.
• Define and implement standards such as metadata, Critical Data Elements (CDEs) and data quality frameworks.
• Bridge Data & AI, IT, Risk and Business stakeholders.
• Align Data & AI governance with broader enterprise governance.

4. Support executive decision-making

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, such as CDOs, CIOs, CROs and AI leads.
• Translate complex topics into clear risks, scenarios and recommendations.
• Support organisations in navigating regulatory challenges and AI adoption.

5. Contribute to growth and innovation

• Support proposals and define governance value cases.
• Position governance as a key enabler of Data & AI transformation.
• Contribute to Lighthouse’s governance offering across industries.
• Develop reusable assets such as playbooks, accelerators and standards.
• Drive innovation in areas such as AI governance and data product governance.

6. Strengthen collaboration and capabilities

• Coach teams on governance practices, tools and delivery approaches.
• Facilitate collaboration between Data, AI, Risk, IT and Business teams.
• Contribute to building a strong governance community within Lighthouse.

What you bring

• 4–6 years of experience in Data & AI governance. Consulting experience is a plus.
• Experience in regulatory-driven environments, involving regulations and standards such as BCBS 239, Solvency II, GDPR, the EU AI Act and CSRD.
• Knowledge of governance frameworks such as DAMA-DMBOK and DCAM is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with governance tooling such as Collibra, Microsoft Purview, Informatica, DataHub or similar platforms.
• Experience with data quality and metadata tooling, such as Collibra Data Quality, Soda or Great Expectations.
• Experience with automation and integration using Python, SQL and APIs.
• Experience operationalising governance, including lineage, metadata ingestion, quality monitoring and workflows.
• Exposure to regulated industries, such as Financial Services, is an asset.
• Experience contributing to proposals or commercial discussions.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Fluency in English and either Dutch or French.

As a certified Top Employer, we offer

• An attractive remuneration package with a wide range of extra-legal b