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# Information management specialist

- **Company:** VeroTech
- **Location:** Leuven, Belgium
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Governance, Software Design Documents, Information Management, Machine Learning, Metadata, Meta-Data Management, Reference Data, Power BI, Software Tools, Microsoft SharePoint, Data Management
- **Published:** September 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.be/jobad/be97ea29a453b17f39daefd0c78364b499

## About the Role

We are looking for an analytical and proactive professional who enjoys creating structure, aligning stakeholders and turning complex information challenges into clear, usable solutions.
Master's degree or equivalent experience
2+ years of work experience, or demonstrated high potential as an analytically strong junior with the right mindset
Affinity with information governance, data governance and metadata management
Strong analytical and conceptual skills, with the ability to model information structures, processes and metadata
Excellent written, verbal and visual communication skills, including the ability to explain complex concepts with diagrams and structured presentations
Confident in facilitating workshops, aligning diverse stakeholders and building a network among researchers and project managers
Self-directed, ownership-driven and adaptable, with a solution-oriented and creative approach to ambiguous challenges
Working proficiency in Dutch and English, spoken and written
Experience with SharePoint, software tool development or Power BI is considered a plus

## Description

As an information management specialist at VeroTech, you support researchers in applying Open Science principles and improving the way information assets are structured, described and reused. You help integrate a data catalog and business glossary into daily research workflows while contributing to broader information management initiatives.
You work closely with researchers, ICT and business stakeholders to translate needs into practical tooling, standards and guidance. Your contribution helps create consistent metadata, clear terminology, reusable document structures and stronger data management practices across research projects., Drive the adoption of Open Science practices through collaboration across research and business communities
Lead the business adoption of the data catalog and business glossary within researchers' workflows
Guide researchers in managing datasets, definitions, reports, code and machine-learning models through workshops, visual tools and training materials
Support the preparation, completion and implementation of Data Management Plans in relevant projects
Collaborate with ICT and stakeholders to gather needs, build prototypes and validate information management tooling
Improve policies, guidelines, standards, processes, templates, terminology and metadata for consistent information management
Design document libraries and maintain ontologies that bring coherence to terminology, definitions and reference data


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