Data management lead
Ready to combine your strong data management expertise with an outcome-oriented approach? Lead the development of our data management capability and help establish clear ownership and ways of working.
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You’ll get to shape and lead the next step in how we manage data — from strategy and operating models to practical adoption across the organisation.
Here’s what the job entails
In this role, you will translate business needs into clear direction, responsibilities, and practical actions for managing data effectively. You will act as a subject matter expert and change leader, helping the organisation move towards stronger ownership, better data quality, and more reliable use of data.
More specifically, your responsibilities include:
shaping and evolving the data management approach in partnership with relevant stakeholders
translating the approach into focused initiatives that build capability and demonstrate value
defining responsibilities, decision rights, ownership, stewardship, and escalation paths for data management in a product-oriented organisation
building adoption by engaging, educating, and enabling product teams, business owners, and data stewards
Meet your team
You will join our Enterprise Architecture & Data Governance team, and our responsibility spans across the entire organisation. The team is developing the data management capability from an early stage, so this role will have a genuine opportunity to shape how the discipline is established and adopted.
We are a team of specialists in Enterprise Architecture, Data Management, and Governance, working on issues that cut across the organisation. We are building and maturing capabilities, not simply operating established processes. This means there is room to shape direction and make a visible difference.
We value pragmatic process over theoretical perfection, and we aim to introduce enough structure to improve outcomes without creating unnecessary bureaucracy. We work through influence, collaboration, and clear reasoning. We challenge ourselves constructively and help teams turn good intentions into practical change.
But enough about us… over to you!
As you will be responsible for your own deliverable and expected to drive things forward and challenge when needed, we imagine that you enjoy an independent approach and thrive with responsibility. We also expect that you are self-directed and accountable to create structure from ambiguity, take ownership of initiatives and move forward with limited instructions.
You will work with stakeholders across different levels of the organisation, so you should also be a trusted partner who can translate complex data management topics into clear decisions and keep momentum when organisational change is challenging.
Furthermore, we imagine that you:
have experience shaping and implementing data management, data governance, or data strategy in a complex organisation
have experience designing operating models, decision rights, ownership structures, governance frameworks, or capability roadmaps
have a solid understanding of core data management disciplines, such as data quality, metadata, ownership, stewardship, master/reference data, and data sharing
have experience working with product-oriented, agile, or cross-functional teams and translating enterprise direction into practical adoption
are a great communicator and facilitator, with the ability to engage both senior leadership and hands-on delivery teams
Please note that prior knowledge of the energy sector is not required for this role.
We’ll take good care of you
At Danske Commodities, we take great care of our people. Joining us means you’ll get a lot of great perks – including social events, cultural experiences, tasty food and benefits to better your health, your life and your future.
Here are some of the benefits we offer our employees:
Shape your development tailored growth plans, 100+ DC University courses & Harvard Learning access
100+ yearly events from office parties to DC Sports events, CS:GO team, student network & more
Global career paths as part of our parent company, Equinor’s 20,000-strong international network
Flexible work life adjustable hours, part-time options & up to 2 work from home days/week
Fuel Fridays one paid Friday off every month (July and December excluded)
Top-tier parental leave up to 26 weeks paid, pension during leave & post-leave support
Unlimited paid child's sick days because family comes first
Extra time off 5 additional days on top of your 5 weeks
Senior days extra time off if you’re 55+
Attractive package 10% pension, health insurance, bonus scheme & more
Share savings the option to join Equinor’s attractive share programme
Home setup covered paid internet, phone & IT gear
Free tickets & discounts culture, family fun, hotels, restaurants & more
Organic meals light breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner & take-away
Barista café high-quality coffee, always on us
On-site wellness state-of-the-art gym, physio, chiro and massage therapy
HQ in the heart of Aarhus with stunning views, inspiring architecture and close to public transport
…. and much more
- Department
- Technology
- Location
- Aarhus, Denmark
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Sub department
- Enterprise Architect & Data Governance
- Application deadline
- 18 October, 2026
About Danske Commodities
We're an energy trading and optimisation company that works at the intersection of technology and energy economics. Our disciplined and scalable trading strategies are designed to be competitive in volatile markets and create value for our partners.