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.

The job

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

The team

Meet the 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.

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.

Peter Haislund

Head of Enterprise Architecture & Data Governance

Your qualifications

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 offer

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

The process

Recruitment process and relocation

You can read more about our recruitment process here . Please note that if you are an international candidate, we will reimburse travel expenses in connection with potential interviews and support you with the relocation process.

About us

What we’re about

At Danske Commodities, we trade energy across 40+ markets and deliver solutions for energy producers and large-scale consumers.

Our people work together to find value in everything we do and deliver it. For our partners. And for the energy system as a whole. Together with our parent company Equinor, we operate on a scale few trading houses can match.

Our organisation is flat with an open-door policy. We expect you to care. About your work. About your colleagues. And about the difference we make.

Aspiring chefs, beekeepers, runners, parents, gamers – we’re proud of our diversity of ideas. What binds us together is that we all find average genuinely uncomfortable and want to do something about it.

We’re big on trust and providing the freedom for you to thrive. Together, we’ll make sure you’ll be the best version of you. Because happy employees perform better and we’re in this for the long run. No matter the stage in life you’re in, we’ve got you.

Join us. You'll love Mondays.

A workplace like no other

In 2025, we moved into our new headquarters in the heart of Aarhus – a workplace built for the precision, focus and collaboration that define how we work. With state-of-the-art facilities, our own barista café, a modern fitness centre and views worth coming in for.