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Sebastien De ClercqSD

Sebastien De Clercq

IT Data Project Manager

€670/day
Bruxelles, BE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Sebastien

Senior Data & BI Project Manager with over 20 years of experience leading enterprise-wide data transformations across telecom, financial services, retail, and industry sectors.

Specialized in data platform architecture, governance, and interoperability, with a proven ability to bridge business vision and technical execution in multicultural environments.

Key achievements include:

- Designing and deploying scalable cloud data architectures (Azure, AWS) integrating heterogeneous sources across multiple countries.

- Leading data governance and cataloging initiatives to ensure lineage, compliance (GDPR), and semantic consistency.

- Structuring high-performing cross-functional teams and managing end-to-end project delivery in Agile/SAFe contexts.

- Defining strategic data roadmaps (as-is → to-be) and driving adoption of modern BI and analytics solutions (Power BI, Microsoft Fabric).

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Dutch

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Bruxelles (up to 50km), Lille (up to 20km)

Experience

  • Delhaize Belgium
    IT Data Project Manager
    RETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)
    May 2024 - June 2025 (1 year and 1 month)
    Asse, Belgium
    Led the Data Analytics roadmap on Azure and Power BI, ensuring the delivery of a performant, scalable, and business-aligned cloud BI environment. Oversaw a team of data developers, managing task prioritization, reviewing deliverables, and validating Power BI reports to ensure quality and usability. Implemented data governance with Microsoft Purview and conducted a solution assessment of Ataccama as a potential alternative governance platform. Designed a comprehensive monitoring, observability, and alerting roadmap to enhance data pipeline reliability, leveraging DevOps and DataOps best practices. Acted as a liaison between IT, data engineering, and business stakeholders to align project outcomes with strategic data goals.
    gestion de projet data Microsoft Power BI Microsoft Azure Microsoft Purview Méthode agile
  • Ores
    Data Project Manager
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    February 2024 - August 2024 (6 months)
    Gosselies, Belgium
    Oversaw the validation of Microsoft Fabric features, coordinating with technical teams to assess their maturity, stability, and fit for enterprise-wide deployment. Contributed to the development of the data roadmap, aligning technical capabilities with long-term business objectives and data governance strategy. Authored a comprehensive RFP (Request for Proposal) for the selection of a Data Hub platform, defining key evaluation criteria, functional requirements, and integration expectations. Collaborated closely with architecture, procurement, and data governance teams to ensure alignment across strategy, tooling, and vendor engagement.
    Microsoft Azure Microsoft Fabric Microsoft Power BI Gestion de projet IT datahub
  • Euroclear
    Epic Delivery Owner | Data Resilience Program
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    October 2022 - October 2023 (1 year and 1 month)
    Bruxelles, Belgium
    Designed and delivered a resilient data streaming solution for settlement systems, based on an event driven architecture using Kafka and Azure Event Hub, ensuring near real-time data availability and system fault tolerance. Led the architecture and coordination of the end-to-end data engineering solution, integrating Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure Data Explorer for high-performance querying and operational analytics. Partnered with business stakeholders to define key monitoring metrics and developed Power BI dashboards to improve data visibility, decision-making, and operational responsiveness. Played a pivotal role in aligning infrastructure, data resilience, and business continuity requirements across IT and functional teams.
    Microsoft Azure Microsoft Power BI gestion de projet data Apache Kafka Analyse de données

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Education

  • Databricks Fundamentals + Unity Catalog
    2025
    Databricks Fundamentals + Unity Catalog
  • PRINCE2 e-learning
    2024
    PRINCE2 e-learning

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