Data Engineer Asset Management

You will join PGGM Investment Management as a Data Engineer embedded within the Asset Management organization, working directly with Investment Managers, Data Stewards and other domain experts. In this role, you act as the vital link between our investment teams and our next‑generation data platform. You will help onboard this new platform while further developing our existing data landscape — designing, building and optimizing data products that strengthen the investment process and support our “Know what you Own” ambition.

Your work goes well beyond technical delivery.

You will translate complex investment and analytical needs into tangible data deliverables, shape reliable data models, monitor critical interfaces, and ensure that high‑quality, timely and trustworthy data is available to all stakeholders. You will also help drive innovative data and analytics use cases across the Asset Management domain as part of our broader strategic investment in data capabilities.

Technical expertise is essential, but so is your ability to collaborate effectively with business teams, communicate clearly, and help foster a strong data culture. A solid understanding of financial data — from instruments and pricing to market data flows, benchmarks and regulatory context — enables you to ask the right questions and deliver data solutions that truly move the investment function forward.

Key responsibilities:

• Enable PGGM’s Asset Management domain’s data strategy by developing high-quality, reliable and well-governed data products that support the full investment chain across all asset classes.
• Take a proactive role in designing, implementing and continuously improving data processing workflows for diverse and complex data sources — including market data, fundamental data, ESG data and alternative datasets — ensuring they are fit for analytical and portfolio‑management use.
• Ensure high data quality through validation, reconciliation, monitoring and automated controls, recognising that data accuracy directly influences investment insights, risk management and reporting.
• Work closely with Investment Managers and other business stakeholders to understand their objectives, and translate these into clear, effective and actionable technical solutions.
• Collaborate closely with data engineers from other teams, the data infrastructure team and data architects, ensuring alignment in design choices, architecture principles and platform evolution.
• Share knowledge and support capability development within Asset Management by mentoring colleagues, strengthening engineering skills across the team, and helping business stakeholders improve their technical understanding and data‑maturity capabilities.

PGGM manages approximately €250 billion in pension capital on behalf of Dutch pension funds. We invest with a long‑term horizon and a strong sense of responsibility toward the financial security and well‑being of millions of beneficiaries.

Within PGGM, the Asset Management organization is responsible for designing and managing investment strategies across all major asset classes — including Fixed Income, Equities, Private Markets, Real Estate, Infrastructure and a broad range of Alternatives. Our investment teams work together to deliver sustainable, risk‑aware returns, integrating ESG considerations, stewardship and long‑term value creation across the investment chain. Data and analytics are increasingly essential to this work, supporting investment research, decision‑making, risk management and client reporting.

From a hierarchical perspective, you will be part of the IM IT Data Solutions team, giving you access to a community of data engineers, architects and platform specialists who ensure high‑quality engineering standards and maintain our next‑generation data platform.

At the same time, your day‑to‑day work will be embedded in the Asset Management domain, working closely with Investment Managers, analysts, Data Stewards and Product Owners. You will act as the bridge between business needs and technical solutions — translating investment questions into data designs, helping teams work more effectively with data, and lifting the broader data maturity of the organization.

Are you a data‑driven engineer who enjoys working closely with investment teams? This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong foundations in SQL, Python and Snowflake, who enjoys building robust data products, designing scalable pipelines and enabling the business to work more effectively with data. If this sounds like you, then this role could be a great fit.

Futhermore you have:

• Higher Professional Education/University (Bachelor's/Master's) level, preferably with an IT-related degree.
• 6+ years of professional, hands-on experience in data engineering, ideally within asset management/investment management.
• An affinity with financial instruments and a willingness to grow a solid understanding of how investment teams use data in practice.
• Experience with building workflows (ETL pipelines) and strong SQL skills (DDL, DQL, and DML).
• Experience with Snowflake and DBT.
• Knowledge of Python, especially focused on data (Snowpark/Pyspark and Pandas).
• Experience working in Agile, Scrum, or DevOps environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to bridge the gap between business and IT stakeholders.

At PGGM we are proud of our core values: trust, teamwork and innovation. These values arose from the best stories of our colleagues, moments when they were at their best. We believe those moments occur when you can be 100% yourself. At PGGM, we value the unique combination of your personal and professional attributes. Because what really counts at PGGM are people, one hundred percent! At PGGM, you can count on:

• A pleasant workplace at our office in Zeist and, from the middle of 2028, in the center of Utrecht.
• A gross monthly salary in scale 16 or 17 between 5.117 and 8.705 based on 36 hours, depending on your knowledge and experience.
• A thirteenth month.
• A good pension scheme as a member of the PFZW pension fund (71% paid by PGGM, 29% by the employee).
• An annual Fit for the Future budget of €300 net, which you can use to improve your mental, physical, or financial fitness.
• A generous training budget for internal and external training courses or education.
• More than 26 vacation days (employees can choose to swap up to two national Christian holidays for a day that is important to them).
• Flexibility in working hours and working from home options.
• A net internet allowance of €45 per month (€540 per year).
• Group discount on supplementary health insurance (21% in 2024) and dental insurance (15% in 2024).
• A work-from-home arrangement with a maximum allowance of €900 to set up a health and safety-compliant home office.

You can find more information about our terms of employment and salary scales in our collective labor agreement.

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Please contact Tijmen, recruiter, via tijmen.muller@pggm.nl for more information about the role.

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