Know the owner

Who is accountable for what, which role may take which action, and how responsibility is split across a solution's lifecycle.

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Every solution has these roles filled before it can be released.

Maria Bakker · Product owner

Accepts value case and residual risk

12 solutions

Sanne de Wit · Data steward

Owns contracts, quality and access

18 solutions

Lieke Hoekstra · Model validator

Independent review, high-impact tier

9 solutions

Amir Khan · Model owner

Owns model performance and drift

6 solutions

Jonas Visser · Consumer representative

Confirms fitness for downstream use

21 solutions

Compliance Office · Regulatory approver

Signs regulatory duties per release

186 solutions

Ownership, approval and consultation per lifecycle activity.

Activity	Owner	Approver	Consulted
Publish a data contract	Data steward	Product owner	Consumers
Release a high-impact model	Model owner	Model validator	Compliance
Grant access to a product	Data steward	Product owner	Privacy
Accept residual risk	Product owner	Risk	Model validator
Retire a solution	Product owner	Architecture	Consumers

The rights each persona carries across Aurora.

Role	discover	consumer	builder	approver	publisher	owner
Product manager	✓	✓	—	✓	✓	✓
Data analyst	✓	✓	—	—	—	—
Data engineer	✓	✓	✓	—	✓	—
Data scientist	✓	✓	✓	—	—	—
Model validator	✓	—	—	✓	—	—

Ownership decays if nobody confirms it.

Last review2026-06-30

Next review2026-09-30

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