Lead Data Governance Analyst (Hybrid)

T. Rowe Price Group - Baltimore, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Baltimore, MD

Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

About the position

There is a place for you at T. Rowe Price to grow, contribute, learn, and make a difference. We are a premier asset manager focused on delivering global investment management excellence and retirement services that investors can rely on today and in the future. The work we do matters. We invite you to explore the opportunity to join us and grow your career with us. The Lead Data Governance Analyst will join the Data Governance & Operations team within the Chief Data Office (CDO), reporting to one of the Data Governance Directors. The Lead Analyst will play a critical role by executing against key deliverables within the team's book of work and by helping to ensure that the team delivers against the overall CDO strategy. This is a hands-on data governance role that will test your ability to practically implement formal data governance policies and standards as well as data governance concepts and principles. With regular exposure to senior data leaders across the organization, your skills in communication, synthesizing complex information, strategic thinking and execution excellence will ensure your work is high profile and impactful. This position will follow a hybrid work model with 3 days/week in the office required.

Responsibilities

• Play an important role in the implementation of the Data Governance and Operations framework and operating model
• Demonstrate deep understanding of the data governance framework and play a key SME role by supporting the Data Governance Director in crafting processes for consistent implementation
• Help to define the operating model for the enterprise data glossary and catalog by identifying roles and responsibilities, defining processes, and establishing metadata management frameworks
• Provide strategic and hands-on data governance support across the Chief Data Office (CDO) and the broader Enterprise
• Work alongside the Data Quality team in defining data quality rules and related test scenarios/test cases
• Assist in evaluating external data governance solutions with respect to their fitness for purpose
• Leverage in-house data monitoring solutions to assess the quality of data and come up with remediation approach and solutions for improvement
• Build a rapport with business collaborators and data and technology teams to find opportunities and areas to make a difference through the implementation of data governance framework

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• 8+ years of experience predominantly in data related disciplines such as data governance and data quality in the financial services industry
• Solid knowledge of data governance concepts around data definition and catalog, data ownership, data lineage, data policies and controls, data quality and data governance forums
• Advanced knowledge of SQL

Nice-to-haves

• A high comfort level interacting with senior collaborators and an ability to drive meetings/trainings related to data governance
• Excellent communication, collaboration, presentation, problem solving, and stakeholder management skills
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to aggregate and simplify complex, disparate information
• Knowledge of Python for data analysis is an advantage
• Possess an innovative mindset
• Track record of working with Data Quality tools for configuration and execution of data quality rules
• Demonstrated experience contributing to Data Catalogs and Data Marketplaces
• Understanding of with Data Lakehouse technologies
• Knowledge of cloud platforms and awareness of data visualization platforms such as Power BI, Tableau or Qlikview
• Experience working in Agile environments and an ability to write data-related user stories and acceptance criteria
• Strong knowledge of the Financial Services industry is an asset

Benefits

• Employee stock purchase plan
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Work from home
• Employee assistance program
• Vision insurance
• Gym membership
• Retirement plan