Vice President, DATA GOVERNANCE

BNY Mellon - Pittsburgh, PA

Full-time - Senior

Pittsburgh, PA

10,001+ employees

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

The Vice President of Data Governance at BNY Mellon will lead a team of data professionals to establish a robust Data Governance framework and enhance data quality across the organization. This influential role involves overseeing the data stewardship program, ensuring compliance with policies, and driving data management excellence within the Enterprise Data Management team. The position is hybrid, based in Pittsburgh, PA or Lake Mary, FL, and requires collaboration with various stakeholders to improve the quality of critical data assets.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the data stewardship program ensuring the quality, integrity, and governance of critical data assets across Risk and Finance organization.
• Lead a team of data stewards, define data stewardship policies and processes, and collaborate with stakeholders to drive data management sustainability and excellence.
• Define data stewardship roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities and establish clear guidelines for data stewardship activities and workflows.
• Collaborate with business units, data owners, and data custodians to identify critical data assets, define data quality requirements, and establish data quality metrics and KPIs.
• Establish data quality monitoring processes and tools to detect, measure, and report on data quality issues and anomalies.
• Lead the resolution of data quality issues, working cross-functionally to identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and prevent recurrence.
• Develop and maintain data lineage documentation and mappings to support data governance, regulatory, compliance, and data lineage analysis activities.
• Collaborate with data management teams, including data architecture, data engineering, and metadata management to ensure alignment and integration of data stewardship activities in accordance with enterprise data management policies and standards.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on data stewardship best practices, methodologies, and tools and provide guidance and support to stakeholders across Risk and Finance.

Requirements

• 5-10 years of total work experience with at least 3-5 years in a management role preferred.
• Experienced in Data and Metadata Management, from concept to implementation with a demonstrable track record of delivery.
• Strong stakeholder management and people skills, with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities under pressure.
• Familiar with Agile methodology and have played an active role in scrums such as backlog refinement, sprint planning, and execution.
• Strong understanding of data governance principles, data quality management concepts, and regulatory requirements (e.g. BCBS 239, GDPR).
• Experience with data governance tooling and technologies, data profiling, data cleansing, and data remediation techniques.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze complex data issues and drive effective solutions.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.
• Advanced degree in computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience.

Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation and benefits programs.
• Access to flexible global resources and tools for personal and professional growth.
• Generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time.