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Data Governance Product Lead Bank

City of London
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Data Governance Product Lead Banking London

This role is for a Product Data Lead is a critical role in the capturing and building of a single Product Taxonomy across the bank.

Role details

Title: Data Governance Product Lead
Employer: investment bank
Location: London City and home working hybrid 50%
Permanent role salary £(phone number removed) plus bonus and pension
Requirements: experience of creating a Product Taxonomy
Focus of the role: creating a Product Taxonomy for this banking business

This role is for a Product Data Lead is a critical role in the capturing and building of a single Product Taxonomy across the bank.

This role will help to develop a deeper understanding of its product landscape and identify those systems where Products are managed and maintained. The ideal candidate must have a strong knowledge of the many facets of Banking Products.

We have been formed to really drive data-led transformation through the bank, and it is a great opportunity to join us at the very start of this exciting journey.

The key focus of this role is to lead a product vision and roadmap: Develop and implement a product roadmap designed to meet the needs of the organisation through a single taxonomy, and to drive the aggregation of all product data through agreed and defined terms to link common data points across multiple systems.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Solid knowledge and expertise in Banking Products
Previous experience of setting up and managing a successful Product Taxonomy, including both project and support aspects.
Knowledge of emerging trends and issues within the Data Management landscape

This role will be shortlisting this week

For more information and the chance to be considered, please do send through a CV

Good luck

To find out more about Huxley, please visit

Huxley, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC(phone number removed) England and Wales

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