Data Governance & Quality Lead

Data Governance & Quality Lead

Location: London / Hybrid

Employment Type: Permanent - Hybrid - 3 days per week in London Office

Salary / Package: £120,000 - £140,000 D.O.E - 10-25% Bonus, Pension, Private Health, Life assurance etc.

About the Role: We're on the hunt for a Data Governance & Quality Lead for our global Financial Services client to drive data management activities in their Capital Markets business area. The Data Lead will be responsible for leading the thought leadership for one or more of the Data Management Specialisms (Metadata Management, Data Quality, Data Access Management, etc.).

What You'll Do:

Lead one of the 9 delivery streams and bring priority datasets under governance by completing Metadata, Data Quality and Data Access & Sharing Management activities by working together with BAs, key business SMEs and Technology Leads.
Metadata Management includes Defining the in-scope data assets, CDE Identification, mapping CDEs to Glossary and proposing new Glossary Terms when applicable and identifying critical consumers of the data.
Data Quality Management includes Analysing data via data profiling, defining Business DQ rules, identifying and documenting existing controls on the data, creating Executable DQ rules and refining them via reviews of DQ Results with the key stakeholders.
Data Access and Sharing Management includes identifying sources and consumers of the dataset and ensuring that sufficient controls are set and documented for accessing to data and sharing internally and externally.
Organizing and/or supporting regular Working Group meetings for the delivery stream, with a focus on the delivery plan and milestones, dependencies and issues.
Effectively manage relationships with the delivery resources and stakeholders, including data role holders, users and stakeholders across various levels of seniority.
Provide Data Expertise to key business leads in Capital Markets Front Office for their decision making on data management priorities and issues.
Perform Data Capability Maturity Assessment with the key Data Stakeholders.

What We're Looking For:

Lead the approach, design and strategy discussions for one of the Data Management Expertise Areas (Data Domains, CDE Identification, DQ Automation etc.).
Provide expert guidance to the rest of the Data Team and wider Data Stakeholders in their queries and challenges.
Strong and demonstrable Data Management and Change Management in global banking environments is essential for the role
Capital Markets Domain knowledge is highly desirable:o Significant experience in Capital Markets Front Office, ideally in change initiatives.

o Excellent business and product knowledge, particularly around trade and market data including OTC derivative products, pricing, time series, trade lifecycle, risk management and PnL.

o Knowledge around applicable jurisdictional and company-specific regulations, especially BCBS239 framework (RDAR) and jurisdictional regulations (Dodd Frank, EMIR, MiFID, CAT NMS, IIROC, etc)

Apply Now: Ready to lead data transformation? Send your CV and a brief cover letter to