Data Owner

Grow your career as a Data Owner with an innovative global bank in Irving, TX. Contract role with strong possibility of extension. Will require working a hybrid schedule 2-3 days onsite per week.

Join one of the world's most renowned global banks and trusted brand with over 200 years of continuously evolving financial services worldwide. Will be accountable for Data for a single product, function, process, or country, ensuring that is compliant to Regulations, Laws, and company policies, standards & procedures to reduce and manage the company’s data risk. Will assist in implementing the Data Strategy and architecture Target State, and executing the data delivery roadmap for Authoritative Data Sources. Will be responsible for influencing Senior Leaders in the business to develop data as a product and strategic asset. You will work alongside some of the smartest minds in the industry who are excited to share their knowledge and to learn from you.

Contract Duration: 12+ Months

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's/University.
• 10+ years of combined experience in banking and financial services industry, information technology and/or data governance.
• Understand all aspects of Data Management, including Data Lineage, Metadata, Data Quality, Data Remediation, and Issue Management.
• Experience includes supporting large data and data quality initiatives, aligning business processes with data, implementing technology solutions, developing, or supporting standards / policies and data-related issue management and remediation efforts.
• Experience with data management processes and tools and applications, including process mapping and lineage toolsets.
• Strong knowledge of structured/unstructured databases, data modeling, data management, rapid/iterative development methodologies and data governance tools.
• Demonstrated relationship management and advisory skills with sponsors, key stakeholders, partners and team members in both Business and Technology forums.
• Strong understanding of data governance issues, policies, regulatory requirements, and industry information affecting the business environment.
• Actively managed various aspects of data initiatives including analysis, planning, execution and day-to-day production management.
• Led efforts to solve data flow / data design issues / challenges / risks with input for solutions from cross-functional team members and diverse viewpoints.
• Coached or mentored direct team members and/or indirect team members.
• Good presentation skills, business and technical writing, and verbal communication skills to support decision-making and actions.
• Regularly provided prompt action-focused status updates to management and stakeholders.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Master's degree.

What You Will Be Doing

• Manage a team and maintain adequate staffing requirements to meet operational needs.
• Engage with senior stakeholders across lines of business and functions to ensure development & execution of suitable tools which enable efficient execution of required operating models.
• Aid in identifying end-to-end data flow, including all upstream areas that create and/or consume Authoritative Data Sources to ensure they adopt new policy/standards, data models, and appropriate infrastructure.
• Understand the business/function processes to provide insights into business end-to end data flows and the critical data elements that flow across systems. Partner with Data Stewards to drive end-to-end management and consistent usage to maximize the trustworthiness in data. Confer with Data Quality team on options to resolve issues.
• Lead the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control of data requirements, data standards and data process risk, including coordinating with the business in identifying critical data, defining standards and quality expectations, and prioritize remediation of data issues.
• Align key data capabilities including metadata repositories, data dictionaries, data lineage, business process maps, and training materials with the data and system process flows.
• Aid in remediating Data Concerns, including dispositioning and monitoring fixes (Data defects, Data issues). Review, remediate, report, and monitor Data Quality issues through the company’s corresponding Data/Issue management process.
• Create effective presentations suitable for all audience types.
• Manage and execute strategic design and process improvement projects.
• Collaborate with the stakeholders internal to the Chief Data Office and Data Technology to identify, recommend and/or implement processes and technologies that support successful deployment of Data obligations.
• Lead meetings and working sessions to solve issues / challenges / risks by factoring input from partners and diverse points of view.
• Escalate potential barriers to prompt execution before they impact the delivery, communicate potential risks and plans to mitigate issues and concerns.
• Prepare and present status updates, issues / challenges / risks and solutions to stakeholders and partners in business and technology data teams in a succinct manner to drive decision-making and actions.
• Monitor metrics and key performance indicators associated with Data Quality and Controls.
• Facilitate execution on remediation of Data Concerns, including dispositioning and monitoring fixes (Data defects, Data issues).
• Ensure sound program / project management for Data portfolio (in partnership with Program Management Office), including ensuring clear deliverables and timelines are defined accurately, there is timely identification of risk/risk management established, internal sponsors / clients / beneficiaries are accurately assessed and engaged, and a process that ensures accurate milestone reporting and changes is instituted.

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans/Disability/Women. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.