Vice President, DATA GOVERNANCE

Overview

DATA GOVERNANCE

At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere.    

We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. 

We welcome you to apply When applying to this general posting, our expert BNY Talent Acquisition Team may also review your resume for consideration across other open roles within the company. 

We’re seeking a future team member in the role of DATA GOVERNANCE to join our ENTERRPISE DATA MANAGEMENT team. This role is in Pittsburgh, PA or Lake Mary, FL- HYBRID.

As a Data Leader - you will lead a team of data professionals to establish a robust Data Governance framework and drive data quality throughout BNY. You will be a very influential position within EDM and will have the opportunity to drive tremendous business value as we look to improve the data quality of our most critical data. You will be accountable and own the enterprise data quality process, the performance of that process and the resource and technology plan to support this process. As a Data Governance Lead, you will work very closely with the Data Leaders and Stewards across the BNY to ensure compliance to Policy, while robust DQ monitoring is in place and appropriate attention to issue remediation applied.

As part of EDM, our Divisional Data Officer team is responsible for design, delivery and adoption of many of the enterprise Data Governance processes including Data Quality Management, Issue Management and Remediation, Data Lineage Management, Data Catalog Management, Business Glossary Management, etc. 

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways: 

• Overseeing 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 process, and collaborate with stakeholder 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 unites, 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 cause, implement corrective action 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 an provide guidance and support to stakeholders across Risk and Finance. 

 To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following: 

• Experienced hands-on Data and Metadata Management, from concept to implementation with a demonstrable track record of delivery.
• 5-10 years of total work experience with at least 3-5 years in a management preferred. Experience over operational activities (business analysis, testing, etc.), reference data and/or enterprise data management or data governance preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management and people skills, and the ability to manage multiple competing priorities under pressure. You will have strong analytical and management skills, are familiar with Agile methodology and played an active role in scrums such as backlog refinement, sprint planning and execution. The ability to apply backlog prioritization to define sprint goals and enable iterative deliveries is key.
• 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
• People Leadership, be able to inspire and build momentum across a global team but you are also a team player, happy to roll up your sleeves when needed.

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards: 

• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024
• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN – 100% score, 2023-2024
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2024
• Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024
• Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023

Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter. 

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans. 

Manages a medium to large-sized or multiple small teams responsible for the planning, design and development of the corporate information bank. Manages analysis of application data requirements for new and enhanced data processing applications and the development of conceptual and logical models of the data as a prerequisite for physical database design. Coordinates the logical design of databases to promote data sharing and to reduce redundant data processes within the corporation. Directs and provides guidance on the analysis and design of data models and logical databases at the data element level consistent with the corporate architectural models. Manages the development of logical database designs across multiple computing environments (e.g., host based, client server, distributed systems, Web, e-commerce). Seeks opportunities to promote data sharing, and to reduce redundant data processes within the corporation by identifying common structures across application areas. Defines, maintains, and enforces the use of standard naming conventions, and ensures that meta data captured in logical design phase is documented. Provides comprehensive consulting to client and IT management and staff in the identification and resolution of information flow and content issues. Recruits, directs, motivates and develops staff, maximizing their individual contribution, their professional growth and their ability to function effectively with their colleagues as a team. Manages one or more data modeling/warehousing teams. Contributes to the achievement of team objectives. Advanced degree in computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required. 10+ years of experience in all phases of data modeling, data warehousing, data mining, data entity analysis, logical database design and relational database definition, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience required, experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.. BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans. Our ambition is to build the best global team – one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients and communities we work with and serve – and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies and employee forums.

Employer Description:

For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments and safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world's financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helping clients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. It's the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart. Make your mark: bnymellon.com/careers.

EEO Statement:

BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals With Disabilities/Protected Veterans. Our ambition is to build the best global team – one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients and communities we work with and serve – and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies and employee forums.

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