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Pathward · 4 hours ago

Director, Data Governance

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$125K/yr - $208K/yr

8+ years exp

Pathward is a financial empowerment company dedicated to creating financial inclusion for all. The Director of Data Governance will be responsible for leading the Data Governance team and implementing strategies to improve data quality, security, and governance across the organization.

ConsultingFinanceFinancial Services

Work & Life Balance

Responsibilities

Responsible for operationalizing, facilitating, planning, and promoting programs for Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Security, Data standards and patterns, Data Privacy, and Data Literacy

Lead, develop, and direct Pathward’s Data Governance team

Collaborate, educate, and mentor business and technical leaders across Pathward on modern Data Governance practices

Align Data Governance with our business and technology strategy and roadmaps, communicate to business and technical partners across multiple levels within the organization

Define and implement Data Governance principles, standards, and patterns using established Enterprise Architecture and Data Governance processes and frameworks

Support enterprise efforts and programs to improve data quality and reconciliation activities

Define and establish Data Governance strategy, standards, and guidelines

Drive and measure effectiveness of Data related initiatives within the organization

Collaborate across business and technology team members to ensure a holistic, enterprise scale value delivery for the organization

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Data GovernanceData QualityData SecurityData PrivacyData Integration / ETLData ModelingMetadata ManagementAI/ML GovernanceBanking domain experienceLeadershipCollaborationCommunicationCritical thinkingProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and work experience

Typically 8+ years with bachelor's or equivalent to include varied experience implementing all aspects of Data Governance and Management - Data / Big Data, Data Quality, Data Modeling, Data Privacy, Data Integration / ETL, Metadata Management, and Data Security

3+ years leading a Data Governance program

10+ years of complex enterprise experience leading distributed data architecture efforts with subject matter authorities from varying technology and business disciplines

5+ years of banking or financial services and products domain experience

Prior experience designing and/or optimizing processes to ensure operational excellence

Prior experience defining data architecture principles and implementing data governance

Experience successfully planning, influencing, and leading Data Governance initiatives across IT and business organizations

Multiple successes driving Data Governance in an agile/scrum environment with expertise in planning/delivery tools

Ability to communicate effectively with all levels in the company; this includes written and verbal communications as well as visualizations

Ability to collaborate in a team setting and work towards a common goal

Ability to influence stakeholders to consider alternate viewpoints

Ability to mentor and coach business and technical resources on Data Governance guidelines and principles

Strong architecture, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities, along with an ability to handle ambiguous, and evolving requirements

Ability to navigate and work effectively across the organization to influence, inspire and lead others around decisions that propel the organization towards set vision and goals