Synovus · 1 day ago
Principal Data Lead
Atlanta, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
12+ years expSynovus is a financial services company, and they are seeking a Principal Data Lead to provide technical expertise and lead activities related to data architecture and business intelligence. The role involves managing large data sets, developing tools for data governance, and serving as a liaison between business partners and IT to enhance data quality and decision-making processes.
BankingFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Provides technical expertise and supports activities related to data architecture for reporting services, and design expertise in data warehouses, data marts, and business intelligence enterprise reporting. Identifies ways to increase the use of business intelligence within the firm, designing end-to-end business intelligence solutions that provide insights and information for key decision-makers
Ensures alignment with Synovus business architecture and strategy. Acts as a project lead for new business intelligence initiatives related to supported business area. Leads meetings with managers and subject matter experts to define and gather requirements and overall objectives
Works closely with governance leadership team in developing and implementing a data governance model for a variety of Synovus data. Meets with technology and business partners to identify areas where data governance is necessary
Works cross functionally with varying data owners across the organization to support the implementation of processes and procedures to ensure that governance, stewardship, transparency and control of Synovus data assets is maintained at all times
Manages the selection and testing of appropriate toolsets for data governance processes. Builds an enterprise data asset map and data dictionary. Works with Engineering to establish gating, data utilization policies, and external agency guidelines
Supports the data governance working group to ensure the highest level of scrutiny on data access and proliferation. Assists with revising, updating and enhancing existing data governance working group processes to meet the organization's evolving needs. Supports business intelligence teams with internal intake processes and priority management
Plans and executes system testing. Leads the analysis and reconciliation of data and reporting projects and initiatives delivery. Develops, maintains and reports all relevant product, site and customer metrics and applies findings to develop appropriate goals and projections. Creates documentation on data requests as they are fulfilled to include validation, testing and user acceptance
Identifies opportunities for Master Data Management to standardize data definitions. Manages and implements accurate and complete metadata. Identifies and exploits opportunities for enhanced Business Intelligence that align with the company's business architecture and strategy
Serves as a liaison between internal business customers and Information Technology on both strategic and tactical projects building a close working relationship with all partners. Manages and leads new business intelligence initiatives related to the supported business area. Leads meetings with managers and other subject matter experts to define and gather requirements and objectives
Serves as a final escalation point for data issues ensuring team members are focused on delivering high-quality data on-time and in accordance to the data roadmap. Represents the team in project planning and other meetings and works in conjunction with leadership to drive the overall direction of the team
Serves and is recognized as a subject-matter-expert with knowledge of emerging trends. Influences best practices and serves as a key advisor to management regarding business decisions. Contributes to strategic planning as requested. Assists in the planning and development of new technology to improve performance and productivity, reduce Information Technology costs and improve profitability. Solves complex problem situations and participates in the identification of opportunities for improvement to processes, procedures or tools
Each team member is expected to be aware of risk within their functional area. This includes observing all policies, procedures, laws, regulations and risk limits specific to their role. Additionally, they should raise and report known or suspected violations to the appropriate Company authority in a timely fashion
Performs other related duties as required
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Twelve years of experience in Information technology including collecting business requirements related to usage of data, performing data mapping and conducting data quality assessments and developing, utilizing and writing new automation
Understanding of reporting and/or visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, SSRS, SQL Server)
Knowledge of a variety of technologies, data models, and insights across all relevant data sources
Understanding of Governance principles
Understands concepts like data mining, extraction and analysis as it pertains to a specific bank pillar (e.g., Commercial, Retail, Wealth)
Analytical and critical thinking skills
Ability to quickly shift between technology stacks
Ability to mentor and train team member
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Preferred
Experience in one or more Synovus lines-of-business
Experience in the banking/financial services industry
Company
Synovus
Synovus is a financial services company that provides commercial banking, retail banking, investment, and mortgage services.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.5B2025-12-09Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2025-07-24Acquired
2024-10-29Post Ipo Debt· $500M
Leadership Team
Anne Fortner
Head of Enterprise Credit Risk
Blake Thrasher
Market President
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