New York Life Insurance Company · 15 hours ago
Senior Associate - Data Governance & Stewardship Lead
New York, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$100K/yr - $143K/yr
5+ years expNew York Life Insurance Company is seeking a Senior Associate to lead their Data Governance and Stewardship initiatives. This role involves establishing a sustainable data governance framework, ensuring data quality and compliance, and collaborating with various teams to support strategic decision-making.
FinanceProperty & Casualty InsuranceFinancial ServicesInsurance
Responsibilities
Develop and lead the implementation of the data governance roadmap
Play a key role in establishing an division-wide data governance framework, with a focus on governing data as an enterprise asset, addressing regulatory requirements, and protection of sensitive data through organizational behavior, policies and standards, governance metrics, processes, and related tools
Support the mission and goals of the cross-functional Data Governance Council
Collaborate with data product managers, SMEs, and engineers to capture business context, align it with technical architecture and strengthen metadata documentation
Expand metadata repository to include source-to-target data lineage mapping and Business-friendly names for technical fields
Drive adoption of governance tools through training sessions, user enablement, and data owner/steward playbooks
Support Governance Technologies: Assist in the implementation and maintenance of platforms such as:
Data Catalog (e.g., Collibra, Atlan)
Master/Reference Data Management (MDM/RDM)
Data Quality tools
Lead the Data Governance Strategy: Develop and execute a data governance framework that aligns with corporate priorities, regulatory compliance, and business needs
Establish Data Stewardship: Build and manage a network of business and technical data stewards. Define roles, responsibilities, and operating procedures. Facilitate Data Stewardship meetings to drive adoption of standards and resolve issues
Operationalize Data Governance: Help bring our Data Governance and Data Management framework to life by embedding best practices into project workflows and everyday work
Organizational Alignment: Partner with New York Life’s Corporate Data Governance and Data Management teams to ensure alignment
Ensure Data Quality & Integrity: Oversee data quality initiatives including management of consolidated data sets
Enable Data Standardization: Provide data and business analysis support to harmonize data across the applications
Data Ownership & Accountability: Promote accountability and best practices for data stewardship across the organization
Policy and Standards Development: Establish data definitions, naming conventions, classification schemas, and metadata standards
Regulatory and Risk Compliance: Ensure compliance with privacy, security, and regulatory requirements (e.g., HIPAA, FINRA, SOC 2, ERISA, GDPR, CCPA, NY DFS etc.)
Collaboration Across Functions: Serve as a liaison between Business and Technology to ensure that data related business requirements for governing data are clearly defined, communicated, and well understood and considered as part of operational prioritization and planning
Tooling and Enablement: Assess and implement data governance technologies as needed and establish usage protocols
Change Management: Lead communication, training, and engagement to cultivate a data ownership mindset across the organization
Continuous Improvement: Monitor and measure the effectiveness and maturity of the data governance program, and report on key performance indicators and metrics
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in data governance, stewardship, or data management
Proven experience leading data governance and management initiatives in complex environments
Strong Insurance Industry Experience (Group Benefits Industry strongly preferred)
Strong understanding of data lifecycle management, data quality frameworks, metadata management, and data classification
Skilled in data lineage, master data management (MDM), and data cataloging tools
Experience implementing and operating a data governance framework across business and technology
Experience building governance in federated data environments and across complex/hybrid data ownership structures
Strong experience in people and relationship management. Ability to effectively challenge all levels of an organization and offer value-add solutions to meet data governance objectives
Familiarity with SQL, Python and data modeling concepts. Working in Agile environments using Jira, Confluence, and SharePoint are a plus
Strong understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements
Hands-on experience with Atlan or similar metadata management tools. Familiarity with data quality and observability tools (e.g., Anomalo)
Benefits
Leave programs
Adoption assistance
Student loan repayment programs
Company
New York Life Insurance Company
For over 180 years, we’ve helped turn your biggest dreams into milestones that last a lifetime.
10001+ employees
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