Data Governance Director - Private Equity

Bain Capital • Boston, MA

44d • Onsite

About The Position

The successful candidate will join Bain Capital’s Boston office as a Director, with a mandate to establish a data governance framework, build new policies & procedures, and redesign process and data workflows to support the Global Private Equity business. Data Governance is a new function for the Private Equity business and this is a unique and impactful opportunity to lead and drive transformational change. This role will work very closely with key functions such as Finance & Fund Operations, Data Analytics & Reporting, Investor Relations and the Information Technology team.

Requirements

• Proven experience collaborating effectively with multiple stakeholders/internal customers
• Strong communication and relationship management skills across several key functions
• Strong process discipline - ability to design new processes and improve existing ones
• Self-starter with a deadline-driven mindset
• Comfort with a data-intensive and demanding environment
• Experience in Finance, Operations or standing up or maintaining a data governance program at a similar firm
• 10+ years of experience in asset management or closely related field

Responsibilities

• Analyze and drive efficiency around end-to-end workflows
• Map out processes from data collection to end-user reporting with enhanced quality controls
• Prioritize and oversee key IT projects that impact data and reporting, as well as drive effective project planning and execution
• Partner with key business stakeholders to design systems architecture and implement data strategy across systems landscape, including deal pipeline, accounting system, portfolio company monitoring system, valuation and revenue models, as well as the Central Data Lake and Reporting tools.
• Ensure appropriate data architecture, completeness, quality and transparency to enable automated reporting using visualization reporting tools (e.g. Power Bi) and approved AI reporting tools
• Be a change agent in reducing manual processes and developing consistent approaches to where mappings, calculations and data aggregations should be stored in the systems
• Partner with key business stakeholders and use machine learning to build reasonability tests and create alerts
• Document key processes and protocols to create transparency and foster appropriate data use and process efficiency and governance
• Practically apply data governance tools and technologies such as an automated data quality engine and data dictionary
• Act as a Data Management Office that identifies data and reporting challenges, serves as a sounding board for key stakeholders across functions, tracks issues and designs remediation / control efforts
• Develop and track progress of data and reporting health KPI’s / metrics
• Build scalable data and process solutions that integrate with both business-specific and firmwide reporting needs

Benefits

• In addition to a competitive base salary, this position may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based upon factors such as individual impact, team and firm performance.
• Bain Capital offers a competitive benefits package designed to support employees’ health, financial security, family needs, and overall well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees