Data Management Specialist

Federal Reserve System • St. Louis, MO

3d • $100,800 - $160,380 • Onsite

About The Position

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is hiring a full-time Data Management Specialist for its Supervision and Regulation (S&R) Common Data Platform (CDP) and Common Exam Platform (CEP) programs. These multi-year initiatives are developing cloud-based platforms to modernize supervisory processes and data management. The position will initially serve as a dedicated business subject matter expert for supervisory data, helping ensure that data is reliable and consistent for business analytics, downstream decisions, review of supervisory findings, and future AI use cases. The role will strengthen supervisory data quality and support reliable business intelligence across S&R.

The specialist will advance S&R’s data governance program and data management processes by developing expertise in S&R examination data. Over time, the role will also support broader data management initiatives, including the data catalog, data quality monitoring and remediation, data policy implementation, and access management. The position partners with S&R stakeholders, CDP, CEP, and System IT teams, and regularly communicates and presents information to a wide range of audiences, including S&R and System IT executive leadership.

The role reports directly to the CDP Data Management Manager and administratively to a leader in the employee’s local S&R function. The posting describes a flexible hybrid model with office collaboration on most days and work from home on others, subject to the employing district’s current policies. However, the additional information also states that the selected candidate will work full-time onsite. The candidate must reside within a reasonable commuting distance, as defined by the employing Reserve Bank. Remote-only work is not eligible.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of relevant data management experience, including exposure to data quality assessment, monitoring, or remediation.
• A bachelor’s degree specializing in an information technology field from an accredited college or university, or an equivalent combination of directly related education and/or experience.
• Experience identifying business challenges and priorities, crafting a functional plan of action with defined critical metrics, and executing it to deliver business value.
• Thorough understanding of systems and processes that produce data supply chains and support practical implementation of data lifecycle management, including discoverability, accessibility, and quality.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical professionals and translate business needs into technical requirements and tasks.
• Must be currently authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with S&R and Board data policies, including access and confidential data use policies and Board data governance policies.
• General understanding of S&R access management solutions and information security requirements.
• Knowledge of attribute-based access control (ABAC) and role-based access control (RBAC) models.
• Demonstrated ability to explain the importance of data management to diverse audiences.
• Intermediate understanding of agile practices, product management, and/or cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key business subject matter expert for supervisory data, ensuring it is reliable, accurate, complete, and consistent for business intelligence, downstream decision-making, and review of supervisory findings.
• Define and implement data quality rules, metrics, and monitoring processes, and establish sustainable practices for identifying, triaging, and resolving issues.
• Develop expertise in S&R examination data and processes to inform data quality standards and position supervisory data for future AI use cases.
• Partner with S&R stakeholders, CDP, CEP, and System IT teams to establish scalable data management solutions and support models that reduce risk and increase efficiency.
• Support metadata and data cataloging initiatives, business data taxonomies, and broader data quality frameworks.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and consultant on data management governance, standards, practices, and tooling, especially data quality assessment, issue resolution, and continuous improvement.
• As the role matures, facilitate adoption of data management practices, represent S&R in discussions about future-state access management solutions, and contribute to S&R data policy implementation.
• Communicate, facilitate, and deliver information and presentations to varied audiences, including S&R and System IT executive leadership.

Benefits

• Flexible work model described as allowing office collaboration on most days and work from home on others, subject to the employing district’s policies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior