Data Management Specialist

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia • Kansas City, MO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Data Management Specialist serves as a business subject matter expert for supervisory data, helping ensure data is reliable, accurate, complete, and consistent to support business intelligence, downstream decisions, review of supervisory findings, and potential future AI use cases. The role strengthens supervisory data quality and advances the Supervision and Regulation (S&R) data governance program and data management processes, with a focus on developing expertise in S&R examination data.

The position works with the Common Data Platform (CDP), Common Exam Platform (CEP), S&R stakeholders, and Federal Reserve System IT to develop scalable data management solutions and support models. Work may include data quality frameworks, metadata and data cataloging, business data taxonomies, data policy implementation, and access management. The role is also expected to communicate and present information to varied audiences, including S&R and System IT executive leadership.

The selected candidate will work full-time onsite at an eligible Federal Reserve Bank location and must live within a reasonable commuting distance as defined by the employing Reserve Bank. The position reports directly to the CDP Data Management Manager and administratively to a leader in the candidate’s local S&R function.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of relevant data management experience, including exposure to data quality assessment, monitoring, or remediation.
• Bachelor’s degree with a specialization 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, developing a functional plan 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.
• Must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of the employing Reserve Bank and work full-time onsite.

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 business subject matter expert for supervisory data, ensuring reliability, accuracy, completeness, and consistency for business intelligence, downstream decision-making, and review of supervisory findings.
• Define and implement data quality rules, metrics, and monitoring processes, including sustainable practices for identifying, triaging, and resolving issues.
• Develop deep subject matter expertise in S&R examination data and processes to inform data quality standards and prepare 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 tools, particularly for data quality assessment, issue resolution, and continuous improvement.
• Support broader S&R data management initiatives as the role matures, including adoption of data management practices, discussions of future-state access management solutions, and implementation of S&R data policy.
• Communicate, facilitate, and deliver information and presentations to a wide variety of individuals, including S&R and System IT executive leadership.

Benefits

• Flexible work model that allows collaboration with office colleagues on most days and work from home on other days, subject to local district policies.

What This Job Offers

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