Data Steward Delegate

American Express•Phoenix, AZ

23d•$90,000 - $165,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express. As a Data Steward Delegate, you are part of a team responsible for supporting activities for the day-to-day compliance with the Enterprise Data Management Operating Policy within your domains/business units. You and your team are responsible for identifying critical data, maintaining data definitions, classifying data, supporting data sourcing / usage requests, measuring Data Risk Controls, and confirming Data Incidents are remediated. You will partner across various business units, technology teams, and product/platform teams to define and implement the data governance strategy, supervising and leading data quality, resolving data/platform issues, and driving consistency, usability, and governance of specific product data across the enterprise. How will you make an impact in this role? Develop advanced knowledge on the Enterprise Data Management Operating Policy in order to effectively executing and complying with the policy requirements. Build advanced platform expertise to influence the identification of critical data elements and contribute to the roadmap to govern the data elements. Perform holistic platform data quality monitoring, including but not limited to key reports. Define, Test, Deploy and Enhance the data risk management controls. Identify data incidents, performing root-cause-analysis of data incidents and driving remediation of audit and regulatory feedback. Coordinate with Business Units and other Business Unit Data Offices to ensure System level Lineage is documented completely and accurately Collaborate with and influence product managers to ensure all new use cases are managed according to policy.

Requirements

5+ years of work experience relating to data governance and/or data management programs.
Experience in Data Management and Governance concepts (metadata, lineage, data quality, etc.)
Proficient in SQL & Python or other programming language.
Ability to understand business challenges and strategies and translating those to relevant data governance and management requirements to improve compliance and efficiency.
Skilled in developing clear and structured documentation.
Strong communication skills and ability to influence and engage at multiple levels and cross functionally.
Willingness to test, learn, fail and improve.
Prior experience with Agile or SAFe project methodologies.
Bachelor’s degree in finance, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science or other similar fields.

Responsibilities

Develop advanced knowledge on the Enterprise Data Management Operating Policy in order to effectively executing and complying with the policy requirements.
Build advanced platform expertise to influence the identification of critical data elements and contribute to the roadmap to govern the data elements.
Perform holistic platform data quality monitoring, including but not limited to key reports.
Define, Test, Deploy and Enhance the data risk management controls.
Identify data incidents, performing root-cause-analysis of data incidents and driving remediation of audit and regulatory feedback.
Coordinate with Business Units and other Business Unit Data Offices to ensure System level Lineage is documented completely and accurately
Collaborate with and influence product managers to ensure all new use cases are managed according to policy.

Benefits

Competitive base salaries
Bonus incentives
6%25 Company Match on retirement savings plan
Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
Career development and training opportunities