Senior Manager - Data Quality and Metadata Management

Bread Financial•Columbus, OH

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Data Quality and Metadata Management leads enterprise-wide data governance initiatives across Data Quality, Metadata Management, and Critical Data Elements (CDEs) in alignment with the Enterprise Data Strategy. This role drives data management practices within a highly regulated banking environment, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and interactions with regulatory organizations. The leader partners across business, risk, legal, and technology teams to establish strong data controls, oversee metadata and governance platforms such as Collibra, and improve data quality outcomes that support critical business and regulatory reporting. Success in this role requires hands-on leadership, strong banking risk and governance expertise, exceptional written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to provide clear direction, develop teams, and elevate data management capabilities through strategic execution.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED.
10-13 years of experience in Data Quality Management, Metadata Management, Data Analysis, Data Modeling, Data Warehousing, Data Governance, Master Data Management.
Demonstrated experience leading a Data Management function.
3+ years of leadership experience.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Information Management, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or Business. or equivalent, relevant work experience
DAMA or DCAM
6+ years of experience in Banking and Financial services, particularly in card processing.
Experience with enterprise data governance and metadata management platforms, preferably Collibra and/or Informatica.
Deep understanding of Data Quality, Metadata Management, and Critical Data Elements (CDEs) within complex organizations.
Prior experience supporting data management initiatives in a highly regulated banking or financial services environment.
Familiarity with banking regulatory expectations and interactions with regulators.

Responsibilities

Accountable for the implementation of data management capabilities such as data cataloging, data lineage, data profiling and monitoring.
Develop the Data Management roadmap for multiple capabilities and lead the execution of the roadmap.
Work with partners across the organization to garner engagement in data management deliverables, ensure clarity of roles, meet communication & training needs and identify areas for improvement.
Influence strategy, create the roadmap and manage delivery of the roadmap for all capabilities.
Manage a distributed team across the U.S. and India, including hiring, active coaching and working to remove any challenges.
Ensure all team objectives are met by actively working alongside the team.