Sr. Associate-Data Governance Tools & Products

American Express • Charlotte, NC

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About The Position

This role is part of the newly formed Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) Data Office. As a Data Governance & Management Associate, you are part of a team responsible for supporting activities for the day-to-day compliance with the Enterprise Data Management Operating Policy within Enterprise Technology Services. You and your team are responsible for identifying critical data, maintaining data definitions, classifying data, supporting data sourcing / usage requests, assessing data risk, 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.

Requirements

• 2 – 5 years of experience executing data governance and data management responsibilities in a regulated or risk-managed environment (e.g., regulatory reporting, risk management, financial services).
• Strong communication skills and ability to summarize information and tailor messaging depending on level of audience
• Intermediate understanding of Data Management and Data Governance concepts (metadata, lineage, data quality, business glossary, data risk and incident management, etc.) and prior experience.
• Prior experience with system or data analysis
• Intermediate competency in SQL, BigQuery, Python or other programming languages.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or other similar fields.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in Technology risk, IT governance or Technology Data Management preferred.
• Prior experience with Agile or SAFe project methodologies.
• Prior experience of data governance, metadata, and data lineage tools such as Collibra, MANTA, etc.

Responsibilities

• Support ETS by supporting the identification of data risk, performing root-cause-analysis of data incidents, and contributing to the remediation of audit and regulatory feedback.
• Develop a working knowledge of the Enterprise Data Management Operating Policy and ETS specific governance practices to support the Data Office in the execution of its role
• Support platform data quality monitoring, including but not limited to key reports.
• Perform data profiling to understand ETS data and identify data risks
• Support the assessment and identification of data risk, working with upstream data providers, downstream business partners, as well as technology teams.
• Partner with Process Owner and Data Custodian teams to write, test, implement data quality controls
• Coordinate with Business Units and other Business Unit Data Offices to ensure System level Lineage is documented completely and accurately
• Build platform expertise to aid in the identification of critical data elements and contribute to the roadmap to govern the data elements.
• Support product managers to ensure new use cases are managed according to policy.

What This Job Offers

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