Head, Data Governance at Kimberly Ryan

Job Overview:

• The candidate will be responsible for driving all organization-wide data governance activities and will be responsible for improving the quality and managing the protection of sensitive data and information assets.
• The candidate will establish and ensure adherence to an enterprise data governance framework for data policies, standards, and practices to achieve the required level of consistency, quality, and protection to meet overall business needs. Work on other tasks as assigned by the Chief Data Office.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and govern an enterprise data governance implementation roadmap, including strategic priorities for the development of information-based capabilities.
• Design and roll out an enterprise-wide data governance framework with a focus on the improvement of data quality and the protection of sensitive data through modifications to organizational behavior policies and standards, principles, governance metrics, processes, related tools, and data architecture.
• Define roles and responsibilities related to data governance and ensure clear accountability for the stewardship of the company’s principal information assets.
• Serve as a liaison between business and functional areas and DMO to ensure that data-related business requirements for protecting sensitive data are clearly defined, communicated, and well understood and considered as part of operational prioritization and planning.
• Develop and maintain inventory of the enterprise information maps, including authoritative systems and owners, and make sure the enterprise data catalog is fully maintained.

Qualifications

• MSc in a relevant field
• 10 years of equivalent work experience in the data governance field, ideally in the retail banking sector
• Excellent analytical skills, written and verbal communication skills, and senior stakeholder management
• Leadership skills demonstrated via building or leading teams
• IT certification and other professional qualifications related to data management and governance, such as DCA.