Global Custody: Senior Data Governance Analyst/Manager - Vice President

Global Custody: Senior Data Governance Analyst/Manager – Vice President

The Product organization is recruiting an experienced senior data governance analyst/manager to help drive the data governance focus into the data product development agenda globally for the Global Custody business.

The individual will partner with the product development workstream leads and value stream leads to execute on the custody data strategy particularly focused on developing and embedding the core data governance principles into the overall data eco-system. This role requires collaboration with the central Data Governance, CDO, Operations, Architecture, and Technology functions to strengthen State Street’s position in the Asset Servicing industry.

Function

As an experienced senior data governance analyst, you will work with the product development workstream leads and value stream leads to execute on the programme roadmap through ambitious OKRs. The role reports to the Head of Data for Global Custody Product.

You will be proactively involved in aligning industry best practices with CDO office driven data governance policies and will have flexibility in implementation options to achieve desired outcomes for the Data Governance agenda.

Responsibilities

You will have responsibility for the following:

• Execute on the Data strategy to build and embed a modern Data Governance framework

• Data Governance Framework Development: Develop and embed a comprehensive data governance framework to support product development initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise data governance standards and regulatory requirements.

• Collibra Implementation and Management: Act as the subject matter expert for Collibra , overseeing its implementation, configuration, and integration into the bank’s data landscape. Drive adoption and ensure Collibra is leveraged to its full potential.

• Metadata Management: Design the approach for metadata management, data cataloguing, and lineage tracking within Collibra to enable data transparency and discoverability. Design and embed modern approaches to data lineage and ontology utilizing the tooling for data catalog and knowledge graphs.

• Policy and Standards: Implement data governance policies, procedures, and standards. Ensure these are consistently applied across all data product development activities.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, data architects, data stewards, engineers, compliance, and risk teams, to embed data governance best practices into the product lifecycle. Work alongside the Central Data Governance team, DataOps, and CDO to ensure seamless adoption of the data governance framework.

• Data Quality Oversight: Establish and embed data quality metrics, monitoring, and reporting to ensure high-quality data across systems and products.

• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure adherence to relevant data governance and privacy regulations for all key data elements (PII, CDE, etc.) and wider industry standards.

• Training and Advocacy: Promote a culture of data accountability and serve as an advocate for data governance within the organization. Ensure all data-related change remains aligned to existing standards and/or internal enterprise data governance policies.

• Responsible for ensuring appropriate governance, compliance with policies/frameworks, and oversight of issues, risks, audit, and compliance items related to data topics. Present to senior management as requested and lead delivery of initiatives as required.

Skills

• Background or experience in data governance, data solutions, data modelling, analysis, and visualization is key.

• Strong familiarity with financial services, particularly custody banking, asset servicing, or securities.

• Understanding of regulatory requirements affecting data governance in the banking sector.

• Strong data and analytical skills.

• Advanced expertise in data governance tools (e.g., Collibra).

• Expertise with modern data stack/tools (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks).

• Strong knowledge of metadata management, data cataloguing, and lineage.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Professional certification in data governance or data management (e.g., CDMP/DAMA) is beneficial.

• Ability to translate technical concepts into business language.

Experience

• 5+ years’ experience in Securities Services.

• 8+ years’ experience in Financial Services.

• Experience in Product organizations in prior role(s).

• Global operational experience.

• Prior experience working in data and/or technology – familiarity with tools, tech stack (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Collibra, etc.).

Outcomes expected from the role:

• Build and embed a modern data governance framework into the data products eco-system.

• Maintain up-to-date understanding of data governance tools, standards, and changes in the modern data landscape.

• Ensure appropriate governance and audit trail on documentation of all key decisions and actions.

Split of role:

• Data governance strategy design, development, and execution: 90%

• Market / Client interaction: 10%

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