Enterprise Data Management & Data Quality Lead
- Location: Toronto, ON – Onsite (4/5 days)
- Pay Rate: $82.39/hr – $95.23/hr
- Contract Length: 12 Months with possibility for extension
We at Raise are hiring an Enterprise Data Management & Data Quality Lead for one of our top clients. After establishing themselves as an industry leader, they’re now expanding their team to meet rising demand. We’re hiring right now; if you’re interested, apply below for your chance to join a great place to work
Responsibilities:
Enterprise Data Strategy & Governance:
- Develop and execute the Asset Management Enterprise Data Management strategy.
- Define the target-state operating model for investment data governance and stewardship.
- Establish enterprise data standards, policies, control frameworks, and governance processes.
- Create the vision and roadmap for trusted "golden source" investment data across the organization.
- Lead prioritization of critical data initiatives and quality improvement programs.
Data Ownership & Stewardship Framework:
- Establish enterprise data ownership and stewardship models across critical investment data domains.
- Identify and align business domain owners responsible for data quality, governance, and operational accountability.
- Lead workshops with business stakeholders to define domain-specific data quality requirements, critical data elements, validation rules, and acceptance criteria.
- Design governance processes that ensure ongoing ownership, monitoring, and continuous improvement of data quality controls.
- Create accountability frameworks for maintaining trusted golden source data across the enterprise.
- Ensure business validation rules are embedded within the data ecosystem and operationalized through automated controls and monitoring processes.
- Develop domain-level scorecards and data quality metrics to measure adherence to established standards.
Data Quality Framework Design
- Design and implement enterprise data quality standards and business validation frameworks.
- Define strategic controls across security master, reference data, pricing, benchmark data, positions, transactions, and corporate actions.
- Establish critical data elements, data quality metrics, thresholds, KPIs, KRIs, and reporting standards.
- Create scalable exception management and remediation processes.
- Define data certification and sign-off processes for investment data consumers.
Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
- Partner with senior business leaders to understand data consumption requirements and translate them into enterprise controls.
- Lead workshops with portfolio managers, traders, operations, risk, and compliance teams to capture and rationalize business validation rules.
- Act as the senior escalation point for critical data quality incidents.
- Influence organizational adoption of enterprise data governance practices.
- Provide leadership and mentorship to analysts, data stewards, and project team members.
Investment Data Domain Ownership
- Serve as SME for:
- Security Master
- Reference Data
- Pricing & Valuation Data
- Benchmarks & Index Data
- Positions & Holdings
- Transaction Data
- Corporate Actions
- Portfolio & Account Hierarchies
- Ensure business rules are embedded into enterprise platforms and workflows.
- Drive consistency across upstream and downstream data consumers
Technology & Platform Enablement
- Partner with engineering teams to operationalize data quality controls within Databricks and Azure environments.
- Guide architecture and integration decisions impacting investment data.
- Collaborate with teams supporting Bloomberg, BNY Eagle, FactSet, and other investment platforms.
- Promote automation and continuous monitoring of data quality controls.
- Define functional requirements for future-state EDM capabilities
Must Have Requirement:
- 10-15+ years of investment data management experience.
- Proven experience leading Enterprise Data Management initiatives within:
- Asset Management
- Wealth Management
- Pension Funds
- Institutional Investment Firms
- Major Financial Institutions
- Demonstrated experience building Security Master or Enterprise Data Management capabilities from the ground up
- Experience defining enterprise data governance frameworks and operating models.
- Strong understanding of investment workflows and downstream data consumption
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and executive sponsors.
- Track record of creating enterprise standards and governance processes.
- Experience managing enterprise-wide data transformation programs
- Expert experience with:
- Databricks
- Microsoft Azure
- SQL and advanced data analysis
- Bloomberg
- BNY Eagle
- FactSet
- Data Governance Platforms
- Data Quality Monitoring Solutions
- Demonstrated experience establishing Data Ownership and Data Stewardship frameworks within Asset Management, Wealth Management, or institutional investment environments.
- Proven track record of partnering with business domain owners to define critical data elements, data quality standards, and governance processes.
- Experience implementing operating models that produce trusted "golden copy" or "golden source" investment data for enterprise consumption.
- Experience creating accountability frameworks for data quality management across multiple business domains.
Nice to Have:
- Previous leadership experience at firms such as pension funds, asset managers, global banks, or institutional investment firms.
- Experience supporting cloud-based data modernization initiatives.
- Knowledge of data lineage, metadata management, and master data management solutions.
- Python, Spark, and advanced analytics experience.
- Exposure to both Asset Management and Wealth Management business models.
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