Lead Data Governance Architect

Position Summary: We are a fast-growing FinTech company that is looking for a highly skilled Data Governance Lead to join our team. As part of our Data & Analytics team, you will be responsible for architecting and designing our organization's data governance framework. You will work closely with other teams within technology and business to ensure that we have a best in class foundation for a data driven future.

The Data Governance Lead should be a hands-on expert in designing, documenting and implementing the information governance for a data driven enterprise. This role requires strong interpersonal skills due to close interactions with business and technology stakeholders at all levels with varying technical backgrounds in a fast-paced work environment.

• Lead the creation, design and rollout of comprehensive information governance strategy for Triumph at the enterprise level

• Work with stakeholders to establish a governance culture and framework

• Define and document standards, policies and procedures related to data governance

• Establish data ownership and stewardship guidelines

• Build a best in class data quality framework to enhance and monetize data assets

• Collaborate with engineering teams across the enterprise to help implement policies and procedures

• Establish and lead cross-functional committee for data governance program management

• Help evaluate and implement tools to automate governance tasks

• Work closely with Information Info Sec, Compliance, Risk, Legal, Data and Engineering teams to assess risk, formulate standards and maintain compliance

• Mentor and develop analysts and others as required

The successful candidate possess subject matter expertise, technical experience and skills, leadership skills, analytical and critical thinking skills, and attention to detail.  Additionally, the ideal candidate should possess the following:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business or a related field (or equivalent work experience).

• 8-10 years experience as a data governance lead or architect at mid to large sized enterprises

• Expertise in all aspects of modern data governance principles

• Experience automating data governance processes and workflows using market leading tools like Atlan, Alation, or Collibra

• Good understanding of current privacy and compliance regulations like CCPA, GDPR, etc.

• Good knowledge of information security principles and technologies

• Expertise with data lake, data warehouses and cloud-based ecosystems like Snowflake

• Experience with data cataloging, inventory metadata and classification techniques and artifacts

• Familiarity with data quality principles

• Experience working with various modern data tools like Matillion, DBT, Airflow, etc.

• Data stewardship experience a plus

• Knowledge of data engineering design concepts, ETL/ELT processes

• Ability to produce dashboards using tools like PowerBI

• Extensive experience with SQL and relational databases

• Experience working within Agile software development methodology

• Ability to generate and maintain technical documentation is required

• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team.

• Self-motivated with the ability to work individually or in a team

• Ability to leverage tools to perform day-to-day administration tasks, root-cause analysis and service restoration (such as backup, restore, failover, log interpretation, and performance monitoring)

• Ability to multitask and manages work effectively by prioritizing own assignments, schedules, and meetings resulting in timely completion of work.

• High degree of personal integrity.

• The applicant should be eager to learn and obtain technical certification.

• Must be able to receive and follow instructions given by management.

• Must have the ability develop solutions to unique problems.

The work environment characteristics described here maybe encountered while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be physically capable to stoop, bend, lift up to 20 lbs to place technology supplies and computers and related equipment onto racks, desks, counters and into cabinets and onto storage shelves, etc.

• Moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic).

• Ability to work in a confined area.

• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time. Occasional stooping or kneeling may be necessary.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear and use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and telephone.

• Specific vision abilities are required by this job due to computer work.

• Regular, predictable attendance is required.

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