Assistant Director-Data Governance

Moody's Corporation; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Moody’s Corporation seeks a Data Governance professional to drive control, quality and integrity of critical data assets within the Relationships domain. You will partner with business and technology teams to define standards and ensure data is trusted and ready for analytics.

You’ll contribute to governance artifacts, monitor data quality, and support master/reference data practices while advancing responsible data management across Moody’s Analytics products and processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Data Management, Information Management, Business, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Govern data assets across the Relationships domain to ensure trusted, well‑managed data.
• Define data standards, business rules, metadata, and ownership responsibilities in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Drive data quality initiatives through measurement, monitoring, root cause analysis, and remediation programs.
• Develop and maintain data governance artifacts including glossaries, metadata, data definitions, and governance documentation.
• Support master and reference data management practices to improve consistency, integrity, and usability of data assets.
• Track governance issues, risks, and actions, ensuring timely resolution and escalation where appropriate.
• Facilitate governance forums and influence stakeholders to promote data accountability and adoption of best practices.
• Contribute to strategic data transformation and process improvement initiatives.

Skills

Data ownership & sanctions

Data governance

MDM & metadata

Data quality controls

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

DAMA certification

Metadata management/tools

SQL knowledge

AI concepts curiosity

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

Job description

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody’s is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Skills And Competencies

• Experience working with Ownership, Individuals, or Sanctions data, including management of complex ownership structures, entity relationships, individual and contact information, and regulatory data attributes
• Proven experience in Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Management, or related disciplines
• Strong understanding of Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata Management, and Master Data Management principles
• Experience defining and implementing data quality controls, metrics, and remediation processes
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively across business and technology teams
• DAMA Certified Data Management Professional or related Data Management certification preferred
• Experience with metadata management, data lineage, data catalog, or data quality tooling preferred
• Familiarity with Structured Query Language and data analysis techniques preferred
• Basic understanding of artificial intelligence concepts, with curiosity and enthusiasm for learning how AI tools can be used to improve processes and drive efficiency. Interest in exploring AI systems and a willingness to develop awareness of responsible AI practices, including risk management and ethical use.

Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Data Management, Information Management, Business, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field

Responsibilities

Drive the governance, quality, and integrity of critical data assets across the Relationships domain to ensure trusted, well-managed, and business-ready data.

• Support governance of Ownership, Individuals, and Sanctions data domains by defining and maintaining data standards, business rules, critical data elements, metadata, and data quality controls to ensure data is trusted, consistent, and fit for purpose
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to define data requirements, business rules, data definitions, and ownership responsibilities
• Drive data quality initiatives through measurement, monitoring, root cause analysis, and remediation programs
• Develop and maintain data governance artifacts including business glossaries, metadata, data definitions, and governance documentation
• Support master and reference data management practices to improve consistency, integrity, and usability of data assets
• Track governance issues, risks, and actions, ensuring timely resolution and escalation where appropriate
• Facilitate governance forums and influence stakeholders to promote data accountability and adoption of best practices
• Contribute to strategic data transformation and process improvement initiatives

About The Team

The Data Estate team empowers trusted, scalable data capabilities that support Moody’s Analytics products and enable informed decision-making globally. As part of the Data Governance team, this role helps ensure that data is trusted, consistent, well understood, and used responsibly as a business asset. The team establishes governance policies, standards, decision rights, and accountability; supports data ownership and stewardship; develops shared data models; and strengthens data quality, metadata, lineage, reference and master data, and lifecycle practices. Working across business, product, data, technology, Legal, and Risk teams, the team transforms enterprise data strategy into practical ways of working that make data easier to find, understand, combine, protect, and use for products, analytics, artificial intelligence, regulatory compliance, and business decisions.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.