Assistant Vice President - Analytics Data Steward

Synchrony; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Synchrony seeks an AVP, Analytics Data Steward to operationalize governance standards across the organization. This role partners with Risk and IT to drive data handling, privacy, and transmission controls, enabling risk reduction and regulatory readiness.

The incumbent will support data discovery, DSAR processes, and data sharing with third parties while maintaining audit-ready documentation. The role focuses on analytics governance, KPI/KRIs, and governance reporting to monitor throughput,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 7+ years of Data Management experience in lieu of degree
• 5+ years in technology, finance or analytics
• 3+ years in data governance, privacy governance, or risk/compliance
• Experience in data governance, privacy, data stewardship, or data sharing oversight
• Ability to translate business requirements into operational workflows
• Experience defining KPIs/KRIs

Responsibilities

• Support Data Governance expansion through training and stewardship
• Oversee PII data discovery, scoping, triage and remediation actions
• Support DSAR and data privacy rights processing in line with privacy OLAs
• Oversee outbound data sharing governance with third parties and approvals
• Collaborate with Legal, IT Security, and Supplier Management for risk assessment
• Develop governance analytics, dashboards and executive summaries
• Standardize governance documents and training materials
• Participate in platform defect and data issue analysis and triage

Skills

Data governance

Privacy governance

Risk mitigation

Data discovery

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

AVP, Analytics Data Steward (L10)

Job Description: Role Title: AVP, Analytics Data Steward (L10)

Company Overview

Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industrys most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more. We have recently been ranked #2 among Indias Best Companies to Work for by Great Place to Work. We were among the Top 50 Indias Best Workplaces in Building a Culture of Innovation by All by GPTW and Top 25 among Best Workplaces in BFSI by GPTW. We have also been recognized by AmbitionBox Employee Choice Awards among the Top 20 Mid-Sized Companies, ranked #3 among Top Rated Companies for Women, and Top-Rated Financial Services Companies. We provide best-in-class employee benefits and programs that cater to work-life integration and overall well-being. We provide career advancement and upskilling opportunities, focusing to take up leadership roles.

Organizational Overview

Synchronys Chief Data Office (CDO) is a team of data management and analytics professionals dedicated to improving customer and partner experiences and optimizing business performance. We enable enterprise data strategy through strong data governance and management practices.

Role Summary/Purpose

The AVP, Analytics Data Steward supports enterprise Data Governance, data privacy and data transmission operations by partnering with Risk (i.e., Legal/Compliance) and IT stakeholders (i.e., Information Security) to operationalize governance standards and controls across the organization. The role enables consistent data handling practices through stewardship support, process execution, training, and documentation, and provides analytics and reporting to monitor throughput, quality, compliance, and program adoption. This position contributes to risk reduction and regulatory readiness by supporting PII data discovery governance, outbound data sharing oversight, consumer rights (e.g., DSAR) process enablement, issue triage and remediation coordination, and maintenance of audit-ready evidence and documentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Data Governance Team to expand program adoption across Synchrony through communication, training, and support of the oversight community, including training/workshop coordination and stewardship support.
• Support PII data discovery and scoping operations (where applicable), including scan monitoring/triage, exception management, and coordination of remediation actions with responsible teams.
• Support consumer rights / DSAR operational processes (as applicable), including fulfillment of CCPA/CPRA right-to-access and right-to-erasure requests in alignment with internal Privacy OLAs.
• Support outbound data sharing governance with third parties by managing the request process and overseeing the workflow, expediting emergency requests, supporting process questions/issues, and ensuring timely progression through required approvals.
• Communicate requirements for workflow enhancements with the Data Sourcing team and conduct UAT testing of workflow changes as well as the impact of platform upgrades
• Routinely engage with the Supplier Management, Legal, and Information Security teams to support timely risk assessment coordination, issue resolution, and completion of required approvals.
• Support governance automation and workflow optimization initiatives to reduce manual effort in risk intake, assessment, tracking, and reporting.
• Develop and maintain governance analytics and reporting, including operational and risk KPIs/KRIs, dashboarding, and executive summaries of operational throughput, compliance, remediation progress, and program adoption.
• Identify process efficiencies/deficiencies using data and operational insights; produce recommendations, propose control enhancements, and support implementation of process improvements AND standardization.
• Participate in the analysis of platform defects and data issues; support triage, root cause documentation, remediating planning and execution tracking.
• Manage the development, enhancement and standardization of governance documentation (policies, procedures, playbooks, job aids) and training materials; review training completion/usage statistics and recommend enablement improvements.

Required Skills/Knowledge

• Bachelors degree; a minimum of 5+ years experience in technology, finance or analytics or in lieu of a degree with 7+ years of relevant Data Management experience 3+ years of experience in data governance, privacy governance, or risk mitigation/compliance Experience supporting data governance and privacy activities such as data discovery, data stewardship operations, and data transmission/outbound data sharing oversight Ability to translate business requirements into operational workflows Experience with defining KPIs/KRIs .