Director Data Management Pune (India)

Live Connections; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Live Connections is seeking a senior leader to establish and run a centralized Data Operations & Stewardship CoE in India, directing team structure, hiring, capacity planning, and SOP development to drive governance execution.

You will define a transparent engagement model and service catalog for Investment, Operations and Client stakeholders, and partner with the Data Office to implement governance frameworks, policies, and controls in alignment with Data 360 strategy.

Responsibilities

• Stand up and lead a centralized Data Operations & Stewardship CoE in India, including team structure and capacity management.
• Establish a transparent CoE engagement model and service catalog for Investment, Operations, and Client stakeholders.
• Implement stewardship role in partnership with Data Office to implement governance frameworks, policies and controls.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise Data 360 strategy and Data Office priorities.
• Lead a team of data stewards responsible for metadata, critical data elements, lineage documentation, and glossaries.
• Drive issue identification, triage, and remediation across operational and investment data flows.
• Maintain consistent definitions, taxonomies, and stewardship models in Collibra.
• Serve as the functional owner of Collibra, managing workflows, governance models, and integrations.
• Partner with Data Engineering and Technology teams to enhance lineage, metadata ingestion, and automation capabilities.
• Oversee data quality dashboards, scorecards, and exception management tools.
• Engage with Investment, Product, Operations, Client Management, Risk, and Compliance teams to understand data requirements and challenges.

Job description

Data Operations & Steward Leadership

Stand up and lead a centralized Data Operations & Stewardship CoE in India, including team structure, hiring/skill development, capacity management, and standard operating procedures for stewardship execution.

Establish a transparent CoE engagement model and service catalog for Investment, Operations, and Client stakeholders (intake, prioritization, execution, and reporting). Implement and operationalize stewardship role in partnership with Data Office to implement Data Governance frameworks, policies, and control structures across Investment, Client, and Operations domains.

Ensure alignment with enterprise Data 360 strategy and Data Office priorities.

Data Stewardship Oversight

Lead a team of data stewards responsible for business metadata, critical data elements, lineage documentation, data quality rules, and business glossaries.

Drive issue identification, triage, and remediation across operational and investment data flows.

Maintain consistent definitions, taxonomies, and stewardship models in Collibra.

Collibra and Metadata Management

Serve as the functional owner of Collibra, managing workflows, governance models, and integrations.

Partner with Data Engineering and Technology teams to enhance lineage, metadata ingestion, and automation capabilities.

Oversee data quality dashboards, scorecards, and exception management tools.

Cross-Functional Stakeholder Engagement

Partner with Investment Team, Product, Operations, Client Management, Risk, and Compliance teams to understand data requirements and business challenges.

Collaborate with the Chief Data Office and engineering teams to align governance initiatives with platform and pipeline roadmaps.

Represent the Data Stewardship function in forums, councils, and architecture discussions.

Engage with Investment, Technology, and Client Management stakeholders across Institutional and SMA business lines to navigate varying product and system flows, applying tailored govern .