Data Quality Senior Lead - Senior Vice President

Citi; Taguig; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Data Quality Senior Lead to oversee enterprise data quality controls, metrics, and exception management. You will partner with data producing teams to certify authoritative sources and remediate data issues across multiple systems.

The role requires deep experience in data governance, risk management, and cross‑functional leadership to define standards, communicate results, and ensure regulatory compliance while protecting Citi's reputation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Banking or Finance data roles.
• Proven data quality program design and implementation.
• Excellent written and verbal communications with stakeholders.
• Ability to influence across senior levels and drive consensus.
• Strong data governance, lineage, and controls mindset.
• Experience with risk management and regulatory considerations.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Exception Management: manage the full lifecycle of data exceptions and remediation plans.
• Stakeholder & Relationship Management: liaise with data stakeholders across the firm to drive data quality resolution.
• Project & Initiative Leadership: lead project management for resolution of complex data exceptions.
• Metrics, Reporting, and Escalation: oversee data quality metrics and reporting and ensure proper escalation.
• Risk & Control Adherence: assess risk and escalate control issues with transparency.

Skills

Change Management

Data Analysis

Data Governance

Data Lineage

Data Management

Data Quality

Internal Controls

Management Reporting

Program Management

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor's/University degree

Master's degree preferred

Job description

The Data Quality Senior Lead is accountable for the management and execution of continuous Data Quality standards, controls, metrics, and Data Exception Management. This role oversees firm-wide controls, setting parameters and guidelines for measurement, evaluation, adoption, and communications of Data Quality and Data Quality risk. This role will work alongside data-producing teams to monitor and certify authoritative data sources and remediate data concerns. This role may serve as the subject matter expert for the end-to-end management of exceptions generated from Data Quality Rules, Transaction Testing, and/or Reconciliation based exceptions, responsible for the expert triage, in-depth root cause analysis, and coordinated resolution of these complex, often multi-system, data breaks.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Exception Management: Manage the full lifecycle of data exceptions related to Data Quality Rule, Transaction Testing and/or Reconciliations, including classification, root cause analysis, issue prioritization, and the development and execution of remediation plans to implement effective tactical and strategic solutions.
• Stakeholder & Relationship Management: Manage senior relationships with Data stakeholders across the firm to develop, execute, and implement Data Quality management capabilities. Liaise with various business and technology areas to understand data challenges, drive data quality resolution, and lead data improvement initiatives.
• Project & Initiative Leadership: Lead project management activities for the resolution of complex exceptions, creating presentation materials and providing status updates to support senior management's strategic vision.
• Metrics, Reporting, and Escalation: Oversee the consumption of metrics and reporting related to assigned exception types. Ensure all Data Quality issues are accurately reported and escalated through Citi's official Data/Issue management processes.
• Risk & Control Adherence: Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup. Drive compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations by adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment, and escalating control issues with transparency.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience, Banking or Finance industry preferred
• Experience defining and implementing data quality programs
• Communicates effectively, develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences; able to drive consensus, and influence relationships at all levels
• Collaborates effectively by building partnerships and working well with others to meet shared objectives
• Strong negotiation, influencing and stakeholder management skills across a variety of stakeholders at different levels
• Optimizes work processes by balancing effective / efficient processes with a focus on continuous improvement. Demonstrates ability to balance between seeing the “big picture” while paying close attention to detail
• Organizational savvy: understands systems, management processes, knows where to go for information and how to interpret them.

Education

• Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred

Job Family Group

Data Governance

Job Family

Data Quality & Data Quality Analytics and Reporting

Time Type

Full time

Most Relevant Skills

• Change Management
• Data Analysis
• Data Governance
• Data Lineage
• Data Management
• Data Quality
• Internal Controls
• Management Reporting
• Program Management
• Risk Management

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