Assistant Director - Data Governance

Moody's Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 104,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Parental leave

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Accident insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Moody's Corporation is seeking a data governance-focused professional to drive data integrity across critical relationship data domains. You will define standards, business rules, and metadata, partnering with business and technology stakeholders to ensure trusted data assets.

The role emphasizes data quality initiatives, governance artifacts, and master/reference data practices to improve consistency and usability across the Data Estate organization.

Qualifications

• Experience owning data domains (Ownership, Individuals, Sanctions) and regulatory attributes.
• Proven data governance, quality, and management experience.
• Strong understanding of DQM, MDM, and metadata concepts.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain data standards, business rules, and data quality controls.
• Collaborate with business and tech stakeholders on data definitions and ownership.
• Lead data quality measurements, root cause analyses, and remediation projects.
• Create governance artifacts: glossaries, metadata, definitions, and docs.
• Support master/reference data practices to improve data consistency.
• Track governance issues and push for timely resolution and escalation.
• Facilitate governance forums and promote data accountability and adoption.
• Support strategic data transformation and process improvements.

Skills

Ownership data

Data governance

Data quality

Metadata management

Data lineage

SQL

AI concepts

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (Data Management/Info Management/CS)

DAMA Certified Data Management Professional (preferred)

Tools

Metadata tooling

Data catalog

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.

Skills And Competencies

• Experience working with Ownership, Individuals, or Sanctions data, including management of complex ownership structures, entity relationships, individual/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 data governance, quality, and integrity across critical relationship data domains to ensure trusted and well-managed data assets.

• 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 across the Data Estate organization

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 turns 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. For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $103,800.00 - $150,600.00, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moody’s also offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion or creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Moody’s also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief in accordance with applicable laws. If you need to inquire about a reasonable accommodation, or need assistance with completing the application process, please email [e-mail]. This contact information is for accommodation requests only, and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For San Francisco positions, qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. This position may be considered a promotional opportunity, pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. 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.