Data Domain Steward - Governance & Quality Champion Hybrid

Vanguard; Malvern (Chester County); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is hiring a Domain Data Steward in Malvern to steward assigned USDI data domains, ensuring trusted, well-defined data fit for operation and analytics. You will partner with Data Product Managers,Domain Owners, and Data Engineering to maintain metadata, lineage, and quality across critical data assets.

You will monitor data quality, respond to data issues, and support governance processes while translating business feedback into prioritized work items in an agile environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data management, information systems, finance, business or related field.
• 5–7 years of experience in data stewardship, governance, data management, business analysis, or Personal Wealth Management operations.
• Hands-on SQL proficiency for data profiling, validation, lineage tracing, and issue investigation.
• Working knowledge of PWM domains such as client onboarding, household hierarchies, trust/fiduciary accounting, portfolio accounting, performance reporting, or advisor servicing.
• Experience collaborating with business stakeholders, Data Product Managers, and Data Engineering teams in an agile environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Data Product Managers, stakeholders and data consumers to understand business requirements and data needs.
• Translate business friction points into backlog items and enhancement requests.
• Apply data trust standards, validation rules, and definitions to domain data assets.
• Respond to questions and build confidence in certified data products.
• Promote consistent usage of definitions and trusted data sources.
• Conduct data profiling, validation, and investigation using SQL and data quality tools.
• Monitor data quality KPIs and support remediation activities.
• Triage data defects and investigate root causes with Data Engineering.
• Validate end-to-end data flows across platforms and warehouses.
• Maintain metadata, data elements, and lineage documentation.
• Ensure adherence to governance policies and controls.
• Support data ownership documentation and stewardship activities.
• Participate in governance forums representing domain concerns.
• Apply data protection standards and privacy controls as defined by governance teams.
• Support audit and compliance activities with traceable documentation.
• Collaborate with Risk, Compliance, and Information Security teams on policy compliance.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Analytical skills

Communication

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree (Data Management/Information Systems/Finance/Business)

Tools

Data quality tools

Data lineage tooling

Job description

Vanguard is hiring a Domain Data Steward in Malvern to steward assigned USDI data domains, ensuring trusted, well-defined data fit for operation and analytics. You will partner with Data Product Managers,Domain Owners, and Data Engineering to maintain metadata, lineage, and quality across critical data assets.

You will monitor data quality, respond to data issues, and support governance processes while translating business feedback into prioritized work items in an agile environment.