Data & Integration Strategy Transformation Lead

Highspring; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 109,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Highspring is seeking an experienced transformation consultant to guide clients through multi-workstream programs, including financial services and regulatory initiatives. You will collaborate with senior teams, lead workshops, and translate complex data into actionable delivery plans.

The role requires onsite availability 1–3 days per week at client sites in McLean, VA, with a focus on governance, risk, and strategic execution. A background in consulting and financial services is preferred.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems or related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in consulting or complex financial services, FinTech, insurance, brokerage, Fortune 500 Tech environment.
• Strong communication, leadership communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to go onsite to clients ~1-3 days per week.
• Ability to assess and map complex data environments across customer, account, product, transactional, and regulatory datasets.
• Strong critical thinking skills to reconcile conflicting data definitions, ownership models, and legacy platform inconsistencies.
• Where appropriate, ability to leverage automation or AI-enabled data profiling, lineage, and metadata tools to enhance transparency and efficiency.
• Ability to assess downstream impacts of system changes on controls, reporting, and compliance obligations.

Responsibilities

• Support large-scale programs and multi-workstream initiatives, ensuring alignment, disciplined execution, and measurable business outcomes.
• Partner with senior team members to execute strategic initiatives, transformation projects, leadership communications, and executive-ready recommendations.
• Lead client workshops, current-state assessments, requirements-gathering sessions, and executive presentations, drawing on prior experience in similar client-facing environments.
• Assess complex customer, account, product, transactional, regulatory, and operational environments to identify risks, define future-state requirements, and support successful integration outcomes.
• Translate ambiguous or fragmented business, data, process, and technology realities into clear recommendations, structured decision frameworks, and actionable delivery plans.

Skills

Strong communication

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Leadership communication

Project management

Education

BA/BS in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems or related discipline

Job description

Highspring is seeking an experienced transformation consultant to guide clients through multi-workstream programs, including financial services and regulatory initiatives. You will collaborate with senior teams, lead workshops, and translate complex data into actionable delivery plans.

The role requires onsite availability 1–3 days per week at client sites in McLean, VA, with a focus on governance, risk, and strategic execution. A background in consulting and financial services is preferred.