Data Product Implementation Lead

Northern Trust; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 95,600 - 162,400; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust is seeking a data governance professional to lead standards, quality, and controls across the organization. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with business and technical teams to ensure data integrity and compliance with governance policies.

Responsibilities include driving data quality remediation, coordinating with data owners, and delivering programs that improve efficiency, reduce risk, and balance cost with business value.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of data governance and data domain.
• Ability to communicate governance concepts to business and technical teams.
• Experience with data quality management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Facilitation and conflict resolution skills.
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop tools and processes to maintain a common data standard across the organization.
• Define and deliver data governance standards, processes and controls for data dictionaries.
• Participate in reviews to ensure compliance with governance policies.
• Resolve conflicting priorities among data owners, consumers and custodians.
• Drive efficiency and risk mitigation by balancing business value and cost in data architecture.

Skills

Data Governance

Communication

Analytical

Problem-solving

Conflict Resolution

Facilitation

Job description

About Northern Trust

As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions.

Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.

With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Major Duties :1. Develop tools and processes used to maintain a common, data standard across the organization.

• Assess, manage, maintain strategies that reduce data redundancy and increases the consistency / confidence of data used for decision making; improving knowledge firm-wide.
• Define and deliver data management standards, processes and controls and content for the creation and maintenance of common data dictionaries.
• Participates in periodic reviews to ensure continued compliance with the data governance policies (includes compliance assessments, monitoring and control testing).
• Resolves conflicting priorities among data owners, data consumers and custodians within sphere of the domain.
• Drive efficiency and risk mitigation through balancing business value and cost working with data owners, and consumers to deliver an efficient operating model and data architecture.
• Collaborates with partners across the organization in maintaining the data governance and data quality structures ensuring we are meeting business needs while balancing quality, risk and cost.
• Coordinate and implement data quality remediation efforts to ensure data meets the standards identified by the enterprise.
• Experienced, functional expert with technical and/or business knowledge and functional expertise
• Carries out complex initiatives involving multiple disciplines and/or ambiguous issues
• Displays a balanced, cross-functional perspective, liaising with the business to help improve efficiency, effectiveness and productivity
• Strategic in developing, implementing and administering programs within functional areas
• Provides leadership and guidance to staff, fostering an environment that encourages employee participation, teamwork, and communication

Knowledge

• Strong understanding and capable of effectively communicating the role of Data Governance to both business and technical communities within the sphere of data domain; possess broad knowledge of the domain data
• Understand key business drivers of those functions which enter, modify, manage, and consume the data within domain
• Understand all aspects of defining and implementing data quality management
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Possess proven facilitation and conflict resolution skills
• Possess exceptional analytical, conceptual and problem-solving abilities
• Experience :Strong understanding and capable of effectively communicating the role of Data Governance to both business and technical communities within the sphere of data domain; possess broad knowledge of the domain data
• Understand key business drivers of those functions which enter, modify, manage, and consume the data within domain
• Understand all aspects of defining and implementing data quality management
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Possess proven facilitation and conflict resolution skills
• Possess exceptional analytical, conceptual and problem-solving abilities

Salary Range

$95,600 - 162,400 USD

Salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401k and pension), health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability), paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life & accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).

Working with Us

As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.

Philanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trust's history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.

Reasonable Accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at [e-mail], or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.