Data Product Implementation Lead

ntrs; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 96,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust in Chicago, IL, seeks a data governance specialist to lead enterprise-wide data standard initiatives and ensure data quality across domains. The role emphasizes implementing data governance policies, partnering with data owners and stewards, and ensuring reliable data for decision making.

Qualifications include strong communication, analytical thinking, and the ability to resolve conflicts while driving improvements and balancing risk with business value.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of data governance and data domain concepts.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven facilitation and conflict resolution abilities.
• Ability to analyze complex data and drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Develop tools and processes to maintain a common data standard across the organization.
• Define and deliver data governance standards, processes and controls.
• Coordinate data quality remediation to ensure data meets enterprise standards.
• Collaborate with data owners and custodians to balance value, risk and cost.
• Provide leadership and guidance to staff to promote collaboration.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality management

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Conflict resolution

Job description

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

• 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.