Data Steward Corporate Functions

BRAINS WORKGROUP, INC.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

BRAINS WORKGROUP, INC. in New York City seeks a Corporate Functions Data Steward to lead data governance for IT, People and Legal domains.

The role supports enterprise data standards, drives data quality, and collaborates with business and technology partners to deliver value in a hybrid work setup. The position requires deep knowledge of data governance, quality, and metadata management, with strong stakeholder engagement and regulatory awareness within the financial industry.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in a management role (Dir/ExecDir).
• 3+ years experience with Data Quality and Data Management.
• Experience with data design, data audit, data governance, HR, Procurement, IT or Legal a plus.

Responsibilities

• Translate enterprise strategies into actionable data management plans for Corporate Functions.
• Lead data initiatives by defining requirements and prioritizing projects.
• Ensure governance, quality controls and metadata management across IT, People and Legal domains.
• Engage with business contacts and technology partners to refine requirements.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Metadata management

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory knowledge

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical problem-solving

Communication skills

Financial industry experience

Job description

Our client, a major bank in New York City, is looking for Corporate Functions Data Steward

New York City Location.

This is hybrid commute, 5 days per 2 weeks in the office.

Salary range 200-250K, plus around 20% bonus, plus great benefits package.

Corporate Functions Data Steward

Bank’s data operating model comprises of enterprise-wide groups and federated data domains to drive accountability and management of data. The federated operating model ensures minimal overlaps and reduced hand-offs of data attributes across the data lifecycle.

Federated data domains (data domains) are defined according to the various types of data originated and consumed by the enterprise (transactional, derived and master/reference), and in such manner that there are no unclaimed or overlapping data elements between two domains. Their definition and structure aim to support Bank’s business activities and operations.

Data is clustered into federated domains with overall accountability and ownership for data quality, from origination to consumption. The Corporate Functions Data Domain will manage data related to Bank’s IT, People, and Legal functions.

Data Domains core responsibilities include definition and ownership of business use cases, serving as owners for and managing data within the domain (selected with view to exhaustively cover data within the enterprise with no overlaps), ensuring data satisfies the needs of data consumers, managing data quality assessments and remediation with source systems, expressing the data model and data definitions for the data elements within the domain, and participating in the enterprise data governance bodies.

Corporate Functions Data Steward

As the Corporate Functions Data Steward, you will serve as the strategic lead and subject matter expert for the Corporate Functions Data Domain, which encompasses IT, People, and Legal functions. Data Stewards are expected to operate as domain leaders, not coordinators.

You will act as the steward of the Bank’s core systems supporting IT, People (including all workforce types: permanent, contingent, and affiliates), and Legal processes, ensuring that data is accurate, accessible, and aligned with enterprise standards.

A key part of this role is to understand how Corporate Functions data is created and used across the organization so that you drive the definition of the Vision and strategy for key platforms supporting these domains (e.g., HR systems, procurement systems, IT service management tools, legal systems), ensuring alignment with business objectives and stakeholder expectations.

You will spend a significant amount of time directly engaging with business contacts to understand data requirements, usage, and challenges to be addressed by the data strategy as well as with the Technology partner to create, prioritize, and refine requirements to ensure the development team is always working on the most valuable features.

This role will manage the Data Stewards and Data Quality Analysts supporting the Corporate Functions Data Domain.

Responsibilities

Data Strategy & Governance

• Translate enterprise strategies into actionable data management plans for the Corporate Functions Data Domain (IT, People and Legal).
• Lead new data initiatives by defining business cases, gathering requirements, and prioritizing projects across the domain.
• Establish and maintain processes aligned with Enterprise Data Policy and Standards for domain data.
• Oversee access and provisioning of Corporate Functions data, including defining access controls, supporting data users, and ensuring compliance with Data Service Agreements and regulatory standards.
• Ensure that all Corporate Functions data is governed in accordance with enterprise policies and controls.

Data Architecture

• Manage the definition of golden sources and systems of record for data in scop, including HR systems, procurement systems, IT service management platforms, and legal systems.

Data dictionary

• Support stakeholders in defining, validating, and maintaining business definitions for data elements.
• Accountable for data lineage and technical metadata for data elements within domain.
• Identify need for changes in metadata within domain including impacts to workforce, IT operational, or legal data elements.

Data Quality

• Support stakeholders in developing and managing data quality controls for data within domain to satisfy consumer’s requirements.
• Oversee remediation of Data Quality issues through prioritizing issues to remediate; review and challenge remediation plans.

Demonstrated Skills

• Deep understanding of IT, People (including HR and procurement), and/or Legal data and systems.
• Fluency in data governance, data quality, and metadata management principles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate business needs into data solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and manage competing priorities.
• Experience with regulatory, workforce, security and legal requirements related to Financial industry.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in Management role (Dir/ExecDir)
• 3+ years experience with Data Quality and Data Management
• Experience with data design, data audit, data governance, HR, Procurement, IT or Legal a plus