Director, Data Governance

Geode Capital Management; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K Matching

Annual Profit Sharing

Tuition Reimbursement

Hybrid work arrangements

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Geode Capital Management is hiring a Director, Data Governance in Boston to lead the firm’s data governance framework, standards, and stewardship. You will ensure data is labeled, secure, and leveraged for analytics and reporting, partnering with senior technology leaders to align data initiatives with business goals.

The role emphasizes regulatory readiness, data quality, and a strategic, cross-functional approach across the organization.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or a related field within the Asset Management or Financial Services industry.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain data standards to ensure data is clearly cataloged, secure, appropriately classified, interoperable, and effectively disseminated.
• Enhance data quality standards to ensure high levels of data integrity for technology platforms and business use.
• Lead data stewardship and ownership initiatives, ensuring clear accountability for data assets.
• Collaborate across the organization to create sustainable data flow diagrams that clearly illustrate how data is sourced, transformed, and managed, including variants and sources of truth.
• Serve as a strategic partner to senior technology leaders, providing governance expertise and data-driven insights that shape enterprise data strategy, priorities, and long-term vision.
• Establish and optimize data processes that are consistent, well-modeled, and integrated across systems and teams.
• Support regulatory compliance, risk management, and audit readiness through strong data governance practices.
• Promote a data-driven culture by enabling high-quality data for operational excellence, business insights, and decision-making.
• Provide thought leadership and stay current on industry best practices in data governance and data management.

Skills

Data governance

Data management

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Communication

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Tools

Collibra

Informatica Axon

Alation

Atacama

Talend

Trillium

Informatica Data Quality

Tableau

Power BI

Looker

Apache Airflow

Alteryx

DataOps

MDM

Job description

Geode Capital Management is a global systematic investment manager.

With a robust infrastructure and talented investment professionals, Geode offers clients the scale of a large asset management firm, with benefits of a versatile platform - flexibility and customization. Our firm is able to offer institutional investors the essential building blocks for today's changing investment landscape.

The talent we hire at Geode today helps us shape the future of investment management tomorrow, while allowing individuals to thrive and grow in a positive dynamic environment. Geode seeks to enhance the employee experience with a culture of engagement, wellness, and inclusion.

Our headquarters are located in Boston’s financial district, the center of one of the world’s most vibrant finance and technology hubs.

Workplace Inclusion Statement:Geode recognizes the value that employees' individual differences can bring to the workplace. These differences may include attributes such as gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or age, and may also include differences in styles of work, communications or thinking. The firm endeavors to createan inclusive work environment:

• That supports the firm’s beliefs, values and business objectives
• That fully leverages all employees' contributions to Geode's success
• Where employees are treated with dignity and respect
• That challenges employees to grow and develop professionally
• That fosters innovation and creativity
• That encourages employees to demonstrate initiative, individual responsibility and teamwork to achieve business goals

Partnerships:

Geode supports inclusivity and gender equality through various corporate partnerships. In addition, Geode supports many other organizations that coincide with our mission to enhance our community.

EMPLOYEE CONNECTION THROUGH EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS

Our people are our greatest asset. As a firm, we all come together daily for a morning meeting where we review market highlights and share any firm updates or announcements.

Our Employee Resource Groups provide opportunities for our employees to connect internally and externally, create informal mentoring relationships and strengthen their leadership skills.

The Geode Women's Exchange Network (WE!)

The Geode Women’s Exchange’s mission is to motivate, challenge, encourage and support Geode's employees with a focus on Geode's female representation. WE! is designed to help female professionals both personally and professionally, as well as be a resource to others at the firm and to give back to those less fortunate outside of the firm.

Geode Diversity and Inclusion (GDI)

GDI encourages a positive work environment by actively contributing to Geode’s mission and, values and promoting diversity and inclusion. GDI helps to further enhance the Geode community and focuses on efforts such as internal and external awareness building, community engagement and professional development.

Geode EVOLVE - Employee Experience Working Team

EVOLVE's mission is to establish firm initiatives around culture, value and purpose to shape the future of work and create initiatives that make Geode a great place to work.

Geode Capital Management provides a generous and comprehensive benefit package. In addition to our Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance plans, we offer:

• 401K Matching and Annual Profit Sharing Contributions
• $2,500 annual charitable match
• Health Savings Accounts
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Tuition Reimbursement / CFA and Certificate Reimbursements
• Student Debt Employer Contributions
• Fitness Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Generous Time off package that includes PTO and Volunteer Time Off
• Adoption and Surrogacy Assistance
• Supplemental Benefits including Voluntary Life, AD&D, STD and LTD
• Commuter Benefits including 50% share of transit expense
• Employee discount programs
• Volunteer opportunities and employee events
• Family care assistance
• Hybrid working arrangements

Position: Director, Data Governance

Location: Boston, MA

Job Id:463

# of Openings:1

Geode Capital Management, LLC is seeking a talented and driven Director, Data Governance responsible for establishing and leading a comprehensive data governance framework. This includes ensuring data is consistently labeled, clean, secure, accessible, and effectively utilized across the organization. The role defines and enforces policies, standards, and responsibilities that uphold data quality and integrity, enabling operational excellence, insightful analytics, and impactful reporting. Collaboration with senior leadership ensures alignment of data governance initiatives with Geode’s strategic objectives, positioning data as a trusted and valuable asset. This role reports to the Head of Portfolio Performance & Analytics.

This role is based out of our office in Boston, Massachusetts. You are required to follow the firm’s policy on in-office attendance. Our current policy requires in-office attendance on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and then provides an option to work remotely on Monday and Friday.Please note that Geode may alter this policy at any time.

Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain data standards to ensure data is clearly cataloged, secure, appropriately classified, interoperable, and effectively disseminated.
• Enhance data quality standards to ensure high levels of data integrity for technology platforms and business use.
• Lead data stewardship and ownership initiatives, ensuring clear accountability for data assets.
• Collaborate across the organization to create sustainable data flow diagrams that clearly illustrate how data is sourced, transformed, and managed, including variants and sources of truth.
• Serve as a strategic partner to senior technology leaders, providing governance expertise and data-driven insights that shape enterprise data strategy, priorities, and long-term vision.
• Establish and optimize data processes that are consistent, well-modeled, and integrated across systems and teams.
• Support regulatory compliance, risk management, and audit readiness through strong data governance practices.
• Promote a data-driven culture by enabling high-quality data for operational excellence, business insights, and decision-making.
• Provide thought leadership and stay current on industry best practices in data governance and data management.

Skills You Bring:

• 10+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or a related field within the Asset Management or Financial Services industry
• Proven track record of implementing enterprise-wide data governance frameworks and driving data quality improvements
• Experience working with cross-functional teams to align data governance with business and technology strategies
• Data Governance Platforms: Expertise in tools such as Collibra, Informatica Axon, Alation, or Atacama for managing data catalogs, lineage, stewardship, and policy enforcement
• Data Quality & Profiling: Experience with data quality assessment tools (e.g., Talend, Trillium, Informatica Data Quality) to monitor, cleanse, and standardize data
• Metadata Management: Strong understanding of metadata frameworks and tools to ensure data traceability and transparency
• Data Architecture: Familiarity with enterprise data architecture, including data lakes, data warehouses, and data mesh principles
• Cloud Platforms: Proficiency in cloud-based data ecosystems such as AWS (Glue, Redshift, Lake Formation), Azure (Purview, Synapse), or Google Cloud (BigQuery, Data Catalog)
• Data Security & Privacy: Knowledge of data encryption, access controls, data masking, and compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and other data privacy regulations
• Programming & Query Languages: Proficiency in SQL, Python, and R for data manipulation, validation, and automation
• Data Visualization & Reporting: Experience with Tableau, Power BI, or Looker to create dashboards that monitor data quality and governance KPIs
• Workflow & Automation Tools: Familiarity with Apache Airflow, Alteryx, or DataOps platforms for orchestrating data governance workflows
• Master Data Management (MDM): Understanding of MDM principles and tools to ensure consistency and accuracy of key business entities.
• Strategic thinker with strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization
• Passion for data quality, integrity, and enabling data-driven decision-making
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to translate complex data governance concepts into business-friendly language
• Skilled in stakeholder engagement, meeting facilitation, and cross-functional collaboration
• A motivated team player who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

Company Overview:

Founded in 2001, Geode is headquartered in Boston’s financial district, the center of one of the world’s most vibrant finance and technology hubs and employs approximately 200 employees.

Geode is an institutional asset manager providing core beta exposures across a range of equity and niche asset classes, with over $1.5 trillion. With robust infrastructure and experienced investment professionals, Geode offers the scale of a large asset management firm with the benefits of a smaller organization.

Our compensation philosophy is designed to attract, motivate, and retain top talent. We are committed to ensuring that compensation reflects the value our employees bring to Geode. Employees at all levels are eligible to receive a combination of base salary, variable compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package. Compensation decisions are informed by a range of factors including role, experience, education, and skillset.

Our benefits program is designed to support employees both professionally and personally, offering comprehensive health coverage, 401(k) matching, annual profit sharing, paid parental leave, and generous time off. We also provide tuition and certification reimbursement, student loan support, fitness reimbursement, commuter subsidy, charitable donation matching, family care assistance including a backup care benefit, adoption and surrogacy support. Hybrid work arrangements and a culture that encourages community engagement through volunteer opportunities and employee events further enhance the employee experience at Geode.

Geode is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and support a diversified work environment. Learn more about Geode at www.geodecapital.com/careers .

Geode is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we recognize the value that employees' individual differences can bring to the workplace.

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