Director Data Steward

Phaxis; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Phaxis is seeking a senior leader with deep Capital Markets experience to drive data governance and data quality programs across Front, Middle, and Back Office functions. The role requires expert knowledge of sales and trading, and a proven track record coordinating data initiatives with technology teams to support risk, valuation, and reporting processes.

The successful candidate will lead data professionals, establish accountability, and influence senior stakeholders to drive governance and

Qualifications

• Senior management experience within Capital Markets.
• Strong knowledge of Sales & Trading and end-to-end trade lifecycle across Equities, Fixed Income, FX, Futures, and Derivatives.
• Proven experience leading Data Governance and Data Quality initiatives, including ownership, definitions, controls, standards, lineage, and processes.
• Ability to identify and resolve complex data issues by root cause analysis and cross-team remediation.
• Experience partnering with Technology to translate business needs into data and platform requirements.
• Proven leadership and stakeholder management across business and technology.

Skills

Capital Markets leadership

Sales & Trading knowledge

End-to-end trade lifecycle

Market data understanding

Data governance

Data quality initiatives

Root cause analysis

Business-IT collaboration

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Job description

• Senior management experience within Capital Markets, with strong knowledge of Sales & Trading and the end-to-end trade lifecycle across Equities, Fixed Income, FX, Futures, and Derivatives.
• Strong understanding of how critical Markets data is created, processed, and consumed across Front Office, Middle Office, Operations, Risk, Finance, and Regulatory functions, including trade, instrument, counterparty, pricing, position, settlement, and market data.
• Proven experience leading Data Governance and Data Quality initiatives, including establishing data ownership, business definitions, controls, standards, lineage, and processes to improve the accuracy and reliability of critical data.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve complex data issues by analyzing root causes, assessing business impact, prioritizing remediation, and driving solutions across business and technology teams.
• Strong experience partnering with Technology to translate business needs into data and platform requirements, define priorities, and shape solutions that support trading, operations, risk, valuation, and reporting processes.
• Proven leadership and stakeholder management skills, with experience managing data professionals and influencing senior stakeholders across business and technology organizations to establish accountability, implement governance, and drive organizational change.