Domain Data Steward

Vanguard Group; United States; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking a Domain Data Steward to be the day‑to‑day guardian for USDI data domains such as Client & Household, Account, Portfolio & Performance, and Advisor. You’ll work with Data Product Managers, domain owners, and data engineers to ensure data is trusted, well‑defined, and fit for operational and analytical use.

You will monitor data quality, maintain metadata and lineage, support governance processes, and partner with stakeholders to improve confidence in enterprise data assets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data management, information systems, finance, business or related field.
• 5–7 years of experience in data stewardship, governance, management, business analysis or PWM operations.
• Hands‑on SQL proficiency for profiling, validation, lineage tracing and issue investigation.
• Working knowledge of PWM domains such as client onboarding, household hierarchies, trust/fiduciary accounting, portfolio accounting, performance reporting or advisor servicing.
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders in an agile delivery environment.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Data Product Managers, business stakeholders, and data consumers to understand business requirements, operational challenges, and data consumption needs.
• Translate business friction points and feedback into prioritized backlog items and enhancements.
• Apply data trust standards, validation rules, and business definitions to domain data assets.
• Respond to business questions and build day‑to‑day confidence in certified data products.
• Promote consistent usage of trusted data sources and definitions.
• Conduct data profiling, validation, and investigation using SQL and data quality tools to detect anomalies, schema drift, data defects, and pipeline issues.
• Monitor data quality KPIs, issue trends, and remediation activities to improve trust and usability.
• Triage data defects and work with Data Engineering to investigate root causes and fixes.
• Validate end‑to‑end data flows across platforms and environments.
• Maintain metadata, glossary definitions, and lineage documentation for assigned domains.
• Ensure adherence to data governance policies, standards and controls.
• Support data ownership documentation and stewardship activities within the domain.
• Represent domain data quality concerns in governance forums.
• Apply data protection standards and privacy controls as defined by governance, risk and security teams.
• Support audit, regulatory and compliance activities with complete documentation.
• Assist with data issue remediation and evidence collection related to risk and compliance.

Skills

Data Governance

SQL

Data Quality

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Management, Information Systems, Finance, Business or a related field

Tools

Data Quality Tools

Job description

The Domain Data Steward serves as the day‑to‑day steward for assigned USDI data domains (e.g., Client & Household, Account, Portfolio & Performance, Advisor, Alternative Products, or Reference Data). Working closely with Data Product Managers, Business Domain Owners, Data Engineering teams, and data consumers, this role ensures domain data is trusted, well‑defined, properly governed, and fit for operational and analytical use. The Domain Data Steward is responsible for monitoring data quality, maintaining domain metadata and lineage, supporting governance processes, investigating data issues, and partnering with stakeholders to improve confidence in enterprise data assets.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Data Product Managers, business stakeholders, and data consumers to understand business requirements, operational challenges, and data consumption needs.


• Support Data Product Managers by translating business friction points and consumer feedback into prioritized backlog items and enhancement requests.


• Apply established data trust standards, validation rules, and business definitions to domain data assets.


• Respond to business consumer questions and build day‑to‑day confidence in certified data products.


• Support adoption of approved data assets by promoting consistent usage of business definitions and trusted data sources.


• Conduct data profiling, validation, and investigation using SQL and data quality tools to detect anomalies, schema drift, data defects, and pipeline issues.


• Monitor domain data quality KPIs, issue trends, and exception reports; support remediation activities to improve data trust and usability.


• Triage domain data defects and partner with Data Engineering teams to investigate root causes and implement corrective actions.


• Validate end‑to‑end data flows across operational platforms, cloud data warehouses and analytical environments.


• Perform lineage validation and impact assessments for data changes, defects and enhancements.


• Maintain business glossary definitions, critical data elements, metadata and lineage documentation for assigned domains.


• Ensure adherence to enterprise data governance policies, standards and controls.


• Support data classification, data ownership documentation and stewardship activities within the assigned domain.


• Participate in governance forums and working groups to represent domain‑specific data quality and operational concerns.


• Apply client data protection standards, entitlement models and privacy controls as defined by governance, risk and security teams.


• Support audit, regulatory and compliance activities by maintaining complete, traceable and accurate documentation.


• Assist with data issue remediation and evidence collection related to risk, compliance and audit findings.


• Partner with Risk, Compliance and Information Security teams to ensure domain data complies with applicable policies and regulatory requirements.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Data Management, Information Systems, Finance, Business or a related field.


• 5–7 years of experience in data stewardship, data governance, data management, business analysis or Personal Wealth Management operations.


• Hands‑on SQL proficiency for data profiling, model validation, lineage tracing and issue investigation.


• Working knowledge of at least one PWM domain such as client onboarding, household hierarchies, trust/fiduciary accounting, portfolio accounting, performance reporting or advisor servicing.


• Experience collaborating with business stakeholders, Data Product Managers and Data Engineering teams in an agile delivery environment.


• Strong analytical, problem‑solving communication and documentation skills.

Special Factors Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission. To work for the long‑term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in‑person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission‑driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long‑term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience. Vanguard, one of the world's leading investment management companies, serves individual investors, institutions, employer‑sponsored retirement plans and financial professionals. We have a diverse and talented crew with a culture that promotes teamwork, along with an unwavering focus on serving our clients' best interests.

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