Head of Data Governance

Tradeweb

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 175,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Hybrid Environment

FSA Program

Maven Family Benefit

401(k) Matching

Tuition Reimbursement

Commuter Benefits

Legal Services

Job summary

Tradeweb seeks a senior leader to build and oversee our Data Governance framework as Head of Data Governance. You will partner with senior stakeholders to establish ownership, quality, lineage, security and privacy of data across the firm.

You will define data ownership models, implement enterprise quality standards, and oversee AI data standards and regulatory reporting data. This role requires 12+ years in data governance within financial services or fintech and strong stakeholder influence.

Qualifications

12+ years in data governance, data management, or data risk within financial services or trading platforms.
Strong background in capital markets, electronic trading, or fintech environments.
Deep understanding of data governance frameworks, operating models, regulatory requirements and tools (e.g. Collibra).
Demonstrated success building or transforming enterprise data governance programs.
Exceptional stakeholder management and ability to influence senior leaders.

Responsibilities

Establish Data Governance frameworks, including roles, responsibilities, policies, standards and oversight forums.
Define data ownership models across business domains; ensure key data roles are identified and individuals are trained on expected roles and responsibilities (e.g. Data Owners, Data Stewards).
Establish enterprise data quality standards, metrics, and monitoring capabilities; ensure consistent adoption across the Firm.
Define and enforce data standards for AI use cases, ensuring consistency, quality, lineage and appropriate controls across AI applications.
Embed a Data Risk & Control framework in partnership with Operational/Data Risk functions to identify, assess and mitigate data-related risks, including formal review and approval of risk acceptances.
Provide governance and oversight of data supporting regulatory reporting, ensuring data lineage, traceability, accuracy and completeness in line with regulatory expectations.
Define and track governance KPIs/KRIs, with regular reporting and escalation to senior stakeholders.
Evaluate, select and provide oversight of data governance tooling and platforms (e.g. catalog, lineage, quality), ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and scalability.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Management, Business, Finance

Tools

Collibra

Job description

Job Description

Tradeweb is a global leader in electronic trading across asset classes. As financial markets become increasingly interconnected, our technology enables efficient, multi-asset trading on a global scale. We serve more than 3,000 clients in more than 85 countries, including many of the world’s largest banks, asset managers, hedge funds, insurers, corporations, and wealth managers.

Creative collaboration and sharp client focus have helped fuel our organic growth. We facilitated average daily trading volume (ADV) of more than $2.8 trillion over the past four fiscal quarters, topping $3.3 trillion in ADV for the first quarter of 2026.

Since our IPO in 2019, Tradeweb has completed four acquisitions and doubled our revenues – and 2025 was our 26th consecutive year of record revenues.

Tradeweb plays a central role in modernizing market structure by developing innovative trading protocols, embedding analytics into execution, and building technology infrastructure that supports the convergence of traditional and digitally native financial markets. Tradeweb is a great place to work, recognized in 2025 by Forbes as one of America's Best Companies and by U.S. News & World Report as one of the Best Financial Services Companies to Work For.

Tradeweb Markets LLC ("Tradeweb") is proud to be an EEO Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled/Affirmative Action Employer.

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As a technology-driven organization, we value individuals who embrace innovation and are eager to leverage emerging technologies, including AI, to improve efficiency, enhance decision-making, and deliver better outcomes for clients and colleagues. We believe the greatest impact comes from combining technological capabilities with human expertise, judgment, and accountability

Group Details

Tradeweb is seeking a senior, strategic and execution-oriented Head of Data Governance to build, enhance and oversee our Data Governance framework. This individual will establish a Data Governance function and partner with senior stakeholders across functions to drive oversight of:

Data Ownership
Data Quality
Data Lineage
Data Security
Data Privacy

Job Responsibilities

Establish Data Governance frameworks, including roles, responsibilities, policies, standards and oversight forums.
Define data ownership models across business domains; ensure key data roles are identified and individuals are trained on expected roles and responsibilities (e.g. Data Owners, Data Stewards).
Establish enterprise data quality standards, metrics, and monitoring capabilities; ensure consistent adoption across the Firm.
Define and enforce data standards for AI use cases, ensuring consistency, quality, lineage and appropriate controls across AI applications.
Embed a Data Risk & Control framework in partnership with Operational/Data Risk functions to identify, assess and mitigate data-related risks, including formal review and approval of risk acceptances.
Provide governance and oversight of data supporting regulatory reporting, ensuring data lineage, traceability, accuracy and completeness in line with regulatory expectations.
Define and track governance KPIs/KRIs, with regular reporting and escalation to senior stakeholders.
Evaluate, select and provide oversight of data governance tooling and platforms (e.g. catalog, lineage, quality), ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and scalability.

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Management, Business, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
12+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or data risk within financial services or trading platforms.
Strong background in capital markets, electronic trading, or fintech environments.
Deep understanding of data governance frameworks, operating models, regulatory requirements and tools (e.g. Collibra)
Demonstrated success building or transforming enterprise data governance programs.
Exceptional stakeholder management skills; ability to influence senior leaders and obtain buy-in.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives in complex organizations and drive pragmatic solutions.
Demonstrated leadership in executing and scaling governance frameworks, with strong communication and team management capabilities.

Additional Information

Tradeweb is committed to providing valuable and competitive benefits. In addition to working in our culture of innovation and collaboration, we offer:

Health Insurance: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs
Hybrid Environment: Our employees have the flexibility of working in the office and from home.
Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts: You may elect to set aside pre-tax earnings to pay for eligible health care and dependent day care expenses for you and your eligible family members.
Maven Family Building Benefit: Maven offers support for fertility and preconception; pregnancy and post-partum; adoption; surrogacy and pediatrics for children up to age 10. Tradeweb provide a $10,000 lifetime reimbursement towards fertility, egg freezing, adoption and surrogacy expenses.
Building Wealth - 401(k) Savings Plan: Employees are immediately eligible for the 401(k) plan. Participants may contribute up to 75% of eligible compensation into a traditional 401(k) and/or Roth 401(k). Tradeweb will match 100% of the first 4% of compensation that you contribute.
The current pay range for this role if performed in the city of New York is currently $175,000 to $240,000 per year, based on a regular, full-time schedule. The amount of pay offered will be determined by a number of factors, including but not limited to qualifications, market data, geographic location, and internal guidelines.

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