Hybrid 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

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.