Data Steward - Data Product Owner

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Understand processes within the data pipeline, supports at least 1 or more key processes within the data product pipeline.
• Participate in and contribute to initiatives that improve business use of the data.
• Understand one or more data product requirements (discoverability, accessibility, trustworthiness, privacy, self-describability, interoperability, security), and support implementation of a supporting practice with other groups.
• Create communication materials about the data product.
• Understand key data product financial metrics, suggest optimization efforts.
• Participate in new data product initiatives.
• Drive the support of migration activities as data sources move into the cloud, including running validation routines and coordinating project deliverables.
• Own the development of automated, threshold-based reports to identify areas for improvement and act on findings in a timely manner.
• Support the maintenance of metadata management artifacts (schemas, business rules, data dictionaries) in Collibra.
• Support data quality, metadata management, and data source support in line with service level commitments.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline; Master's Degree strongly preferred.
• 2-5 years of analysis, product management, and/or consulting experience regarding data, preferably in financial services.
• Familiarity with cloud and on-prem technologies, structured and unstructured data, streaming and reposed data.
• Familiarity with SQL and BI Tools (Looker, BigQuery, Tableau, etc.) and desktop application suites (Microsoft or Google).
• Cloud certification strongly preferred.
• Developing detailed knowledge of the data and technology supporting a data product.
• Understanding of processes within the data pipeline.
• Basic knowledge of data product requirements such as discoverability, accessibility, trustworthiness, privacy, self-describability, interoperability, and security.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with cloud and on-prem technologies, structured and unstructured data, streaming and reposed data.
• A strong sense of governance protocols and regulatory, security, and compliance policies.
• Experience with Collibra or similar metadata management tools.
• Experience with Looker or similar data visualization tools.
• Experience with SQL, Google BigQuery, Python, Java, or equivalent database queries and views.
• Demonstrates leadership with cross-functional efforts and develops effective working relationships.
• Ability to manage multiple high-impact projects simultaneously.
• Creativity, drive, and a desire to grow in thought leadership, initiative, and strategic thinking.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline
• Master's Degree (strongly preferred)