Director, Risk & Compliance Data Governance

About the role

A leading financial institution is seeking a senior leader to oversee data governance, data quality, and data strategy across its Risk and Compliance functions. This individual will partner with business and technology teams to ensure critical regulatory, risk, and compliance data is accurate, well-governed, and aligned with enterprise standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the data governance strategy for Risk and Compliance.
• Establish data standards, ownership, and governance processes across the organization.
• Improve data quality by identifying issues, driving remediation efforts, and implementing controls.
• Partner with Risk, Compliance, Technology, and Data teams to prioritize strategic data initiatives.
• Define and maintain business glossaries, metadata, data lineage, and critical data elements.
• Support regulatory reporting and risk management by ensuring trusted, high-quality data.
• Serve as the primary business partner for enterprise data initiatives impacting Risk and Compliance.
• Lead a team of data governance and data quality professionals while coordinating with stakeholders across the business.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in financial services, with leadership experience in data governance, data management, or enterprise data.
• Strong understanding of data governance, metadata, data quality, and data lineage.
• Experience supporting Risk Management, Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Financial Crimes, or related functions.
• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives involving both business and technology teams.
• Experience implementing enterprise data governance frameworks and driving data quality improvements.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.