Information Management Analyst - Mid Level
About the role
At USAA, the mission is to empower members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service, and trusted advice. As an Information Management Analyst – Mid-level, you will manage and analyze information using a variety of techniques and tools, supporting data management efforts with business owners and technical teams. This role covers one or more information management functions: metadata management, data quality, retention management, or data security. Responsibilities include working with Information Asset Stewards and technical owners to log data sources, support Authoritative Data Source certification, ingest metadata and data lineage into the Enterprise Data Repository, provide data quality oversight, monitor data SLAs and data quality indexes, and monitor material modifications for re-certification.
This position offers a flexible work environment requiring 4 days per week in the office, based in San Antonio, TX; Plano, TX; Phoenix, AZ; or Charlotte, NC. Relocation assistance is not available.
Responsibilities
- Identify opportunities for process improvements across all IMA responsibilities and processes.
- Participate in and possibly lead discussions with cross-functional teams to drive consistency, efficiency, and effectiveness of information management.
- Participate in development of best practices and tools based on business needs.
- Maintain Information Asset Inventories and ensure data and assets are classified appropriately.
- Support delivery of information in accordance with Information Governance standards and data management practices through documentation, collaboration, and execution of defined processes.
- Partner across governance, technology, and business to identify critical data and develop data quality rules across appropriate dimensions.
- Maintain metadata repository and proper metadata association.
- Develop process improvements and enhancements to mitigate data quality risks, including data quality plan development, implementing data quality rule checks, monitoring data quality results, reports, and dashboards.
- Document and update data quality corrective action plans.
- Support compliance assessment process by reviewing and documenting failures from data quality compliance assessment checks.
- Create and maintain reference data in accordance with defined processes and procedures.
- Help define and drive implementation of processes and enhancements to mitigate data quality risks.
- Support compliance assessment process by identifying and escalating items that may be a risk to the corporation.
- Support Privacy initiatives through classification, tagging, and analysis of sensitive data.
- Ensure compliance and remediation of sensitive data in accordance with defined policies and processes.
- Ensure risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a business or science field; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience.
- 4 years of experience in an information management practice, business application function, or data delivery; OR if an advanced degree in a Business or Science discipline, 2 years of experience in data and analytics, technical, or business relevant function.
- Basic working experience following data management practices and theories and utilizing tools to implement data management to address data management risks and concerns.
- Intermediate working SQL knowledge including SQL-based languages.
- Ability to build business knowledge through meaningful partnerships at the individual contributor and leadership levels.
- Demonstrated skills in understanding and correcting data discrepancies, identifying data anomalies, and root cause analysis.
- Demonstrated advanced communication skills with the ability to deliver presentations to all levels of management.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience governing enterprise AI capabilities, including AI agents, generative AI solutions, and intelligent automation platforms.
- Knowledge of data governance frameworks, control environments, and data trust practices.
- Hands-on experience with Alation, Bigeye, or similar governance and observability platforms.
- Experience managing structured and unstructured data assets across complex enterprise ecosystems.
- US military experience gained through military service or as a military spouse/domestic partner.
Pay
The salary range for this position is $103,450 – $197,730. Actual salary may vary by location. Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
- 401(k) and pension
- Life insurance
- Parental benefits and adoption assistance
- Paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours
- Various wellness programs
- Career path planning and continuing education assistance
Schedule
Flexible work environment requiring 4 days per week in the office. Position can be based in San Antonio, TX; Plano, TX; Phoenix, AZ; or Charlotte, NC.
USAA does not provide visa sponsorship for this role. Relocation assistance is not available.