Data Governance Senior Advisor

3 days, 7 hours ago
Full-time
Lead
Data Science and Analytics
Pathward

Pathward

Pathward is a federally registered financial institution that enhances financial inclusion by offering a robust banking infrastructure and a variety of financial solutions to support businesses in accessing the necessary funds for growth.

Diversified Financial Services
251-1K
Founded 1954

Description

  • Define, maintain, and enhance business metadata, including data definitions, classifications, and lineage.
  • Monitor data quality metrics, identify issues or anomalies, and support remediation and root-cause analysis.
  • Support and enforce data governance policies, standards, and approved usage guidelines.
  • Maintain stewardship workflows, including approvals, reviews, critical data elements, and documentation updates.
  • Collaborate with business and technical teams to clarify definitions, resolve data issues, and align on business rules.
  • Lead or participate in cross-functional data governance forums to drive consistency and domain-level alignment.
  • Contribute to governance reporting and metrics, including quality trends, domain risks, metadata completeness, and stewardship status.
  • Support audit, compliance, and regulatory obligations by ensuring documentation is accurate, accessible, and aligned with enterprise requirements.
  • Recommend and implement improvements to data processes, standards, definitions, and stewardship practices.
  • Champion data governance and data literacy across the organization.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and work experience; master’s degree preferred.
  • Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
  • Experience in data governance, data stewardship, metadata management, or data quality.
  • Experience working with cross-functional business and technical stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of governance frameworks, policies, standards, and compliance requirements.
  • Strong ability to analyze data issues, trends, and root causes.
  • Experience supporting documentation, reporting, and audit or regulatory needs.
  • Preferred: advanced degree.
  • Preferred: experience improving data management maturity or data literacy programs.

Benefits

  • Salary range of $104,000–$174,000.
  • Eligible for an annual performance-based incentive opportunity.
  • Comprehensive health insurance.
  • 401(k) retirement benefits.
  • Life insurance and disability benefits.
  • Paid time off.
  • Hybrid remote-office work model with onsite options in Sioux Falls, Scottsdale, Louisville, Troy, Franklin, and Easton.

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