FINRA, a financial industry regulator, possesses a massive amount of data and is dedicated to maximizing its value to protect investors and safeguard market integrity. Establishing a formal data governance program is crucial to achieving this mission. We are actively recruiting a highly experienced leader to spearhead the data governance program and establish an efficient and highly effective data governance framework. The Senior Director will be instrumental in shaping and implementing FINRA's data policies in collaboration with stakeholders while representing the Data Management and Governance Office (DMGO) in driving company-wide initiatives on data awareness, quality, privacy, and security. This influential position is expected to drive consensus, establish widely accepted procedures, and deploy pragmatic yet unobtrusive controls.
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Essential Job Functions:
Review, enhance, and operate the data governance program, which includes data discovery, awareness, access, quality, and risk management processes.
Take charge of monitoring the execution of data governance projects, course correct when necessary, and consistently produce professional, high-quality Data Governance reports, communications, and presentations.
Demonstrate initiative in driving results and progress of the program and projects through influence and collaboration within technology, security, privacy, and business partners.
Lead the development of efficient and creative Data Governance controls, implement them in partnership with the data stewards, and play a pivotal role in facilitating enterprise data maturity assessments.
Run monthly data policy committee meetings by taking the lead in preparing agendas, tracking policy and oversight metrics, and making necessary updates to governance program and data policies based on the committee's guidance.
Cultivate and maintain collaborative relationships with FINRA business users, technology partners. and data protection stakeholders, gaining support for rolling out governance programs. It includes training and sustainability of data governance management in their business units across the data domains.
Education/Experience Requirements:
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least ten (10) years of related experience, or equivalent training and / or work experience; Master’s degree and past Financial Services industry experience preferred.
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Minimum of 5 years of managing technical programs and projects including staff management of at least fifteen (15) resources and budget of at least $3 million.
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Knowledge of business, technology and management principles involved in strategic planning, organizational change management, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, and coordination of people and resources.
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Subject Matter Expertise required in a minimum of one of the following disciplines, with substantial knowledge in remaining disciplines software development, operations, engineering, development services, information security, and compliance.
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Experience managing staff comprised of both employees and contractors.
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Demonstrated ability to manage several initiatives simultaneously and balance competing priorities.
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Past success contributing to strategic decisions for an organization, identifying investment tradeoffs, and delivering high quality solutions to customer needs.
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Outstanding communication, organization, time management, interpersonal and management skills
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Excellent problem identification, analysis and solving skills
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Excellent written and oral communication skills
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Proven change agent who can improve and grow the capability of an organization; keen eye for hiring and motivating teams
Work Conditions:
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Work is normally performed in an office environment.
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Occasional travel and extended hours may be required.
For work that is performed in CA, Washington, DC, CO, HI, MN, VT, New York, NY, WA and MD the chart below outlines the proposed salary range for the corresponding location. In addition to location, actual compensation is based on various factors, including but not limited to, the candidate’s skill set, level of experience, education, and internal peer compensation comparisons.
California: Minimum Salary $171,900, Maximum Salary $351,200
Washington, DC/Maryland: Minimum Salary $171,900, Maximum Salary $336,600
Colorado/Hawaii/Minnesota/Vermont: Minimum Salary $149,600, Maximum Salary $292,600
New York, NY: Minimum Salary $179,600, Maximum Salary $351,200
Washington State: Minimum Salary $149,600, Maximum Salary $336,600
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Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. FINRA provides comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance. Additional insurance includes basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life, spouse/domestic partner and dependent life, and spouse/domestic partner and dependent accidental death and dismemberment, short- and long-term disability, long-term care, business travel accident, disability and legal. FINRA offers immediate participation and vesting in a 401(k) plan with company match and eligibility for participation in an additional FINRA-funded retirement contribution, tuition reimbursement and many other benefits.
Time Off and Paid Leave*
FINRA encourages its employees to focus on their health and wellness in many ways, including through a generous time-off program of 15 days of paid time off, 5 personal days and 9 sick days (all pro-rated in the first year). Additionally, we are proud to support our communities by providing two volunteer service days (based on full-time schedule). Other paid leave includes military leave, jury duty leave, bereavement leave, voting and election official leave for federal, state or local primary and general elections, care of a family member leave (available after 90 days of employment); and childbirth and parental leave (available after 90 days of employment). Full-time employees receive nine paid holidays.
- Based on full-time schedule
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