Principal - Data Governance

Ally and Your Career Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We love this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion.

From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?

Work Schedule :
Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need.

The Opportunity Ally is committed to transforming our data governance and management capabilities to drive business value and uphold our “do it right” approach. We are seeking a results-oriented Manager who brings hands on experience in data governance and management to support the execution and continuous improvement of Ally’s data governance and management policies, enablement services, and compliance measurement within a function or business line.

This pivotal role will manage the day-to-day business-line data governance and management efforts, while collaborating closely with the Enterprise Data Governance & Management (EDGM) team, and business and technology leaders across the organization to ensure data quality, integrity, compliance, and accessibility. If you are a forwarding-thinking manager with a passion for data governance and management, and you are ready to drive impactful change, we encourage you to apply.

The Work Itself The Work Itself Manage data governance tooling, and data product execution activities on the enterprise data governance team.

Serve as the functional lead for Alation Cloud Services (ACS) capabilities including Data Catalog, Data Lineage, Data Quality, Critical Data Manager, Analytics, and Data Product Marketplace Conduct business line training and awareness campaigns for data governance leveraging enterprise materials

Provide data tooling and data pipeline support, embedding data quality checks, determining data quality rule thresholds, and tracking lineage

Track the status of key data governance activities and initiatives

Coordinate the preparation of reporting inputs, dashboards, and status summaries used by senior leadership to provide executive-level updates on progress toward adhering to data governance and management requirements

Advanced working knowledge of SQL, Databases and SAS with the ability to write complex SQL statements to build data tables and produce reports

Experience building enterprise Data Quality Strategy and writing Data Quality policies and procedures

Experience leading Data Product governance initiatives, establishing governance standards, operating models, and controls to ensure data products are discoverable, trusted, reusable, and aligned with business objectives

Provide support in planning and executing change management efforts to ensure successful adoption of the enterprise data governance agenda across the organization

Stay current with industry data management and data analytics trends, including the adoption of AI practices

Support the business line in the identification, prioritization, tracking, and remediation of data defect and data issue management…