Data Management Operations Lead

Description This is a contract to hire role lead role. This person will be responsible for a lot of stakeholder management while still being hands on. This resource will be onsite 4 days a week. This person will:

Lead data management initiatives across this division

Partner with business leaders, report owners, and model owners

Drive data certification, data quality, and issue management processes

Help improve and automate manual processes

Provide strategic input around AI, automation, and process improvement

Report progress and metrics to senior leadership and committeesJOB DESCRIPTION Currently seeking a highly analytical and collaborative Data Management Operations Lead with a strong understanding of regulatory reporting within financial institutions. The ideal candidate will have banking or financial services experience and a background in data management, data governance, and data quality.

This individual will play a key role in ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and availability of data used across the organization. They will work closely with business and technology stakeholders to understand regulatory data requirements, analyze data flows, identify quality issues, and ensure data is properly governed and available to support regulatory reporting, data modeling, and business needs.

Summary:

The Data Management Operations Lead is responsible for delivering high-quality data services and operational support for the enterprise, with a high level of technical skills.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Works with business partners and team to understand requirements for data use, analysis, and quality. Maintains knowledge of the legal, compliance and regulatory issues impacting data.

Lead and manage assigned functions on Data Operations Management team, as well as the execution of assigned data management tasks and projects.

Drive initiatives to enhance data quality and process improvement.

Collaborate with leadership to align data management strategies with business objectives.

Coaches individuals through change and serves as role model and may mentor other team members.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree (Computer Science, Business Administration, Economics, or related fields) or equivalent relevant work experience.
7+ years experience with data-related operations, business operations or process support role

Preferred Qualifications:

7+ years of experience with data-related operations, business operations, or process support roles, working with or in business operations and reporting processes, and translating business data needs into technical language and partnering with team and technical partners ensure effective solution delivery. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Strong analytical thinking with the ability to identify and build sustainable solutions.

Thorough knowledge of various software programs including Microsoft Office programs, and the ability to quickly learn new programs/systems.

Experience working with SQL, Snowflake, Tableau.

Strong interpersonal, communication and listening skills Strong problem-solving skills, focusing on outcomes and results.

Understanding of Data Management principles, best practices and processes

Proven experience leading data operations teams or initiatives in a complex, enterprise environment.

Experience managing cross-functional stakeholders and influencing without direct authority.

Demonstrated success in designing and implementing scalable, efficient workflows and controls.

Experience with operational risk management and compliance in a regulated industry.

Track record of leading process improvement initiatives using methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or Agile.

Professional certifications such as:

CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional) demonstrating expertise in data governance, quality, and architecture.

DGSP (Data Governance and Stewardship Professional) highlighting experience in stewardship and governance frameworks.

PMP (Project Management Professional) indicating strong project leadership and delivery skills.

Hands-on experience with enterprise data management tools, such as:

Collibra or Alation for data governance and cataloging.

Informatica, Talend, or Ataccama for data quality and integration.

Snowflake, Databricks, or Big Query for cloud-based data operations.

Skills Data management, Data governance, Data, Sql Top Skills Details Data management

Job Type & Location This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Columbus, OH.Pay and…