Principal Data Governance Engineer

Job Description

Please find details for this position below:

Client: Banking/Financial Industry

Title: Principal Data Governance Engineer / Principal Data strategy Engineer

Location: New York, NY – Hybrid Role

Duration: 03 months (likely to extend)

Job Descriptions:

• In this contingent resource assignment, you may: Consult as an expert to develop or influence initiatives and resources for highly complex business and technical needs across Engineering.
• Consult on the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas, delivering solutions that are long-term, large-scale and require vision, creativity, innovation, and advanced analytical and inductive thinking.
• Provide expertise to client senior leadership on innovative Engineering business solutions. Strategically engage with client personnel.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education.

This team needs "top talent" for this role

Top skills:

• Strong knowledge of data strategy, governance, risk management, operating models, and transformation execution, with the ability to incorporate these considerations into delivery roadmaps.
• Familiarity with Client's legacy banking systems, technology platforms, and operating environments is a plus, particularly in identifying dependencies between legacy and target-state capabilities. (they don't have to be coders, need to be very comfortable with understanding the business application and usage of the code)
• Experience leading large scale transformation programs
• Combination of these areas would make the best candidate

Engineer 5 – Core Banking Modernization:

• Core Banking Modernization (CBM) program is a strategic transformation effort focused on modernizing heritage banking platforms.
• The Engineer 5 will serve as a senior expert supporting highly complex business and technical needs, partnering across Technology, Product, Data, and Risk stakeholders to influence strategy, solve complex challenges, and advance long-term transformation objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and influence strategic initiatives addressing highly complex business and technical needs across Core Banking Modernization.
• Advise senior leadership on complex, cross-functional challenges, evaluating alternatives, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs to develop innovative, long-term solutions.
• Strategically engage across Technology, Product, Data, Risk, and other stakeholders to establish alignment, clarify priorities, and drive resolution of critical issues.
• Influence transformation roadmaps, operating models, governance structures, and execution strategies to enable program objectives.
• Provide expertise on data strategy, governance, risk, and control considerations to ensure these requirements are effectively incorporated into execution plans.
• Apply advanced analytical thinking to identify opportunities, remove execution barriers, and resolve complex dependencies.
• Develop executive-level recommendations and communications that translate complex issues into clear strategic options, decisions, and actions.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience leading or advising on large-scale business and technology transformations within financial services or another highly regulated environment.
• Experience partnering with senior leadership and influencing strategy, priorities, and decision-making across Technology, Product, Data, and Risk stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of data strategy, governance, risk management, operating models, and transformation execution, with the ability to incorporate these considerations into delivery roadmaps.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and executive communication skills, with the ability to translate complex topics into clear recommendations and actions.
• Familiarity with Client's legacy banking systems, technology platforms, and operating environments is a plus, particularly in identifying dependencies between legacy and target-state capabilities.

Technical Tools:

• There are no specific tools required per se. The technical skills required are more related to having familiarity with banking platforms and understanding dependencies between applications/data/interfaces/business processes (I tried to sprinkle this throughout under the qualifications).

EEO:

Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.