Job Responsibilities
- Define critical data elements across credit risk processes and applications.
- Build and maintain data dictionaries with standardized business definitions.
- Define ownership of data inputs, enrichment, changes, and outputs across processes.
- Standardize data models and operating models to achieve consistency across teams.
- Identify and define strategic sources of data, understanding product use cases and credit risk processes.
- Analyze datasets for completeness and data quality issues.
- Identify data automation opportunities using systemic feeds or Large Language Models (LLMs).
- Collaborate with multiple teams for strategic data sourcing, avoiding duplication in processes.
- Define schema for data assets and publish data lineage.
- Establish a robust data quality program to ensure data is fit for use.
- Establish and monitor data level KPIs across products.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field.
- 7+ years of relevant work experience in Credit Risk, Data Strategy, Data Management, Data Analytics, or related capacity.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to prepare executive-level communications.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail; able to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines.
- Proven ability to collaborate and build strong partnerships.
- Intellectual curiosity with a proven ability to learn quickly.
- High degree of initiative, self-direction, and ability to work well under pressure.
- Strong data analysis, problem-solving, and project management skills.
- Experience leading cross-functional data initiatives with multiple stakeholders.
- Ability to lead, drive consensus, and deliver in a matrix organization.
- Experience using data and metrics to drive decisions.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Experience within large Financial Services firms and basic domain knowledge in Credit Risk.
- SQL capabilities and Python scripting capabilities for analyzing datasets.
- Certified Agile Practitioner (CSP) or Certified Scrum Master (CSM).