The Reference Data Product Owner Team is looking for a high performing Associate to drive delivery of strategic data sourcing to facilitate Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Reporting. Your role would be to drive end-to-end delivery of ESG obligations in response to regulatory requirements (EU Taxonomy and Net Zero Emissions) including internal firmwide initiatives.
Job Responsibilities:
- Drive end-to-end project strategy discussions, develop and deliver plans for successful implementation for all ESG-aligned activities
- Identify and drive solutions for business process re-engineering initiatives, along with creating supporting documentation and end user operational experience
- Provide oversight of the release plan inclusive of project or release scope, critical milestones, sourcing requirements, test strategy and execution and implementation checklists and stakeholder / technology activities
- Gather and document business / data requirement documents
- Coordinate JIRA grooming, test execution and issue resolution
- Influence and communicate with senior stakeholders (business, operations, technology)
- Facilitate resolution of data quality issues; lead stakeholder working groups to progress issues through lifecycle
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor’s degree with 3+ years of program and /or project management experience
- Experience in delivering large to medium complexity programs and managing related senior stakeholder relationships
- Excellent communication and presentations skills across various stakeholders and senior management
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and able to wear multiple hats – both tactical and strategic
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Understanding of Financial and/or Regulatory reporting processes; understanding of Reference Data or ESG Initiatives is a plus
- Previous experience in Finance, Risk, or Reference Data is a plus
- Experience with Agile delivery, JIRA and SQL a plus