Senior Manager- Data Governance & Mgmt

Location: Bengaluru

Job Description   At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared  and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.
Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.
How will you make an impact in this role
This role is part of the newly formed Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) Data Office.
As a Data Governance & Management Manager, you are part of a team responsible for supporting activities for the day-to-day compliance with the Enterprise Data Management Operating Policy within Enterprise Technology Services. You and your team are responsible for identifying critical data, maintaining data definitions, classifying data, supporting data sourcing / usage requests, assessing data risk, measuring Data Risk Controls, and confirming Data Incidents are remediated.

You will partner across various business units, technology teams, and product/platform teams to define and implement the data governance strategy, supervising and leading data quality, resolving data/platform issues, and driving consistency, usability, and governance of specific product data across the enterprise.

Primary Responsibilities:

Support ETS by identifying data risk, performing root-cause analysis of data incidents, and driving remediation of audit and regulatory feedback.

Develop advanced knowledge of the Enterprise Data Management Operating Policy to support the Data Office in the execution of its role and translate AEMP into governance practices specific to ETS

Holistic platform data quality monitoring, including but not limited to key reports.

Drive the assessment and identification of data risk, working with upstream data providers, downstream business partners, as well as technology teams.

Partner with Process Owners and Data Custodians to write, test, implement data quality controls

Lead coordination with Business Units and other Business Unit Data Offices to ensure System level Lineage is documented completely and accurately

Build advanced platform expertise to influence the identification of critical data elements and contribute to the roadmap to govern the data elements.

Partner with Data Governance & Management leadership in developing and managing the data management roadmap.

Collaborate with and influence product managers to ensure new use cases are managed according to policy.

Qualifications:

5+ years of experience executing data governance and data management responsibilities in a regulated or risk-managed environment (e.g., regulatory reporting, risk management, financial services).

Strong communication skills and ability to influence and engage at multiple levels and cross functionally.

Ability to work independently and influence stakeholders

Strong understanding of Data Management and Data Governance concepts (metadata, lineage, data quality, business glossary, data risk and incident management, etc.) and prior experience.

Prior experience with system or data analysis

Prior experience with risk management, including control assessment and creation preferred

Intermediate competency in SQL,   Big Query  ,   Python   or other programming languages.

Prior experience in T    echnology risk, IT governance or Technology Data Management preferred    .

Prior experience with Agile or   SAFe   project methodologies.

Prior experience of data governance, metadata, and data lineage tools such as Collibra, MANTA, etc.

Bachelor's degree in Finance  , Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or other similar fields.

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We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:
Competitive base salaries
Bonus incentives
Support for financial-well-being and retirement
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program

Career development and training opportunities
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