at Northern Trust Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
About Northern Trust:
Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.
Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world's most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.
Summary:
We are seeking a Product Data Domain Lead to join the Enterprise Data & Analytics Team.
The Data Domain Specialist will blend expertise in data and analytics with a passion for mastering critical data. The role will be responsible for representing the NT Products & Services Data Domain serving as the single point of contact for the domain, implementing best practices and driving the vision for the Product Data Domain including but not limited to Data Architecture, Metadata, Data Quality, and Data Mesh Strategy related to Product Data.
The Data Domain Specialist will be a leader influencing change and will ensure the Domain Data is meeting the needs of the enterprise.
The position will interact with business stakeholders across the enterprise to promote and enforce a strategic data agenda and support Product Data.
Major Duties
Seasoned multi-disciplinary expert with extensive data knowledge and experience. Focus of role is on execution of strategic direction of business and information function activities.
Accountable for maintaining data quality and integrity within the assigned Domain standard terms and definitions for common data fields in assigned data domain.
Partners with Data Owners, Data Stewards, Data Custodians as well as Data Governance Leads to ensure consistent definitions and classification for the data as well as the determining appropriate purpose of each instance.
Will work with the Stakeholders of the Data Domain and the Data Modernization teams to identify and drive the value creation roadmap for their domain in the Data Mesh
Advocate for the adoption of rigorous data quality management and for expanding the enterprise value of the data ensuring the data is strategically used to achieve business outcomes which include modernization, transformation, continuous improvement, regulatory and other initiatives.
Provide vision to project teams, resolving cross domain functional issues and aligning project work to the vision/functional designs provided.
Carries out the most complex initiatives involving multiple disciplines and/or ambiguous issues. Consistently displays a balanced, cross-functional perspective, liaising with the rest of the business to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity of information solutions. Highly flexible and adaptable to change.
Knowledge/ Skills:
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
8+ years of experience within sphere of data and/or financial service products and services
Experience in successfully communicating complex technical concepts, processes and procedures to all levels of audiences.
Experience effectively working with and implementing master data systems, processes and procedures across functions preferred
Experience leading large scale initiatives
Ability to work with stakeholders and engaging senior leadership
Ability to work and lead in a team environment across large and complex organization
Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
