Data Risk Lead

Description

Summary:

Our Enterprise Data Governance team is growing, and we’re looking for an outstanding Data Risk Lead to join our team. The Data Risk Lead will be responsible for leading the creation, tracking, and enforcement of data governance processes. The development of data policy, standards, and controls and their continued enforcement will be critical to the success of Huntington’s journey to being a data driven organization. The Data Risk Lead will help develop current team members while serving as a technical leader with expertise in the development, implementation, and management of our Data Governance framework. Data Risk Lead support enterprise data government capabilities and partner across the bank assisting in the team’s work on data sharing agreements (drafting, reviewing and processing, monitoring, and close-out), developing documentation of policies and processes related to data sharing and data governance, working with other teams in data governance and other divisions in Huntington on data sharing, governance, policy and privacy issues, convening, and leading and documenting meetings with stakeholders across the agency involved in the process.​

Here at Huntington Bank, we want Data Risk Leads to work with our data analytics team as we develop data solutions to better serve our customers, support our communities, and make our colleagues’ lives better. Our goal is to be the best performing Regional Bank in America, and we need data and analytics to meet that goal.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works closely and manages relationships with internal partners in Audit, Compliance, Risk, and Legal to identify and define data policies, standards, and controls to enable broader use of data across Huntington.
• Work as a lead of the Data Governance team to build upon extensible frameworks and existing data rules, including the capture of localized requirements determined by local Policy Groups.
• Takes a lead role in capturing requirements and document processes, including the ability to act as a trusted advisor to our stakeholders​.
• Lead the design and enablement of technology and processes upon which the data rules are enforced.
• Lead the creation of new processes and end-to-end design of various components within the Data Governance framework.
• Manage and document requirements from various stakeholders and take a lead role working closely with the project management team to track progress and provide status updates.
• ​Support the design and enablement of technology and processes upon which the data rules are enforced.
• Support the creation of new processes and end-to-end design of various components within the Data Policies Capability
• Gather feedback from solution teams and service lines to inform the execution of the various services of the Data Policies capability and take a lead role to manage junior members in the team.
• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of a process and repository for the documentation of governance best practices.
• Lead implementation of an ongoing communication plan to educate key stakeholders on data policy frameworks.
• Support federated teams on the work necessary to meet policy requirements.
• Lead data management teams on the implementation of data quality, metadata and lineage, data sourcing and usage, data issue management requirements
• Tracking and monitoring the implementation of data controls across the organization
• Developing and designing metrics required for monitoring and tracking adherence to Data Governance Policy
• Manage the development of toolkits and guidelines that can be leveraged by federated teams as they implement policy requirements.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and mentoring to team members while serving as a role model.
• Works with stakeholders to ensure that business needs are clearly understood and that services meet those needs.
• Anticipate and analyze trends in technology while assessing the emerging technology’s impact with regards to the Data Governance framework.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

THIS ROLE IS AN ONSITE/HYBRID IN COLUMBUS, OHIO ONLY.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent relevant work experience
• Minimum 7 years of experience implementing data governance frameworks (e.g., data policies, standards, and controls).
• Hands-on experience developing and/or implementing data management, governance policy and standards, and experience working with IT and/or business segments on the analysis of complex business processes and data governance needs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading project teams, with or without formal direct reporting relationships
• History of developing and monitoring the delivery of efficient and effective processes to solve diverse and complex data problems
• Extensive experience in performing data maturity assessments 
• Extensive experience in synthesizing programmatic and policy information from multiple sources, researching and drafting policy and standards documents,
• Experience tracking data policies, standards, and controls throughout the lifecycle (including monitoring, enforcement, and close-out), and facilitating and documenting meetings with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Proven Track record within Data Governance with influencing the overall direction of data policies, standards, and controls, and data lifecycle management
• Risk management, regulatory, compliance, and/or audit experience is a plus
• Experience in strategy, process improvement, management consulting is a plus
• Ability to effectively drive requirements and gain consensus
• In-depth knowledge of governance policy, standards, and controls processes 
• Ability to constructively challenge requirements and current state to increase overall value to the organization
• Well-versed with latest data policy decisions, guidelines, and business trends
• Able to translate long-term visions into actionable roadmaps that are broadly accepted
• Ability to translate business and functional needs into policy, standards, and controls requirements, and estimate their impact across the data lifecycle
• Strong partnership and collaboration skills, including the ability to work in a cross-functional manner with business and technology stakeholders
• Excellent executive communication and business writing skills, including ability to draft business requirements
• Ability to rapidly comprehend the changes to key business processes and the impact on the overall Data Governance framework
• In-depth understanding of the business objectives of business segments and how our Data Policy & Standards support those objectives
• Strong ability to analyze complex situations and to derive workable actions
• Strong ability to identify, prioritize and weigh different options and to recommend value-add solutions
• Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity and rapid change
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to build strong relationships throughout the organization
• High level of organization and attention to detail
• Negotiation, influencing, and partnership skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-starter attitude with the ability to work independently
• Business outcome focused
• Demonstrated perseverance
• Ability to train less experienced colleagues regarding day-to-day activities
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional efforts

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Exempt Status: (Yes= not eligible for overtime pay) (No= eligible for overtime pay)

Yes

Workplace Type:

Office

Our Approach to Office Workplace Type

Certain positions outside our branch network may be eligible for a flexible work arrangement. We’re combining the best of both worlds:  in-office and work from home. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. Remote roles will also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for moments that matter. Specific work arrangements will be provided by the hiring team.

Huntington is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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