Senior Data Management Consultant

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Data Management

Location: Hybrid/Buffalo, NY (3 days onsite/2 days remote)

Duration: 6-12 Month Contract

• MUST reside in or near the Buffalo, NY area or open to relocation out of pocket to Buffalo, NY to be onsite from day 1 for a hybrid work model (REQUIRED)
• Local Buffalo candidates will be given 1^st preference, & will be scheduled for screenings 1st!!!

• MUST possess EXCEPTIONAL communication skills (must be able to speak & articulate clearly)

• MUST meet ALL of the required skills

• Only looking for candidates in EST or CST open to hybrid work model in Buffalo, NY from day 1

• Prior experience in Banking and/or Financial domains highly preferred

Our client, a top 11 American bank holding company headquartered in Buffalo, NY w/ footprints throughout the U.S., is currently seeking a Data Management, Senior to join their team on a 6-12 month contract basis.

Skill Set 1: Data Management

Skill Set 2: Data Access

Skill Set 3: Cybersecurity

OVERVIEW:
Coordinates research and drafts enterprise data management policies and standards including metadata, data classification, data retention, and access controls. Monitors adherence to enterprise data policies and standards and provides support to data teams on data quality and issue management. Works with data product and platform teams on data retention. Classifies data in coordination with data stakeholders.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lead the team's accomplishment of data management tasks and develop data management policy and procedures
Coordinate research into industry standards and pertinent government regulations to develop data management policies and procedures
Survey the data user communities to understand their metadata needs to draft the standards on business and technical metadata
Maintain data issue register(s), draft issue remediation standards and monitor progress towards meeting remediation plans
Coordinate research into industry, Federal, and international standards for data retention and develop data retention policies
Work with data product and platform teams to implement data retention standards and monitor data retention procedures of assigned product teams
Monitor assigned data teams for violations of data quality policies and procedures, document violations and coordinate remediation
Draft enterprise policies for access controls in coordination with subject matter experts
Coordinate with lines of business to classify data and set up appropriate access groups based on those classifications
Work with data product teams to write data sharing agreements
Draft enterprise data privacy and classification policies
Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
Complete other related duties as assigned.



MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years related experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 9 years higher education and/ or work experience, including a minimum of 5 years related experience
Experience in at least one programing language or analytical/statistical tools
Experience analyzing data and draw valid conclusions
Intermediate knowledge of data management concepts, terminology, roles, and responsibilities
Experience completing data research using industry standard research methods
Experience developing and/or implementing data management and/or data governance policy and standards with limited oversight

IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS PREFERRED:
Intermediate ability to navigate and retrieve data from databases directly and/or through Application Programming Interface (API)
Experience with data management and query languages in big data environment or cloud environment
Intermediate familiarity with the data life cycle
Experience in financial industry

• LinkedIn profile link?
• Do you reside in or near the Buffalo, NY area to be onsite from day 1 for a hybrid work model (required)?
• Yrs. of IT exp. overall?
• Yrs. of exp. as a Senior Data Manager?
• Yrs. of exp. w/ Data Management?
• Yrs. of exp. w/ Data Access?
• Yrs. of exp. w/ Cybersecurity?

• Do you possess a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years related experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 9 years higher education and/ or work experience, including a minimum of 5 years related experience?
• Do you possess exp. w/ at least one programing language or analytical/statistical tools?
• Do you possess exceptional communication skills (verbal/written/presentation)?

Deepak Panday

Sr. Technical Recruiter

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