Data Governance Foundation Group Manager - SVP

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Our core activities are safeguarding assets, lending money, making payments and accessing the capital markets on behalf of our clients.

Citi’s Mission and Value Proposition explain what we do and Strategy explain how we do it. Our mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress. We strive to earn and maintain our clients’ and the public’s trust by constantly adhering to the highest ethical standards and making a positive impact on the communities we serve.

The Data Governance Foundation Group Manager is a senior level role accountable for management of Enterprise Data Governance Strategy, ensuring effective data governance practices are developed, maintained and consistently implemented by the Risk EDO teams, drive standardization and operational efficiency through proactive management of all tools related projects and requirements, actively work with Policy forums, advocating Risk EDO views for robust and superior data governance, and drive Policy compliance, manage CDGP adoption projects and enhance the risk and control functions through development and adoption of an enhanced MCA framework.

This job requires excellent communication skills needed to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Accountable for significant direct business results or authoritative advice regarding the operations of the business. Responsible for handling resource management and allocation of work within the team/project. 

About the role:

The Citi Data Governance Policy (CDGP) provides a framework for Data Ownership and Data Quality throughout Businesses within Citi. Through the adoption of CDGP, Citi implements a consistent and controlled approach to create, maintain, and use Enterprise Data. The position will part of the Risk EDO Data Governance Office responsible to:

• Establish, maintain, and communicate the Enterprise Risk Data and Tech transformation Management data strategy;

• Create and deliver technology implementation roadmaps, ensuring that both business and regulatory requirements are met;

• Drive implementation and adoption of consistent data management standards and capabilities to support the Enterprise Risk Management Framework adoption across the enterprise and relevant businesses / functions / regions.

• Lead execution of Regulatory and Internal Audit Corrective Action Plans

• Maintain Centralized Framework for Data Metrics to demonstrate Business and Regulatory Outcome

The Data Governance Foundation Group Manager will support Regulatory Execution team in the development, adoption and BAU governance around the new policy within the Risk Organization. They will work with stakeholders across all Risk functions globally, the Enterprise Chief Data Office and Data Domains within Risk Data & Technology team. The job requires a broad and comprehensive understanding of the systems, standards and practices relevant to data management, and the key functions within Risk.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of the program / project and associated dependencies

• Oversee data governance and/or Data Risk and Controls and work closely with business/functions to ensure practices are embedded throughout the enterprise

• Ownership of policy adoption plans, compliance metrics, communication and training

• Ownership of delivery and ultimate closure of corrective action plans completely, accurately and on-time

• Coordination with other regional Chief Data Office (CDO) teams to ensure consistent treatment of findings, corrective actions plans and response to 2nd/3rd line of defense reviews

• Leads reengineering efforts in business's methodology, strategy, and organizational goals

• Provides advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business

• Produces recommendations for enterprise-wide guiding principles, policies, processes and practices

• Determines requirements for and prioritize development of new enterprise-wide principles, policies, pro