We are looking for a proactive Data Governance Lead to establish and manage robust governance practices across a leading investment organization for greenfield projects. The role will ensure data is accurate, secure, and consistently managed, supporting key teams across research, risk, operations, and trading.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement a company-wide data governance framework, covering data discovery, sourcing, access, and stewardship.
- Define and oversee processes for acquiring new datasets, including quality checks, compliance reviews, and documentation.
- Collaborate with data and engineering teams to enforce standards for data classification, normalization, and metadata management.
- Manage access controls and permissions for sensitive data, ensuring security and appropriate usage.
- Support data architecture initiatives to create structured, reusable, and reliable data pipelines.
- Monitor data quality, completeness, and lineage, proactively addressing issues.
- Act as the bridge between business teams and data teams, embedding governance requirements into daily workflows.
- Maintain a central data catalog and documentation to enable transparency and reusability.
- Promote data governance awareness and best practices across teams.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Computer Science, Data Management, or a related field.
- Hands-on experience in data governance, data quality, or data management within investment or financial services environments.
- Understanding of financial data, multi-asset class workflows, and risk operations.
- Familiarity with modern data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Azure) and governance tools (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Informatica).
- Strong ability to communicate complex data concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and solution-focused mindset.
With well over a decade of a solid and enviable track record behind us, headquartered in Hong Kong, Pinpoint Asia Infotech Pte Ltd (EA License: 16C8291) is the go-to IT Search Firm for several top Investment Banks and Financial Institutions.
If you are interested in the above position, please send your CV to Charlie Kim @ (EA Registration number: Reg No: R23112483)
