Data Management Consultant

Job Title: Data Management Associate for a large bank

Pay rate: 60-70 an hour on Apex's W2

Location: Richmond (8011 Villa Park Dr) – must be open to hybrid onsite work

Contract Length: 12+ months with potential to convert

Position Description:

The Project Level Data Management (PLDM) associate is a position within the Governance & Execution team. This role oversees the Project Level Data Management review & approval process for identifying Data Management / Governance impacts of Technology Changes occurring within applications for the in-scope Global Technology Front Line Units (i.e., CIO teams). This role operates in a fast-paced environment with an expectation to provide guidance on complying with Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Standards, determine data management impacts / deliverables, and ensure deliverables are completed within mutually agreed upon SLAs with Technology Change managers. This position requires a lot of multi-tasking without losing effectiveness in day-to-day processing of change requests in a detail-oriented manner.

The Project Level Data Management (PLDM) associate will deal with many areas and stakeholders such as, but not limited to, Global Technology CIO development teams (Project Managers, Scrum Masters, Application Managers, Data Domain Managers, Authorized Data Source (ADS) Managers), Enterprise Data Management Standards team (e.g., Transport and External Data Transmission Standards) etc. This role will also:

• Partner and effectively communicate with various lines of business by providing detailed guidance and tasks required to ensure EDM compliance.

• Self-starter with ability to learn quickly with limited guidance (i.e., carry out process end-to-end with little input).

• Manage assigned portfolio of technology change releases.

• Perform QA activities on information provided and evidence uploaded in the respective system of record.

• Responsible for ensuring EDM reviews (identification of Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Movement control impacts) have been completed satisfactorily prior to recommending DQCE (Data Quality and Control Executive) Approval.

• Ability to recognize when escalations are necessary and feel comfortable escalating non-action to senior leadership.

• Communicate detailed and/or executive summary level updates for overall portfolio to include reviews in progress and completed reviews pending artifact collection.

• Meet deliverables within SLAs and work overtime when necessary.

• Partner with development team in efforts to enhance the user interface for associated PLDM tool.

Required Skills:

Prior experience in one of the following areas: Developer, Scrum Master, Release Train Engineer, Application Support / Operations Analyst, or Business Analyst

3 or more years Data Management / Data Governance Concepts

3 or more years System Development or Information Life-cycle Management or Assurance

3 or more years’ experience with Technology roles (e.g., Application Analysts / Developers, Application Operations Support functions, Scrum Master etc.)

Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies

Plusses:

Master’s Degree w/ focus on Information Technology

Data Management Certifications (e.g., DMBOK supported certifications)