VP, Enterprise Data Governance, Data Management Office

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices.

Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values — Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

About the Department

DMOATO believes that data is key to responsible innovation, growth, and competitive advantage in the banking industry. Our mission is to leverage our data assets to create value for our customers, stakeholders and employees. We achieve this by defining, and executing to, enterprise data strategies and transformation, delivering valuable and trusted data to the organization via the most efficient and responsible manner, ensuring robust data governance via strong enforcement, literacy, and management of emerging data risks and data regulatory compliance, as well as bringing Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) solutions to our business stakeholders to drive monetization of our data assets.

Job Responsibilities

The role is a key member of the Enterprise Data Governance Team which supports the Head of Enterprise Data Governance in leading the approach, design and execution of Data Governance initiatives across the Group, in line with the Bank’s business strategy and objectives. In this role, you will work closely with Business and Support Units, alongside Technology on project initiation, requirement gathering, process/technical solutioning and project execution to support Data Governance initiatives.

Your main responsibilities are to:

• Actively support the UOB Group-wide Data Governance strategy and the adoption of the data governance framework, policy and processes; incorporating best practices and industry standards across different jurisdictions where the Bank operates
• Define, socialize, seek endorsement, and maintain key Data Governance artefacts and processes including: frameworks, policies, standards, guidelines and target operating models
• Actively support in project managing the operationalization and execution of Data Governance initiatives by developing strong partnerships with key internal and external parties ensuring that Data Governance expectations are understood and achieved  
• Drive the adoption and improvement of operational governance of enterprise data, through activities such as defining data quality requirements, guiding data lineage exploration and designing data quality monitoring mechanisms and related controls
• Perform data profiling using SQL and/or Python on large datasets to identify potential data quality issues and create intelligent data quality rules
• Validate technical implementation of data quality rules and processes to ensure data quality assurance activities are fit for requirement with users
• Execute technical analysis on data management processes including root cause analysis and data lineage tracing, working with relevant stakeholders across the data lifecycle
• Actively support tactical and strategic remediation of data quality issues
• Participate in the development of data standards incorporating industry best practices across Data Quality, Metadata, Reference data and Master data
• Be an agent of change and inculcate data governance culture and discipline across the Bank’s business and technical processes

Job Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Computing or related disciplines with at least 8-10 years of working experience in the banking industry, or consulting industry with strong exposure to Financial Services
• Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience within Data Governance discipline, especially within banking and financial institutions
• Knowledge of data governance industry best practice and regulatory requirements such as BCBS 239, MAS 626, AML/KYC etc.  
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement and project management experience
• Evidenced project delivery with cross functional stakeholders from both technical and business domains
• Experience with data governance and data quality tool such as Alation, Collibra, Informatica and IBM etc will be an advantage
• Good understanding of data management and related disciplines, such as data architecture, data quality and metadata
• Experience of working with data automation (Python, SQL), Big Data platforms and ETL tools is an advantage
• Professional certification in data governance (e.g., DAMA CDMP, Collibra, DGSP, CIMP), risk management (e.g., GARP, PRIMIA) are a plus
• Demonstrated ability as team player and running initiatives independently
• Excellent written / oral communication, interpersonal and presentation skills  

Be a part of UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.

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