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Data Governance Program Manager/Capital Markets/ Atlan
Syntricate Technologies Inc
🇺🇸 United States
Hybrid
Manager or above
8 months ago
- Collibra
- Alation
- Informatica
- Change Management
- Jira
- Confluence
- Smartsheet
- GDPR
- AWS
- Snowflake
- Azure
8 months ago
New York City, NY (Hybrid 3 days in a week)
12+ Months
Web Cam Interview
Requirement Notes (Candidate Job description below) :
- Data Governance Program Manager to drive delivery across enterprise data governance initiatives managing delivery milestones, and ensuring execution of data governance capabilities across front-to-back investment and operational platforms.
- Experience working with data governance platforms such as Collibra, Alation, Informatica, Solidatus, or similar.
- Support design and rollout of data governance frameworks, including stewardship models, issue management processes, and operating procedures.
- Oversee documentation of data dictionaries, lineage, and data flow artifacts using Collibra, Alation, or similar platforms
- Experience with Atlan or Atlation highly preferred.
Experience required on a resume and for submittal:
- How many years working with: Program Manager
- How many years working with: Data Governance
- How many years working with: Experience working with data governance platforms such as Collibra, Alation, Informatica, Solidatus, or similar
- How many years working with: Capital Markets
- How many years working with: Experience with Atlan or Atlation highly preferred.
Job Description:
- Data Governance Program Manager to drive delivery across enterprise data governance initiatives.
- This is a business-facing, PM/BA hybrid role responsible for owning requirements, coordinating stakeholders, managing delivery milestones, and ensuring execution of data governance capabilities across front-to-back investment and operational platforms.
- The consultant will operate as the primary execution lead between business stakeholders, data owners, data stewards, and technology teams—owning scope, timelines, dependencies, and outcomes for data governance initiatives.
- This role is ideal for a candidate with capital markets experience who has led complex data or regulatory programs and is comfortable balancing strategic planning with hands-on delivery.
Program & Delivery Management
- Own delivery of data governance initiatives, including scope definition, roadmap planning, milestones, dependencies, and execution tracking
- Develop and maintain project plans, RAID logs, timelines, and status reporting for senior stakeholders
- Coordinate cross-functional workstreams spanning business, data governance, technology, and vendors
- Drive execution against enterprise data governance priorities, ensuring alignment to business outcomes
- Partner with front, middle, and back-office stakeholders to elicit, document, and prioritize business and data requirements
- Lead requirements definition for Critical Data Elements (CDEs), data ownership models, and governance workflows
- Translate business needs into clear functional requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for technology teams
- Act as the primary liaison between business users and IT for data governance dashboards, reporting, and master data initiatives
- Support design and rollout of data governance frameworks, including stewardship models, issue management processes, and operating procedures
- Oversee documentation of data dictionaries, lineage, and data flow artifacts using Collibra, Alation, or similar platforms
- Manage intake, prioritization, and remediation tracking of data quality issues and governance gaps
- Conduct impact assessments for data-related changes and identify cross-platform dependencies
- Facilitate working sessions, governance forums, and stakeholder reviews to drive alignment and decision-making
- Coordinate training, communications, and documentation to support adoption of governance standards and tools
- Track governance KPIs and maturity metrics to support continuous improvement
- 10+ years of experience in a Business Analyst, Product Owner, or Project/Program Manager role within financial services
- Strong experience delivering data-centric initiatives (data governance, data quality, MDM, regulatory data, or reporting platforms)
- Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional delivery in complex, matrixed organizations
- Solid understanding of data lifecycle concepts including metadata, lineage, stewardship, and controls
- Experience working with data governance platforms such as Collibra, Alation, Informatica, Solidatus, or similar
- Proficiency in requirements documentation, workflow design, and stakeholder communication
- Experience using JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, or similar delivery tools
- Excellent executive-level communication and presentation skills
- Capital markets, hedge fund, or asset management domain experience (required for senior consideration)
- Experience supporting regulatory or risk-driven data initiatives (e.g., Client 239, SEC reporting, GDPR)
- Familiarity with cloud data platforms and modern data architectures (AWS, Snowflake, Azure)
- Exposure to operating-model design or enterprise data strategy initiatives
- Prior consulting experience in a delivery-oriented role
Data Governance Program Manager/Capital Markets/ Atlan · Syntricate Technologies Inc