Data Stewardship & Metadata Specialist

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Role Summary
The Data Stewardship & Metadata Specialist is responsible for making data governance operational by defining business data concepts managing metadata and coordinating with data owners and stewards across the bank. This role ensures data is well-defined understood and consistently used.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the enterprise business glossary and data definitions

• Identify and document Critical Data Elements (CDEs)

• Coordinate data stewardship activities across lines of business

• Facilitate working sessions to resolve data definition and usage conflicts

• Maintain data lineage and metadata in the data catalog

• Partner with Technology teams to ensure metadata accuracy

• Support impact analysis for regulatory and business changes

• Promote adoption of governance artifacts through training and communication

Required Qualifications

• 4 years experience as a business analyst data analyst or reporting lead

• Strong understanding of how data is created transformed and consumed

• Experience working with metadata or data catalog tools

• Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills

• Ability to translate between business and technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in financial services or another regulated industry

• Familiarity with data governance or data management practices

• Exposure to regulatory reporting or risk data

Success Looks Like

• Clear widely adopted data definitions

• Engaged data owners and stewards

• Reduced confusion and rework around data meaning

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