USAA: Director, Data Quality Analysis

Purpose of JobProvides direction to teams across the enterprise regarding the development and implementation of the information management strategy to support the measuring and monitoring of enterprise business needs.

Collaborates with the architectural communities and other information management activities.

Influences and drives awareness of information strategy and architecture to the enterprise.

Directs the development and implementation of strategies that supports maturing USAA’s business capabilities.Bank Business Intelligence and Analytics is seeking an experienced leader to join the Bank Data Experience team as a Director, Data Quality Analysis to lead the metadata practice in the data and analytics space.

The ideal candidate will have strong business and technical acumen, an in-depth understanding of the data development life cycle, excellent verbal and written communication skills, and ability to influence across teams and lines of business.

This leader will partner with business and IT leadership to understand metadata requirements from an experience and governance perspective, utilizing this information to set a clear vision for metadata management within the Bank.

This leader will be expected to define, maintain, and enforce metadata processes, procedures, communications, and trainings.

Team members will act as owners of the metadata repository for all analytical data assets, overseeing metadata creation, collection, storage, and usage.

The team is expected to play a key role in solving for metadata gaps across Bank analytical assets to address governance/regulatory requirements and improve the overall data experience.Job RequirementsLeverages expert data management knowledge to oversee development of data quality and metadata processes, as well as the providing oversight in the development of data quality rules, thresholds, and standard metrics/quality expectations for data elements that support critical business processes.Oversees development and of the data quality tests/assessment practice.Leads discussions with cross-functional teams on complex problems.Oversee establishment of data profiling standards and best practices.Consults with business and IT process owners to review the effectiveness of complex data quality controls and metadata capture.Lead alignment and integration of best practices and tools based on business needs.Leverages expert knowledge to consult and provide oversight in the development and implementation of controls that would mitigate highly complex data quality risk.Consults on high risk data quality corrective action plans.Oversees development of best practices for enterprise data quality programs and standards.Sets direction for and oversees establishment of data quality process compliance adherence.Consults on failures from high risk compliance assessment checks.Sets direction for metadata repository management in collaboration with enterprise data and analytic stakeholders.Leverages expert data management knowledge to consult and provide oversight on the impact of high risk changes to reference data.Collaborates with enterprise data and analytic stakeholders on reconciliation and maintenance of reference data.Minimum Requirements:Bachelor’s degree in a Business or Science discipline required or 4 additional years work experience in data management, data quality or business application function or related experience can be substituted in lieu of a degree in addition to the minimum years of work experience required.OrA Master’s degree in Business or Science discipline.OrA PhD in Business or Science discipline.If Bachelor’s degree, 8 or more years experience in a data management, data quality or business application function and 3 or more years of direct and/or indirect management experienceORIf Master’s degree,6 or more years experience in a data management, data quality or business application function and 3 or more years of direct and/or indirect management experienceORIf PhD, 5 or more years experience in a data management, data quality or business application function and3 or more years of direct and/or indirect management experience*Qualifications may warrant placement in a different job level*When you apply for this position, you will be required to answer some initial questions.

This will take approximately 5 minutes.

Once you begin the questions you will not be able to finish them at a later time and you will not able to change your responses.Preferred:Experience directing or leading a cross-functional team in the data & analytics space; skilled at managing a remote workforce to include employees and contractorsExperience in navigating through ambiguity and collaborating effectively with a wide group of cross-functional stakeholdersPrior experience using JIRA and Rally to manage workload, issues, and risksExperience defining and implementing a business metadata strategy or broader data management strategy, including building a cross-functional team, deploying processes and procedures, and driving business adoptionCollaborative, influential leadership experience to drive cultural and behavior change in the organizationAble to demonstrate experience in identifying and actioning on opportunities to drive reuse, consolidation, and consistency in asset development and/or consumptionExcellent verbal and written communication skillsExcellent understanding of the data development life cycle and information management principles (ETL/ELT processes, SDLC, metadata management, data quality, etc.)Experience working for a large financial institutionThe above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.At USAA our employees enjoy one of the best benefits package in the business, including a flexible business casual or casual dress environment, comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, along with wellness and wealth building programs.

Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education will assist you with your professional goals.Relocation assistance is available for this position.For Internal Candidates:Must complete 12 months in current position (from date of hire or date of placement), or must have manager’s approval prior to posting.Last day for internal candidates to apply to the opening is 9/01/20 by 11:59 pm CST time.