Data Governance Data Leader

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions, enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed in the right ways, all more confidently and more often—that’s what we call the courage to thrive.   We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank, Elavon is committed to building the platforms and ecosystems that help over 1.5 million customers around the world to achieve their financial goals—no matter what they need. From transaction processing to customer service, to driving innovation and launching new products, we’re building a range of tailored payment solutions powered by the latest technology. As part of our team, you can explore what motivates and energizes your career goals: partnering with our customers, our communities, and each other.

We actively uphold transparent and fair hiring practices that support individual opportunity, inclusive culture, and career mobility across all levels of our organisation.

We offer meaningful opportunities for growth, a culture of inclusion, and a strong commitment to transparency and integrity in everything we do.

Job Description

ROLE SUMMARY:

Drives data governance and strategy with a “Data as a Product” through the “Governance as a Service” mindset. Partners across the Operations Department within a Shared Services Organization supporting Lines of Business, Risk/Compliance professionals, technology, and business line leaders to support and maintain data governance practices and processes within Operations as it relates to Consumer, Business, Money Movement, Claims, Disputes, Complaints, Payments, and Contact Center data and analytics usage. Thorough knowledge across application of Business Intelligence tools (e.g.: Power BI or other BI Tools) and Data concepts including ETL, ELT, and Azure required, including Power BI Semantic Model Management and Data Lineage Practices.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Supports the team in development of Power BI Semantic Data Models (Including Non-Human Access Management) to accelerate market readiness of data modelling for both Operations and Technology
• Leads, mentors and develops a team of data governance, modelers, and analysts supporting a multitude of advanced data governance proficiencies (Catalogues, Lineage, Quality, Power BI Data Modeling)
• Ensures that strong controls are in place to deliver data that is fit for purpose within operations or for assigned system of record, provisioning point or business process(s).
• Supports internal teams through hosted Governance discussions to ensure alignment, QnA, technical support and long-term sustainability of the Data Strategy & Governance product pillars. Participate in working groups to advise on recommendations for developing our enterprise data governance capabilities.
• For data that is not meeting expectations, quality expectations, or where there are insufficient controls, ensures clear requirements are defined, and remediation approaches and plans are in place to improve.
• Facilitates development of business data flows and control documentation as well as performs control assessment review for all high-risk reports.
• Participates in working groups to advise on recommendations for developing our enterprise data governance capabilities.
• Ensures compliance with the enterprise data governance / data strategy policy and guidance & adopt enterprise solutions.
• Is knowledgeable about consumers use and needs for the data delivered within the business line in support of internal and external business line functions.
• Supports manager in development and documentation of OKRs and KPIs, identification of risk and development of remediation approaches and plans.
• Supports operations maintain critical data information in the Data Metrics & Definitions Product and supporting quality rules/profiling of data in collaboration with the Data Quality Leader.
• Actively ensures compliance with the U.S. Bank Code of Ethics and all Anti-Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy Act, information security and suspicious activity reporting requirements, policies and procedures. Actively participates in any required corporate and business line training in these areas.
• Follows account opening procedures and understands and follows internal suspicious activity referral requirements and processes, as required for this position.

SPECIFICATIONS:

A Leader who manages a team of data governance analysts & Power BI Data Modelers supporting Data Mapping, Data Lineage, and Data Catalogues, and Data Model Acceleration program, who works independently under minimal supervision.

• Strong technical/functional understanding of systems and platforms such as Power BI, Power BI Semantic Model, Cloud Infra (Azure, AWS), and Cloud Data Tools (Snowflake, Databricks) and multiple types of SQL (DB2, Oracle, MS SQL Server).
• Strategically assesses business needs and recommends approaches for both short-term success and long-term success across the data landscape as it pertains to serving data consumers and quality expectations.
• Strong analysis skills. Communicates well across Technical and Business partners in multiple business lines and countries globally. Great problem-solving skills.
• Great risk documentation skills and the ability to hold teams accountable for sustaining data governance in the work that they do.
• Assists team members in identifying development opportunities and manages workflow effectively through planning and continuous improvement accountability practices.

This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week. 

Accessibility

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need adjustments at any stage of the application or hiring process, please contact your recruiter for guidance and support.

Total Rewards

U.S. Bank is committed to fair, equitable, and transparent compensation practices in line with local regulatory and legal requirements. Our total rewards approach is designed to attract, retain, and support top talent while ensuring equal pay for work of equal value.

We offer a market-competitive compensation package that includes:

• Clearly defined salary ranges aligned with industry benchmarks and internal equity standards.

• Performance-based incentives for eligible employees (as defined by relevant plan rules), awarded through transparent, objective criteria that recognize both individual and company performance.

• Inclusive equitable benefits that are accessible to all employees and focused around our 3 main pillars of financial wellbeing, health & wellness).

• Continuous development opportunities including training, education support, and career progression pathways based on inclusive and transparent criteria.

• Employee recognition programs that celebrate achievements and milestones for all.

We regularly review our compensation and benefits to ensure they remain competitive, inclusive, and responsive to employee needs and market trends. Further details of the compensation package will be provided upon application.

We encourage candidates to explore the full value of our offer, including monetary and non-monetary benefits, at Employee benefits and development | U.S. Bank | Elavon.

Closing Date

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.

We aim to provide timely updates throughout the process and encourage early applications to ensure consideration.