Head Data Officer – 100% (m/f/d)

Tasks

• Define, oversee, and continuously refine the bank’s enterprise-wide data strategy, including the development of the business architecture (application layer: data and storage), to guide the strategy for data management, quality, IoT, risk, rewards, monitoring, audit, and security. Ensuring alignment with the bank’s overarching business objectives, the digital transformation roadmap, the IT and risk strategies, and regulatory requirements.
• Define and continuously update the bank’s company-wide reference data architecture, standards, frameworks, and tool sets to ensure data access, data ownership, and data management across all business units.
• Establishment of data governance standards, policies, and operating procedures to ensure consistent and effective data management across the bank's systems.
• Design, procurement, configuration, and hosting of the bank's technology stack for data management, security, models, and risks.
• Serve as the primary point of contact between the business functions (OT line) and IT, as well as the operational risk function (CRO line), for interest rates, digital asset custody, clearing, and matching processes; ensure the resolution of data issues and promote data-driven decision-making across the entire company.
• Oversee or support the implementation and rollout of data management capabilities, including data pipelines, analytics platforms, data governance, data stewards, data catalogs, data models, data mart management, and analytical intelligence.
• Provide oversight and challenge across all data areas to ensure alignment with regulatory requirements, risk frameworks, and internal control standards.
• Establish the strategy for technology-driven innovation (RFR), data, and governance, including collaboration with senior management and the Executive Data Office. In coordination and consultation with the CRO, the role serves as the primary point of contact for regulatory communications, oversight activities, and remediation tasks related to data management and framework deviations. Oversight of data risk assessments and governance proposals is established in collaboration with other central functions (e.g., Risk Management, Compliance, Group-wide Internal Audit, Information Risk, Legal, and Strategy) as well as IT Shared Services, second-line, and third-line functions to ensure the consistent interpretation and application of data standards.
• Promoting a data culture across all business units by embedding accountability and stewardship through training, ongoing education, and awards for responsible data practices.

Requirements

• Responsibility for unit tests, as well as unit, integration, and system tests, and the challenges faced by data analysts in a resilient implementation within global financial institutions.
• Project experience in data management, data platforms, and data engineering.
• Extensive experience with data management tools, including data governance, metadata management, analytics, and business intelligence tools.
• Practical knowledge and experience with APIs, data and design patterns, and data architects and data managers who want to expand their technical skills.
• Practical experience with regulatory requirements such as data retention, data protection, risk management, and reporting in the financial sector (required).
• Background knowledge coupled with a proven ability to build and lead transformation teams in complex, multi-unit organizations.
• A strong strategic and analytical mind with the ability to see the big picture and deliver results.
• Strong change management and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence senior managers and cross-functional teams.
• Master's degree in business administration, communication, or a related field; advanced professional qualifications are considered an asset