Data Steward - Investments

The typical starting salary range for this role is determined by a number of factors including skills, experience, education, certifications and location. The full salary range for this role reflects the competitive labor market value for all employees in these positions across the national market and provides an opportunity to progress as employees grow and develop within the role. Some roles at Liberty Mutual have a corresponding compensation plan which may include commission and/or bonus earnings at rates that vary based on multiple factors set forth in the compensation plan for the role.

Ensure the proper management and governance of data for Liberty Mutual Investments.  This includes managing data governance, data quality, data integrations and data policy creation and implementation.  The Central Steward is responsible for analyzing data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.  In addition, the Central Steward works with and supports federated data stewards across the enterprise.  Understanding public markets and alternatives financial industry data and asset management portfolio analytics is crucial in fulfilling these responsibilities and to ensure the needs of business users is met.  Provides, builds, and maintains prototype data solutions to meet the needs of the enterprise. Develops coding proof-of-concepts for data and helps ensure those solutions can be scaled appropriately. Works at the highest authority limits on assignments reflecting the deep knowledge of data and analytics in asset management. Possesses a deep content and technical knowledge and skill in financial industry data. Provides technical guidance and assistance to federated data stewards. Typically requires formal review and approval for promotion. Functions as an individual contributor on the Data Governance Team. Has responsibility for the stewarding of data for the portions of the portfolio and investment solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Independently prototypes/develops data solutions of high complexity to meet the needs of the organization and business customers.
• Designs proof-of-concept solutions utilizing an advanced understanding of multiple coding languages to meet technical and business requirements, with an ability to perform iterative solution testing to ensure specifications are met. Acts as a technical leader and mentor to the team.
• Designs and develops data solutions that enable effective self-service data consumption and can describe their value to the customer. Collaborates with stakeholders in defining metrics that are impactful to the business. Prioritizes efforts based on customer value.
• Has an in-depth understanding of Agile techniques. Can set expectations for deliverables of high complexity.
• Can assist in the creation of roadmaps for data solutions. Can turn vague ideas or problems into a data product strategy. Influences strategic thinking across the team and the broader organization.
• Maintains proof-of-concepts and prototype data solutions, and handles any assessment of their viability and scalability, with own team or in partnership with IT. Working with IT, assists in building robust systems focusing on long-term and ongoing maintenance and support.
• Ensure data solutions include deliverables required to achieve high quality data.
• Displays a strong understanding of complex multi-tier, multi-platform systems, and applies principles of metadata, lineage, business definitions, compliance, and data security to project work.
• Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of new technologies as needed to progress initiatives.

• Leadership Capabilities: You should have a track record of building successful data teams in asset management in a high performance environment. Demonstrated leadership capabilities in a diverse, distributed team environment.
• Strong technical and domain knowledge: You should possess a high level of understanding of financial industry and in particular asset management internal and external data set content, expertise in data analytics, data management, and data modeling. You should be proficient in programming languages such as both Python and SQL.
• Financial Industry Expertise: You should have a deep understanding of financial industry master data, market data, and portfolio analytics. You should be familiar with the financial instruments and the various financial data sources in the asset management industry.
• Data Governance and Management: You should be well-versed in data governance principles and should have experience in developing and implementing data governance policies and procedures and standards.
• Analytical Skills: You should have excellent analytical skills to analyze data and draw insights from it. You should be proficient in using statistical analysis tools and techniques.
• Problem-Solving Skills: You should possess strong problem-solving skills and be able to design and implement solutions to complex data management challenges.
• Organizational Skills: Demonstrate ability to define, organize and roadmap multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Communication and Collaboration Skills: You should have excellent communication and collaboration skills to effectively work with different teams within the organization, such as IT, investment management, operations, finance, and compliance as well as externally with data and platform solutions providers.

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