Data Steward

Senior Data Steward
The Senior Enterprise Data Steward ensures that data is accurate and available to support the development, implementation and execution of business analytics initiatives and projects. This job owns the assessment, improvement and governance of quality and ongoing fitness-for-purpose of data, ensuring adequate data quality is maintained so that data can effectively support business processes. As a recognized master in data quality and data governance, this job uses expert level knowledge of the end-to-end master data processes and flows to design and implement master data management solutions in order to maintain a common, firm-wide data standard.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Ensures that data within the domain (inclusive of internal systems of record, 3rd party external data sources, analytic sources, and master data platforms) meets business requirements for both operational and analytical use cases of that data.
• Investigates and drives consistent metric definitions across the enterprise to develop one consistent view of the customer, user experience, and business performance.
• Partners with domain stakeholders and subject matter experts to ensure that all data within the domain has complete business metadata captured and maintained in the appropriate metadata repository or data catalog.
• Partners with IT and data engineering partners to ensure technical metadata and lineage metadata is captured and maintained in the appropriate metadata repository or data catalog.
• Ensures that data within the domain meets business requirements and data policy and data standards for data quality and ensures that data quality requirements are included in product/system development process, both at the source and throughout the data supply chain (acquire/curate/publish/consume), in partnership with IT and data engineering partners.
• Ensures data is compliant with enterprise policies, regulatory requirements and legal/contractual commitments and partners with policy owners and risk/compliance teams to ensure compliance requirements are understood and participates in any risk/compliance reviews, audits and exams.
• Oversees data issue management processes to ensure that data issues are captured, tracked and resolved in a timely manner, with appropriate escalation and status reporting as needed.
• Provides training and education on appropriate data usage to partners within the lines of business

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience Required

Work Experience

• 5+ Years Required; 7+ Years Preferred

Physical Requirements

• Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Career Level
8IC

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Data Analysis/Analytics experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years of Data Analysis/Analytics experience in a financial services setting

Related Skills

Business Acumen, Business Analysis, Business Process Understanding, Change Management, Collaboration, Communication, Continuous Improvement Mindset, Data Analysis, Data-Driven Business Intelligence, Data Management, Data Visualization, Executive Presence, Influence, Project Management, Story Telling

Anticipated Posting End Date:

Base Pay Range: $116,000/yr - $143,000/yr

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location.  In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans). 

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Company Overview

Every worker deserves a secure retirement. For more than 100 years, TIAA has delivered it for millions of people. Founded to help educators retire with dignity, today weʼre a market-leading retirement company fueled by world-class asset management. But weʼre not just another legacy financial services firm. Weʼre fighting harder than ever before for our clients and the many Americans who need us.

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At TIAA, we're on a mission to build on our 100+ year legacy of delivering for our clients while evolving to meet tomorrow's challenges. We equip our associates with future-focused skills and AI tools that enable us to advance our mission. Together, we are fighting to ensure a more secure financial future for all and for generations to come. We are guided by our values: Champion Our People, Be Client Obsessed, Lead with Integrity, Own It, and Win As One. They influence every decision we make and how we work together to serve our clients every day. We thrive in a collaborative in-office environment where teams work across organizational boundaries with shared purpose, accelerating innovation and delivering meaningful results. Our workplace brings together TIAA and Nuveen's entrepreneurial spirit, where we work hard and work together to create lasting impact. Here, every associate can grow through meaningful learning experiences and development pathways—because when our people succeed, our impact on clients' lives grows stronger.

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The organization is committed to making financial well-being possible for its clients, and is equally committed to the well-being of our associates. That’s why we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to make a positive difference in the lives of our associates and their loved ones. Our benefits include a superior retirement program and highly competitive health, wellness and work life offerings that can help you achieve and maintain your best possible physical, emotional and financial well-being. To learn more about your benefits, please review our Benefits Summary.

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