Data Governance Lead Payment / Transaction experience at New York City (Hybrid)

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This is Ram from ICS Global Soft. Kindly find the below job description and let me know your availability

Position: Data Governance Lead Payment / Transaction experience

Location: New York City (Hybrid)

Duration: Long-term

Required / Must-have Skills

• Strong domain experience in Payment / Transaction Banking, including exposure to payment rails such as real-time Payment, ACH, SWIFT, clearing and settlement.
• Hands-on experience defining and governing data across large-scale Payment platforms or data ecosystems.
• Advanced data modelling expertise (conceptual, logical and physical), including semantic modelling for analytics and reporting.
• Strong understanding of enterprise data architecture and data platform design.
• Practical experience with metadata management, data cataloguing and lineage capabilities.
• Proven experience implementing automated data quality rules, controls and validation frameworks.
• Solid understanding of data privacy, sensitive data handling and regulatory expectations in banking environments.
• Experience working in large, complex, regulatory-aware organisations using agile or scaled-agile delivery models.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

• Exposure to industry data governance frameworks (e.g., DAMA-DMBOK, DCAM, COBIT).
• Experience within large global banks, Payment transformation programs or Transaction Banking functions.
• Familiarity with advanced data modelling techniques such as data vault or graph-based models.
• Knowledge of data observability and monitoring practices to assess data health and reliability across pipelines.
• Experience supporting ISO 20022 migrations or Payment data modernization initiatives.