Executive Director of Data Management & Insights

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We're committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive.
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location.
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The impact you will have in this role:

Being a member of the Information Technology group, the Executive Director Technology Data Strategic Solutions will be responsible for collaborating across DTCC including Architecture, Application Development, Engineering and Platform, testing and other functions, as needed. The role is charged with developing strategies and implementing solutions using modern technology adopted by DTCC aligned with data standards, architecture patterns, development methodologies, innovative solutions, and data science and analytics capabilities in alignment with business, corporate functions, and client requirements.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead the effort to build and support adoption of a shared data ecosystem to house all DTCC's enterprise data and make it available for consumption internally and externally to clients
• Lead the following teams in to define and implement the strategy to deliver on the shared data ecosystem:
• Data Engineering Team in partnership with the Platform team to build and support a data ecosystem that can seamlessly ingest, lead and serve up data for use across the enterprise and clients
• Data Solutions Team to partner with App Dev teams to deliver correct and complete data into the shared data ecosystem
• Data Reporting & Analytics Team to build and support reporting tools and analytics solutions based on business cases
• Work closely with Data Architecture, Data Standards, and Data Modeling team to ensure that the delivered solutions and data can serve enterprise usage for internal and external clients
• Own and lead IT General Control Environment including - Change Management, Configuration Management and Incident Management
• Ensure proper discipline and controls within the IT environment, as evidenced by strong audits and exams.
• Serve as a "Change Agent" who brings a sense of urgency and can mobilize resources and implement initiatives on time.
• Understand how technology works, bring a passion for technology, know the questions to ask, and be able to dig into the details.
• Develop a strong partnership with business line leaders, IT members, and the operations team. Understand the business/process making sure the technology delivery is seamless.
• Communicate technical issues to a non-tech audience and to be an effective bridge from business to technology.
• Effectively plan and supervise multiple large and/or complex projects and communicate status to management and project teams. Identify problem areas and alternative solutions.
• Fosters a risk management culture through implementation and demonstration of processes and procedures which identify and mitigate risk

**NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

Key Skills

• Hands-on experience with public and private cloud capabilities including computer, storage, database and analytics.
• Solid foundation in developing strategies to enable innovative data management, data analytics, data engineering, data security, data science, data warehousing, and GenAI to enable risk reduction, improved decision-making, improved efficiencies, and strong value for the DTCC.
• Experience with leading an IT environment, data, applications, and projects at the enterprise level (i.e., experience with balancing the different factors and competing demands of a multi-faceted, sophisticated IT environment).
• Demonstrated technology leadership experience in enterprise data governance, development and operating a technology data office and council, and
• Extensive experience running enterprise data development teams including deep knowledge of data movement, ETL/ELT, RDBMS, MDM, HDFS, NoSQL, Graph database, PostgresSQL, messaging, API and in- memory technologies. Hands-on experience with Snowflake, Cassandra, Kafka, Hadoop, Spark, Talend and Informatica technologies is desired.
• Experience with data virtualization, production use of open-source technologies and external cloud deployment (e.g. AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) for data storage and compute capabilities.
• Solid experience in Agile methodologies.
• Passion for designing end-to-end data engineering solutions using a variety of data processing patterns: Lambda, Kappa, Event Driven architecture, Data as a Service, Polyglot persistence, Domain Driven Design, etc.
• Experience hiring, developing talent, and leading a diverse, globally distributed, and inclusive team recognized for delivering results, intellectual horsepower, and collaboration.
• Clear and strategic vision before the art of the possible. Proven ability to execute with urgency and pragmatism in the current environment.
• Demonstrable ability to create, communicate and 'sell' compelling strategies at all levels of the organization. Highly effective at building, nurturing and leveraging relationships.
• Infectious excitement to lead a diverse team through change and generate followership along the way.
• A change agent with demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategic and tactical plans.

Leadership Expectations:

Champion Inclusion: Embrace Individual differences and create an environment of support, belonging and trust. Invite every voice, every day.

Communicate Clearly: Listen to understand, ask questions for clarity and deliver messages with purpose. Be intentional to ensure your message is understood.

Cultivate Relationships: Show care and compassion for others and authentically build networks across functions. Partner up, down, and across to enable enterprise results.

Instill Ownership: Ensure accountability, manage execution, and mitigate risk to deliver results. Be proactive to make a positive impact.

Inspire Growth: Develop yourself and others through coaching, feedback and mentorship to meet career goals. Build capabilities of others, strengthen our organization.

Propel Change: Think critically, respectfully, challenge, and create innovative ways to drive growth. Be bold and challenge yourself to make things better.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
• Processing and publication solutions.

Talents Needed for Success:

• Hands-on experience with public and private cloud capabilities including compute, storage, database and analytics.
• Strong foundation in data analytics, data engineering and support of statistical model development (SAS, R, Python, etc.) and model scoring.
• Experience with leading an IT environment, data, applications, and projects at the enterprise level (i.e., experience with balancing the different factors and competing demands of a multi-faceted, complex IT environment).
• Demonstrated technology and personal leadership experience in enterprise data governance, data security, data warehousing, data analytics and online transaction processing (OLTP) data management technologies.

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race,religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation

About Us

With over 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting and data services across asset classes, bringing enhanced resilience and soundness to existing financial markets while advancing the digital asset ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC's subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at U.S. $3.7 quadrillion and its depository subsidiary provided custody and asset servicing for securities issues from over 150 countries and territories valued at U.S. $99 trillion. DTCC's Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes more than 25 billion messages annually. To learn more, please visit us at or connect with us on LinkedIn , X , YouTube , Facebook and Instagram .

DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you'll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It's the chance to make a difference at a company that's truly one of a kind.

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About the Team

IT Risk and Data Services department seeks to meet our clients' needs by capitalizing on the progress made in both the Risk Technology Program and the Data Analytics work and driving adoption of these capabilities across the enterprise. Important initiatives like the Modernization and Resiliency Programs count on these foundational capabilities to succeed.