Technology Data Governance Program Manager

Overview

It’s an exciting time to be a member of the Fisher Investments Technology Department. We’re investing in the future of our firm’s technology and are building our team to achieve global growth. We are looking for a Technology Data Governance Program Manager to support our Global Expansion Technology team. If you are looking for an opportunity to make a difference as we develop scalable and strategic solutions to support our global growth, we want to hear from you!

The Opportunity:

As a Technology Data Governance Program Manager, you will report to the Vice President of Global Expansion Technology to collaborate, plan and execute data lineage and sensitive data related work across all the systems at Fisher Investments. You will work with various teams (Legal and Compliance Department, Enterprise Risk Management and Technology teams) to define and guide policies and enable data to be covered for reporting. You will partner with our internal technology teams and third-party vendors and implementation partners.

The Day-to-Day:

• Manage all phases of project from envisioning through deployment
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
• Proactively manage changes in program scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans
• Define lifecycle of data process and quality standards
• Responsible for the enforcement/audit of licensing agreements to eliminate liability from wrong use/storage of data
• Manage process for the approval of data transfers internally, externally, and across geographical borders
• Define standards for data transfer controls
• Identify data owners for maintaining different types of data
• Manage and implement retention schedule for Onsite / Offsite retention policies
• Define criticality of categories of data for Business recovery & disaster recovery
• Maintain and manage lineage and classification of data, data definitions/standards, data flows repository

Your Qualifications:

• 8+ years combination of data management / governance, with at least 5 years in asset / wealth management
• Familiarity with application architecture, data architecture, integration architecture, and security architecture
• Prior familiarity with data strategy, with an understanding of data architectural tradeoffs concerning legacy data management systems, modern (largely cloud-based) data platforms
• Understanding of Data Lifecycle and associated processes
• Experience defining data quality standards
• Familiarity with data transfer protocols
• Experience with the technology ecosystem of the wealth management industry is preferred
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in information systems or related technical field

Why Fisher Investments:

We work for a bigger purpose: bettering the investment universe. We take great pride in our inclusive culture, our learning and development framework customized for every employee, and our Great Place to Work Certification. It’s the people that make the Fisher purpose possible, and we invest in them by offering exceptional benefits like:

• 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your qualifying dependents
• A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum
• 20 days of PTO*, plus 10 paid holidays (*17 days of PTO and 3 days of sick time for California employees)
• Family Support programs including 8 weeks Paid Primary Caregiver leave, adoption assistance and back-up child care
• $10,000 fertility, hormonal health and family-forming benefit
• Opportunity to participate in our hybrid work from home program. This program is subject to change. Based on tenure and performance eligibility, you will have the opportunity to work from home up to 75 days per year

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