Core Operations - Senior Associate

Overview

Senior Associate in the Data Operations team within SSGA Investment Operations, driving data governance, data management and data stewardship initiatives in collaboration with global business and technology stakeholders.

What you'll do

• Implement and continuously enhance the Data Governance framework, policies, standards, and operating model in collaboration with global business and technology stakeholders.
• Drive Collibra Data Intelligence adoption, including Business Glossary, Data Catalog, metadata management, ownership, stewardship workflows, and governance processes.
• Partner with Data Owners and Data Stewards to define and maintain Critical Data Elements (CDEs), business definitions, data classifications, authoritative sources, and ownership.
• Support end-to-end data lineage and metadata management, improving transparency and traceability across source systems, transformations, and downstream consumers.
• Establish and monitor Data Quality rules, controls, KPIs/KRIs, and scorecards, performing root-cause analysis and driving remediation of data quality exceptions.
• Perform data stewardship and MDM activities across key domains including Security, Benchmark, Holdings, Client, Product, and Account data.
• Facilitate governance forums and collaborate with data consumers, stewards, policymakers, and technology teams to resolve data issues, strengthen controls, and reduce data-related risk.
• Lead process improvement and automation initiatives through business analysis, requirements documentation, workflow optimization, and process re-engineering.
• Support strategic initiatives to transition the organization from an application-centric to a data-centric architecture, promoting data as an enterprise asset with defined ownership, quality, lineage, and controls.

What you'll need

• Willingness to operate effectively as an individual contributor.
• Strong understanding of data management concepts, principles, and practices.
• Prior experience in data governance and/or data management.
• Ability to understand data models and data taxonomies, with a strong appreciation of data standards and data quality.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Strong written, oral communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in a business operations role with a data focus, including managing or monitoring data platforms against data-driven objectives.
• Deep understanding of how data supports corporate strategy, is used in business processes, and creates measurable business impact.
• Bachelor's or master's degree with four to six years of relevant experience.

Nice to have

• Project management experience.
• Knowledge of data management applications such as Informatica, Collibra and MDM.
• Proficiency in Tableau and/or Alteryx.
• Knowledge of SQL and VBA macros in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong presentation and PowerPoint skills.

Details

• Shift: 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. India time.
• Flexible working arrangements, including working from home, are available based on business needs and individual preferences.
• Flexibility is required to collaborate with stakeholders across the world.