VP, Data Governance, Data Management Office

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices.

Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values – Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

About the Department

DMO believes that data is key to responsible innovation, growth, and competitive advantage in the banking industry. Our mission is to leverage our data assets to create value for our customers, stakeholders and employees. We achieve this by defining, and executing to, enterprise data strategies and transformation, delivering valuable and trusted data to the organisation via the most efficient and responsible manner, ensuring robust data governance via strong enforcement, literacy, and management of emerging data risks and data regulatory compliance, as well as bringing Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) solutions to our business stakeholders to drive monetisation of our data assets. 

Job Responsibilities

The role is a key member of the Enterprise Data Governance Team which supports the Head of Enterprise Data Governance in defining and operationalising the long-term vision, strategy and objectives for data governance across the Group that are in line with the Bank`s business strategy and objectives. Your main responsibilities are to:

• Actively support the UOB Group-wide Data Governance strategy and the adoption of the data governance framework and policy, incorporating best practices and industry standards across different jurisdictions where the Bank operates
• Actively contribute to the development and continuous evolution of the data governance processes and best practices in line with the Bank’s strategies and objectives, along with evolving industry practices
• Support the development of a framework to govern external data within the Bank, and the operationalization of the framework by performing activities that includes maintaining of the external data inventory, due diligence and oversight, etc
• Support the improvement of operational governance of the enterprise data lake, through activities such as enhancing the access matrices, designing monitoring mechanisms on the databases, etc
• Participate in the development of data standards incorporating industry best practices across Reference data, Master data and Metadata
• Promote education and develop training, awareness and adoption program of Data Governance disciplines and objectives across the Group
• Serve as a liaison between business units and technology to ensure data governance requirements are well understood and considered as part of operational prioritization and planning
• Be an agent of change and inculcate data governance culture and discipline across the Bank’s business and technical processes

Job Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Computing or related disciplines with at least 8 years of working experience in the banking industry, or consulting industry with strong exposure to Financial Services
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of Data Governance discipline, especially on financial industry best practices and across the regulatory landscape
• Experience in external data governance and/or operation governance of applications will be a strong advantage
• Good understanding of data management and related disciplines, such as data architecture, data quality and metadata
• Experience of working with Big Data platforms and ETL tools is an advantage
• Good project management and facilitation skills, with the ability to manage different stakeholders across the Bank and to navigate through conflicts with ease
• Demonstrated ability as team player and running initiatives independently
• Good written / oral communication skills with strong interpersonal skills 
   

Be a part of UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.

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