Truist Financial

Head of Business Data - Technology, Data, & Operations

Truist Financial$230K — $280K *
Finance & Insurance
11 - 15 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Undergraduate degree in computer science, information systems, analytics, data engineering, finance, or equivalent
  • 15+ years of data management experience in enterprise data strategy and execution
  • Strong problem-solving skills with detailed strategic planning capabilities
  • Experience in the financial services or payments industry
  • Understanding of regulatory obligations in a highly regulated environment
  • Successful collaboration with C-Level executives to achieve business objectives

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement BU/CF data & analytics strategy and roadmap
  • Transform business processes through data-driven decision-making
  • Coordinate with data governance priorities and risk commitments
  • Update C-Level executives on key initiatives and data risks
  • Drive accountability for data ownership and sound management practices
  • Maintain inventory of data-critical business processes
  • Oversee implementation of enterprise data strategy and modernization efforts
  • Manage teams in business analytics, data science, and reporting

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • 401k plan with tax-preferred savings accounts
  • Minimum of 10 vacation and sick days per year
  • Paid holidays and potential eligibility for defined benefit pension plan
  • Access to restricted stock units and deferred compensation plan as applicable
Full Job Description

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Regular or Temporary:

Regular

Language Fluency:  English (Required)

Work Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Please review the following job description:

The Head of Business Data is the executive leader for the quality of Technology, Data & Operations (TD&O) data and for how that data is used across the business unit. This role carries end-to-end responsibility for TD&O data, from authoritative source through certification and lineage to consumption, including business data governance, data management, reporting, and analytics.

This leader owns TD&O's adherence to the enterprise data governance policy: data ownership and accountability, business data stewardship, the inventory of data-critical business processes, critical data element identification and quality measurement, and the resolution of data issues and sub-issues. The role is accountable to governance requirements established by the Chief Data Governance Officer and partners with the Business Unit/Corporate Functions CDOs, the Chief Divisional Technology, Data, and Operations Officer, and division leaders to execute the business strategy in alignment with the enterprise data strategy. This is a critical role — TD&O's ability to run and modernize its operations depends on data the business unit can trust.

The leader also directs TD&O's use of that data to deliver management insight into performance and operations, including an advanced and nimble analytics capability that turns TD&O data into rapid, decision-grade insight, and the innovation agenda that comes with it across analytics, data science, and modeling. Making TD&O data ready for AI and agentic use is central to the role: certified, well-governed data is the precondition for AI consumption, in adherence with all related data management and AI governance requirements.

This is a senior leadership role. The Head of Business Data leads the TD&O data organization, including hiring, team development, delivery culture, and cross-functional execution, and represents TD&O in executive forums and senior committees, partnering, negotiating, and influencing across technology and business teams.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below.  Specific activities may change from time to time.
1.    Develop and execute the business unit/corporate functions (BU/CF) data & analytics strategy and roadmap. This includes coordination with the Chief Business Execution & Risk Officer, BU/CF CDO, and the Chief Divisional Technology, Data, and Operations Officer to align the strategy with the business vision and priorities.
2.    Partner across C-Level executive business leaders to transform the business through cultivating data driven decision-making and enabling data analytics to re-engineer processes to grow and sustain the business.
3.    Coordinate with the Chief Data Governance Officer to align BU/CF roadmap to data governance priorities, roadmap, and risk/regulatory commitments.
4.    Provide regular updates to C-Level BU/CF executives and business unit committees regarding progress across key business initiatives and data risk in relation to appetite.
5.    Drive accountability within the BU/CF for data ownership and sound data management practices including partnering with business leaders to resolve open data issues and sub-issues.
6.    Own and maintain the BU/CF inventory of data critical business process and partner with process owners to drive adherence to governance requirements.
7.    Oversee the business data stewards and partner across the company to implement and sustain data governance requirements across data critical processes and critical data elements.
8.    Oversee implementation of the enterprise data strategy within the BU/CF and partner with business leaders to drive modernization efforts, AI enablement, and consumption of data from governed data sources.
9.    Manage and execute innovation across data analytics, data science (AI/ML), reporting and modeling.
10.    Partner with the AI & Data Office to define the target state tools, solutions, and capabilities to execute on the business strategy. 
11.    Partner across Truist to achieve the business unit data strategy and roadmap objectives, while bringing best in class industry practices to improve people, process and technology.
12.    Accountable to manage the business analytics, data science, data stewards and reporting teams that can span 50-200 teammates.
13.    Maintain knowledge of emerging industry practices and technologies while bringing those new practices to Truist.

QUALIFICATIONS
Required Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1.    Undergraduate degree in either computer science, information systems, analytics, data engineering, finance or equivalent degree
2.    Fifteen years of data management experience inclusive of driving enterprise data strategy, data execution, data engineering or software delivery
3.    Expert problem solving skills and being able to define detailed strategies 
4.    Experience in financial services or payments industry
5.    Experience in meeting regulatory obligations and operating in a highly regulatory environment
6.    Experience partnering with C-Level executives to accomplish business objectives.

Preferred Qualifications:

.    Expert in solution designs based upon business requirements

2.    Experience in building financial services data strategy

3.    Experience in leading business data governance across processes and solutions.

4.    Experience in data architecture, solution architecture and/or designing enterprise business processes.

5.     Skills demonstrated in data engineering, computer engineering, data transformation (ETL), digital transformation and cloud computing

6.     DAMA CDMP certification (Practitioner or Master level).

7.     Experience standing up a data product / data mesh operating model with federated governance.

8.     Experience making data AI- and agentic-ready in a regulated setting, including adherence to all related data management, model, and AI governance requirements.

9.     Experience owning data end-to-end, from authoritative source through certification, lineage, quality measurement, and consumption. This includes operational data such as application inventories, configuration management, entitlements, and incident and change records.

10.     Experience building advanced and nimble business analytics capabilities that deliver rapid, decision-grade insight to executive leadership and support regulatory and board reporting.

The annual base salary for this position is $230,000 to $280,000

General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of Truist Financial Corporation: All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position. Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates. Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays. For more details on Truist’s generous benefit plans, please visit . Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan. As you advance through the hiring process, you will also learn more about the specific benefits available for any non-temporary position for which you apply, based on full-time or part-time status, position, and division of work.

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