Investment Data Governance Analyst

Investment Data Strategy & Governance Team

Full-Time

Boston, MA, New York, NY or Springfield, MA

The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Investment Data Governance Analyst who will be responsible for creating and maintaining end to end business lineage of our critical data (sub-domain and elements) and contribute to business data modelling while working with data stewards to drive catalog completeness and review. The data analyst will also be responsible for tracking and creating reports of key metrics for data governance. This role reports to the Head of Investment Data Strategy and Governance. The ideal candidate will have a good understanding of investment data requirements and understand the language of investment data. The candidate also should be comfortable working with data tools such as SQL and Python and be able to understand logic embedded in ETL tools such as Informatica and stored procedures. Experience working in businesses with a varied mix of investment types (public, private and structured) will be a major plus.

The Team

You will be a key member of the Investment Data Strategy and Governance team within Investment Management. We ensure that our strategy for sourcing, aggregating, distributing, and governing Investment data adequately meets the broad requirements of the business community and we are accountable for defining, communicating, and driving forward the data strategy for the investment ecosystem. We partner with teams across Investment Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Corporate Finance, Enterprise Technology, Corporate PMO, MassMutual affiliates and external third parties.

The Impact

The Investment Data Governance Analyst will have an impact in the following areas:

Data Governance

• Ensure that we have complete end to end lineage for critical data elements and sub domains.

• Work with data owners and stewards to ensure that our list of critical data meets the needs of the business and lineage is created and validated for newly defined critical data elements.

• Collaborate with stewards (people identified throughout our portfolio management teams, investment operations and accounting teams) to ensure that our data catalog is complete and accurate with data descriptions, usage rules and accuracy rules defined.

• Data governance is a key function in a business that evolves constantly and holds information on complex investments. Your contribution in this area will ensure that our data is trusted, observable and usable by our partners and consumers.

Data Strategy

• Contribute to the business data model for the investment domains and sub domains based on the requirements of the businesses that we support.

• You will contribute to the business data requirements and principles, and partner with Corporate Technology to deliver a next generation data platform for the business.

• You will liaise with Data Owners identified within the business to stay up to date with their requirements and ensure that these are reflected withing the business data model.

• You will be able to contribute to the future and evolving data needs of a dynamic business, bringing best practice experience and knowledge to bear.

Communication

• Manage interactions between operational and technology teams, communicating business needs into technical requirements with tech/data based on business needs.

Metrics

• Establish KPIs and track data governance adoption using tools and reports.

• Track issues raised and their time to resolution.

Min Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree

• 3+ years as an Investment Data Product Analyst or similar role

• 3+ years of experience in financial services, insurance, or related industry.

• 3+ years of experience in understanding of Investment Data needs across a wide variety of instruments including public and private assets, bank loans etc.

• 3+ years of proficiency in SQL and data manipulation tools (e.g., Python, R).

Ideal Qualifications

• Experience with data governance tools such as Collibra, Alation and Data360

• Data Modelling, Data Governance or Data Science training and certification

• Experience with Eagle STAR, Eagle Pace and Eagle DataMart will be a plus

• Strong understanding of financial instruments, investment management workflows, and data governance principles

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, highly collaborative

• Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks effectively.

• Experience in project planning

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Knowledge of data modelling concepts

• Experience with data quality tools, data lineage tracking, and metadata management.

What to Expect as Part of MassMutual and the Team

• Regular meetings with the Investments Data Strategy and Governance team

• Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager

• Networking opportunities including access to Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, African American, women, LGBTQIA+, veteran and disability-focused Business Resource Groups

• Access to learning content on Degreed and other informational platforms

• Your ethics and integrity will be valued by a company with a strong and stable ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits

Must be authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship now or in the future; no immigration sponsorship for this position.

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