Lead Data Steward, Data Stewardship, Company & Security Foundational Data

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

10

The Role Scope:

The Securities Reference Data Steward is responsible for supporting the quality, integrity, consistency and effective management of reference data across its lifecycle. The role combines domain expertise, data analysis, data quality management and business analysis to ensure reference data is accurately defined, sourced, mastered and distributed to support internal and external products.

The individual will work closely with Data Operations, Technology, Product, Data Governance and other Data Stewardship teams to investigate complex data issues, translate business requirements into actionable data rules, and support strategic data onboarding and transformation initiatives.

What You'll Do (Key Responsibilities):

1. Reference Data Stewardship

• Develop strong subject-matter expertise across assigned reference-data domains.
• Understand how reference data is sourced, modelled, linked/mastered and distributed across downstream products.
• Maintain and improve business definitions, data rules, metadata and stewardship standards.
• Support consistent application of reference-data standards across platforms and workflows.

2. Data Quality & Root-Cause Analysis

• Proactively identify and investigate data-quality issues, exceptions and inconsistencies.
• Perform detailed root-cause analysis across source/vendor data, business rules, mastering/linking logic and downstream outputs.
• Distinguish between tactical data corrections and issues requiring strategic process or technology remediation.
• Partner with Technology and Operations teams to implement sustainable fixes and appropriate data-quality controls.

3. Data Onboarding & Change Initiatives

• Provide stewardship support for the onboarding of new vendors, datasets and reference-data attributes.
• Analyse incoming datasets and determine appropriate mapping, standardisation, linking and mastering requirements.
• Define business requirements and acceptance criteria for enhancements to reference-data platforms.
• Perform data validation and UAT to ensure solutions meet business and data-quality expectations.
• Assess downstream impacts arising from source, schema, business-rule or vendor changes.

4. Data Governance & Controls

• Support implementation of enterprise data-governance standards within the assigned domain.
• Maintain appropriate business definitions, data lineage, quality rules and supporting documentation.
• Identify gaps in existing controls and recommend improvements.
• Ensure data issues are captured, prioritised and driven to appropriate resolution.

5. Stakeholder & Cross-functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product, Technology, Data Operations, Data Governance and other Stewardship teams on data initiatives and issue resolution.
• Translate complex technical or data problems into clear business impact and requirements.
• Coordinate investigations involving multiple platforms, vendors or downstream consumers.
• Act as a SME for assigned datasets and initiatives.

6. Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to reduce manual intervention and recurring data-quality issues.
• Recommend improvements to data sourcing, validation, mastering and stewardship workflows.
• Contribute to automation and scalable data-quality controls.
• Document learning from incidents and complex investigations to strengthen team knowledge.

For This Role You'll Need to Have (Skills & Competencies)  

Domain / Functional

• Strong understanding of reference-data concepts and data lifecycle management.
• Experience analysing complex datasets and data-quality issues.
• Ability to perform detailed root-cause analysis and translate findings into business requirements.
• Understanding of data governance, metadata, data lineage and data-quality principles.
• Experience with vendor/source-data ingestion, mapping, validation or mastering is highly desirable.

Technical

• Strong SQL and data-analysis skills.
• Ability to work with large datasets and investigate relationships across multiple data sources.
• Familiarity with APIs, structured data formats and modern data platforms is advantageous.
• Ability to understand technical workflows and communicate effectively with engineering teams.

Behavioural

• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.
• Ability to independently own investigations and drive problems towards resolution.
• Comfortable working across Technology, Product, Operations and business stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to data quality and business impact.

Key Interfaces & Stakeholders

• Data Quality, Data Governance
• Technology teams, Product teams
• Data Operations, Customer Success, and Compliance functions.

What’s In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:
Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include: 

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

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At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

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