Metadata Delivery Lead, Group Cdo

Job ID: 26062

Location: Singapore, SG

Area of interest: Technology

Job type: Regular Employee

Work style: Hybrid Working

Opening date: 10 Jun 2025
- Job Summary- The Critical Data Element Data Governance Delivery Lead Mercury is a key role, in which the role holder will have opportunity to drive the effective delivery of the Group’s Refreshed Data Management Strategy. The Mercury Programme is a pan-bank, multi-year programme, led by the Group Chief Data Office in partnership with the Group’s Business and Function CDO, COO and 2nd line of defence teams, and focused on ensuring long-term and tangible improvement across all data risk sub-types across all lines of business, functions and geographies. Mercury’s ultimate objective is to sustainably reduce data risk for the bank, aligning with our overall strategy, enabling our business, supporting our clients, and meeting our regulatory requirements.
- Mercury will effect this change as the delivery vehicle for the detailed design and execution of the Bank’s Data Management Strategy end-to-end, building central capabilities and end-to-end processes, for prioritised and phased implementation. Capabilities span all aspects of the Data Management Strategy, from our approach to identification and governance of critical data, through to operating model, data architecture and control frameworks, as well as our approach to data sovereignty horizon risk and data literacy.
- The Critical Data Element (CDE) Data Governance Delivery Lead is responsible for leading the execution of the data governance strategy re-designed under Program Mercury. The role will lead and steer the implementation of the CDE Governance Framework to ensure remediation of existing CDEs, or the capture of new ones, effectively avoids or removes silos, bringing standardization and consistency across all use cases. The CDE Data Governance Delivery Lead will build strong relationships with senior leadership, project managers, and cross-functional teams to drive alignment on change initiatives work closely with cross-functional teams, data stewards as well other workstream’s delivery leads to ensure that critical data elements are accurately defined, maintained, and utilized effectively across the organization

**About our Technology & Operations Team**
- Our Technology & Operations (T&O) team is the powerhouse for the Bank. We aim to go further, faster, to ensure we're agile and ready for tomorrow, today. Our diverse network enables us to innovate and build banking solutions that support communities to prosper. We're a place where talented people are encouraged to grow, learn, and thrive, to drive their own career journeys, to reach their full potential.- When you work with us, you’re protecting the reputation and legacy of a 170 year organisation and building on it. We’re driven by progress and continuously evolving to ensure we’re agile and ready for tomorrow, today.- Responsibilities- Be a change agent for the data governance strategy of critical data elements, in line with the newly designed CDE Identification and governance framework.
- Develops, leads, prioritises and manages delivery so that Programme timeframes, KPIs and Milestones are achieved
- Establish governance frameworks to monitor and manage risks, issues, and dependencies across multiple change programs
- Identify, track, and report delivery and governance risks from Mercury workstream leads and programme leadership.
- Establish mitigation and resolution plans for programme risks and track them to completion.
- Provide transparent reporting on programmes risks to relevant stakeholders.
- Conduct thorough assessments to identify the impact of changes on people, processes, technology, and culture within the organization.
- Design and implement communication plans tailored to different stakeholder groups, ensuring transparency and buy-in throughout the change process in close collaboration with the ED, Global Lead Critical Data Workstream
- Identify potential resistance to change and develop strategies to mitigate it, fostering an environment of collaboration and openness.
- Collaborate with various Business and Functions to ensure seamless integration of change initiatives across the group
- Define OKRs and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of change initiatives and make data-driven adjustments as necessary in close collaboration with the ED, Global Lead Critical Data Workstream
- Facilitate data governance forums and working groups to drive alignment and accountability.
- In collaboration with Workstream 6 (Know your data), develop and deliver training programs to increase awareness and understanding of data governance principles and the importance of critical data elements.
- Provide guidance and support to data stewards and other stakeholders on CDE data governance-related matters. Support the eventual implementation of Agentic AI to enhance consistency of data governance around CDEs and boost data stewards