• Location: Stamford-Greenwich CT
• Type: Contract to Hire
• Job #24795

Company Overview:
A leading global growth equity investor with over $100 billion in assets under management is seeking a Data Operations Project Lead. This strategic role will oversee the design, governance, and delivery of an integrated data environment to support the firm’s operational and regulatory objectives.

Job Responsibilities:

• Serve as the key liaison between IT, Finance, and Operations to ensure technology outputs align with business requirements and governance standards.
• Lead the firm’s effort to bring its central data warehouse to audit-ready status, ensuring data lineage, completeness, and quality controls are in place.
• Map and document system architecture, data flows, and dependencies across business and technology domains.
• Drive project planning, implementation, and risk management for data warehouse buildout and optimization.
• Translate operational and compliance needs into technical design and data model specifications.
• Lead workshops and sprint sessions with data engineers, project managers, and business sponsors to align priorities.
• Define success metrics for data accuracy, availability, and audit compliance; establish corresponding reporting frameworks.
• Partner with vendors and internal teams to develop integration points and oversee data onboarding from third-party sources.
• Support and mentor mid-level analysts as part of wider data modernization initiatives.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in information systems, computer science, finance, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive data management or data operations leadership experience within financial services.
• Proven record leading enterprise data warehouse initiatives, preferably within private equity, asset management, or banking.
• Hands-on understanding of reference data, security master, pricing, and transaction data structures.
• Strong command of governance, audit, and control frameworks supporting financial data platforms.
• Proficiency in SQL and knowledge of BI tools (Tableau, Power BI) and ETL technologies is a plus.
• Ability to manage complex projects with multiple workstreams and stakeholders at all organizational levels.

Work Arrangement:

• Hybrid role requiring 3–4 days onsite weekly: two days in Stamford, CT, and one to two days in the firm’s New York, NY office.