Director of Data Governance - Data Modeling

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If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Skills and Competencies

• Experience working with Agile product development processes
• Prior experience as a technical business analyst or technical product manager
• Experience analyzing and designing relational and non-relational datasets, including complex entity relationships
• Proficiency in SQL for data analysis or similar AI-enabled data platforms
• Experience partnering with Legal, Risk, and Data Governance to ensure data privacy and regulatory compliance
• Demonstrated ability to navigate a matrixed environment and drive stakeholder alignment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with persistence in delivering solutions
• Basic understanding of artificial intelligence concepts, with interest in applying AI tools and responsible AI practices

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in finance, economics, computer science, data science, or a related field

Responsibilities

The Director of Data Governance – Data Modeling leads the development and governance of enterprise data models to ensure trusted, scalable, and AI-ready data across Moody’s Analytics.

• Own and maintain the enterprise Logical Data Model as the authoritative source for entities and relationships
• Translate business use cases into scalable, standardized data modeling requirements
• Ensure conceptual consistency across data stores, APIs, and consumption layers
• Define and manage enterprise relationship models, including structure and documentation standards
• Establish and enforce modeling standards to ensure scalability and alignment across domains
• Partner with Data Quality teams to align modeling with quality rules and governance standards
• Drive AI-ready data modeling practices, including clear semantics and stable relationships
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to resolve modeling conflicts and improve data integrity

About the Team

The Moody’s Data Governance team operates as a centralized capability within the Data Estate, ensuring that data is trusted, well-governed, and aligned to customer use cases across Moody’s Analytics. The team defines and enforces governance standards through logical data modeling, lineage documentation, and data quality policies, partnering closely with product, engineering, and data operations teams to enhance transparency, interoperability, regulatory compliance, and AI readiness across the enterprise.

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $151,000.00 - $218,950.00, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moody’s also offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

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This position may be considered a promotional opportunity, pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

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