Dir-Data Specialist
Role Overview
The Director – Data Specialist leads regional data quality and coverage strategy for Moody’s Company Data, driving scalability, innovation, and long-term improvement across global datasets and teams.
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Role overview
The Director – Data Specialist leads regional data quality and coverage strategy for Moody’s Company Data, driving scalability, innovation, and long-term improvement across global datasets and teams.
Experience and education
- 10+ years of progressive experience in data management, data quality, or data operations, including at least 5 years in senior people leadership overseeing multi-geography teams.
- Bachelor’s degree required; an advanced degree in Data Science, Information Management, Business, or a related field is preferred.
- Demonstrated expertise defining and executing regional data quality, coverage, and enrichment strategies aligned with business objectives.
- Hands-on proficiency with Excel, Power BI, and SQL; Python, Databricks, and large-scale data platform experience is highly desirable.
- Experience leading and developing managers and individual contributors across multiple locations.
- Experience with data governance, lineage, audit frameworks, and scalable quality-control and validation frameworks.
- Strong program management, cross-functional partnership, stakeholder management, and senior-audience communication capabilities.
- Deep AI expertise, including implementing advanced AI solutions, managing AI-related risks, and supporting ethical governance and responsible adoption.
Responsibilities
- Define and own regional data quality, coverage, and enrichment strategy aligned with broader Relationships Data and business objectives.
- Lead, coach, and develop managers and individual contributors across geographies, building leadership capability and a high-performance culture.
- Own regional data quality and coverage outcomes and ensure remediation and enrichment meet governance, lineage, and audit standards.
- Partner with Sales, Product Strategy, Content, Engineering, and Data Governance to translate business needs into scalable initiatives and roadmap items.
- Oversee multiple data remediation, enrichment, and transformation initiatives, ensuring strategic alignment, adequate resourcing, and measurable impact.
- Monitor regional data quality, coverage, efficiency, and throughput metrics and present findings and recommendations to senior leaders.
- Sponsor and approve process optimization, automation, and AI-enabled remediation proposals, using tools such as Databricks, Power BI, and generative AI platforms.
- Promote technology-enabled data management practices and knowledge sharing across teams and regions.
About the team
Moody’s Data Services team supports the quality, completeness, and consistency of Company Data across global markets.
The team partners with Sales, Product Strategy, Engineering, and Data Governance on data excellence supporting clients and business growth.
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