Why join us?

Are you looking to join a dynamic pension plan that embodies the strong values of its 600,000 members and is an industry leading global investor? If so, we would love to tell you our story.

At OMERS we put our people first and are proud to embrace the diversity of thought and leadership that comes from having locations in Toronto, London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. Our culture is truly one of a kind. We get stuff done, and have fun doing it! We take great pride in contributing to the communities where we live with an ever-constant eye to the global investment markets.

We are looking for a seasoned data governance professional with investments domain experience to join our Capital Markets Finance team. The Director will be responsible for managing and leading the Capital Markets’ Data Governance Program implementation and roadmap for a critical data transformation program. This role reports into VP, Finance Data, Capital Markets Finance, and will consult and work with a variety of stakeholders and groups in OMERS including the Capital Markets Data Governance Committee (DGC), Investment teams, Product teams, and the Enterprise Data Governance team.

We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. Our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come to the office a minimum of 3-4 days per week.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Leading the roll-out a Capital Markets data governance framework, with a focus on improvements on Capital Markets investment and holdings data throughout the trade lifecycle.
• Lead the data governance foundations for program daybreak working with the platform team on business requirements to support the data needs
• Implement organizational policies and standards within Capital Markets, design and implement principles, governance metrics, processes, related tools, and data architecture to support the management of data.
• Define data domains to support the capture and management of Capital Markets data and collaborate with the various stakeholders to ensure the data domains are reflective of their business.
• Develop consistent set of business processes to manage mastered and golden data sets for capital market and finance.
• Working with data platform teams to ensure data requirements are provided to support data quality and Master Data Management (MDM) requirements.
• Working with the Data Governance Committee members to define roles of data owners, stewards, and custodians; work with the business to explain these roles; identify and document data assets in scope of the program.
• Contributing to assessing and maturing strategic data governance priorities.
• Establishing data driven culture to support data governance with capital markets.

Qualifications:

• At least 9 years of relevant work experience with data governance strategy and program delivery within Capital Markets
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a related field such as Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Accounting, Finance and Information Management.
• Working experience in Capital Markets and good knowledge of the different investment and asset classes.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience leading a team.
• Demonstrated consulting and leadership skills, with change management concepts and strategies, including strong communication, presentation, and collaboration skills.
• Built and led high performing teams to drive results for the business to implement core components of a data strategy.
• Knowledge of leading a data team and working with technology delivery teams.
• Working in agile and SDLC delivery methodologies.
• Experience establishing data governance policies, standards guidelines.
• Some technical knowledge of data governance and data management is needed.
• Certifications in Investments or Finance is a nice to have.

Bonus Experience/Qualifications:

• Experience working and communicating with executives – VP+
• Strategy development, strategic thinking, strategic roadmap, and planning.
• Knowledge of data architecture and technology solutions.

And you demonstrate:

• Strong orientation towards strategy, change and results.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
• Driven self-starter.
• Eagerness and ability to learn.

Our story:

Founded in 1962, OMERS is one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, with $128.6 CAD billion in net assets as of December 31, 2023. OMERS is a jointly-sponsored pension plan, with more than 1,000 participating employers ranging from large cities to local agencies, and over half a million active, deferred and retired members. OMERS members include union and non-union employees of municipalities, school boards, local boards, transit systems, electrical utilities, emergency services and children’s aid societies across Ontario. Contributions to the Plan are funded equally by members and employers. OMERS teams work in Toronto, London, New York, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe – serving members and employers and originating and managing a diversified portfolio of high-quality investments in public markets, private equity, infrastructure and real estate.

OMERS is committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities in which we live and work. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a barrier-free recruitment and selection process. At OMERS inclusion and diversity means belonging. How we create a sense of belonging is through our employees and our vast network of Employee Resource Groups. Whether you are passionate about gender, pride, or visible minorities, we have groups that are focused on making a difference in all of our lives.