Head: Enterprise Metadata & Data Lineage at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• To ensure executive support for enterprise metadata initiatives. Lead metadata management strategy development. Make recommendations on metadata management tools. Responsible for metadata management awareness throughout the enterprise. Accountable for advocating the value and potential of metadata across the organisation.
• Responsible for establishing the metadata management practice and for building, managing and governing the Nedbank enterprise metadata repository, the Metadata Hub. Defines tasks, roles, responsibilities and processes for supporting and promoting the management of metadata across Nedbank.  
• Co-ordinates the activities and resources to ensure that the decision-making processes relating to metadata management is consistent throughout the data management organisation. Responsible for the governance structure supporting metadata programmes, projects and practices. Setting and maintaining frameworks, policies, procedures, standards and guidelines to drive business planning and insights. 
• An in-depth understanding of a bank or financial institution’s business is key. This includes comprehending the business processes, its business model, and demonstrating strong organisational acumen. It is essential to have a thorough knowledge of how a bank/financial institution operates, its strategic objectives, and the competitive landscape within which it functions. This understanding will enable effective leadership, better collaboration, and informed decision-making that aligns with Nedbank’s overarching goals.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide a platform to create, read, update and delete the required business, technical and operational metadata according to metadata standards, procedures and guidelines. This includes the generation of detailed business requirements in collaboration with technology enablement to enable metadata services within Nedbank.
• Integration of metadata in the approved metadata tools ensuring metadata standards, procedures and guidelines are adhered to.
• Enhancing metadata services with continuous innovation and analysis throughout Nedbank, this includes research and development.
• Monitor the ongoing assessment of metadata and processes to ensure defects and business process inefficiencies are identified.
• Metadata reporting: Creation and provisioning of reports based on the outcomes of monitoring metadata to ensure all stakeholders are informed. 
• Develop and maintain of metadata standards, handbooks and procedures to provide input into the minimum requirements for metadata development and maintenance within the clusters.
• Ensures the ongoing promotion of metadata services, metadata training and change management through the creation of handbooks and manuals, formal training sessions etc. throughout Nedbank.
• Facilitate the resolution of metadata issues, this includes identifying, logging, escalating, root cause analysis and the resolution of metadata issues.  
• Ensure that minimum metadata requirements to be met by all clusters are set.
• Be consulted for metadata related input on, and be informed of, any data management services related to metadata management.
• Identify opportunities to influence the improvement or enhancement of business processes and methodologies by researching and recommending improvement initiatives and effective ways to operate and add value to Nedbank.
• Contract deliverables, services and pricing with Nedbank clusters and agree transfer pricing allocation to clusters.
•  Utilise budget allocation effectively by implementing enhancements to metadata practices and improve efficiencies for the benefit of stakeholders.
• Review Nedbank and Data Analytics Office strategy and plan and ensure delivered systems, process, services and solutions are aligned to support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values.
• Obtain enterprise-wide buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes that will improve the functioning of business by highlighting benefits in support of the implementation of recommendations.
• Financial management, people and talent management of direct reports and collaboration across division and clusters

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• Honours Degree

Essential Certifications

• DAMA certified data management professional (CDMP)or Related certification

Minimum Experience Level

• Minimum of 10 years industry experience with at least 5 years in managing diverse cross-functional teams at a senior level.