Data Governance Coordinator – NY/NJ

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The Data Governance Coordinator will support the day-to-day operations of the Data Office, coordinating governance forums, calendars, action items, management reporting, policy and standard variances, and audit and regulatory requests. The role will coordinate Data Domain Working Groups and senior management data forums, including scheduling, agendas and materials, action tracking, and follow-up.

The Analyst will also consolidate updates across teams and regions and prepare recurring management reports, presentations, and basic dashboards to provide visibility into key activities, milestones, risks, and outstanding actions. The role requires someone who is highly organized, structured, detail-oriented, and a strong communicator, with proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone early in their career or looking to transition into data management, providing broad exposure to an enterprise Data Office, senior management, and disciplines including data governance, data quality, metadata and lineage, enterprise data platforms, policy and standards, and transformation initiatives.

• →Coordinate Data Domain Working Groups and senior management data forums, including scheduling and calendar management, agendas, materials, attendee coordination, meeting communications, and logistics.
• →Document key decisions and actions, maintain centralized trackers, and proactively follow up with owners to ensure commitments and deadlines are met.
• →Consolidate updates across Data Office teams and regions and prepare recurring management reports, PowerPoint presentations, status summaries, and basic dashboards.
• →Coordinate the intake, documentation, and tracking of Data Management Policy and Standard variances, including required follow-up and management reporting.
• →Coordinate audit and regulatory requests, including identifying appropriate owners, organizing responses and supporting documentation, tracking deadlines and commitments, and escalating potential delays.
• →Support broader Data Office priorities and initiatives by coordinating deliverables across business, technology, data, and regional stakeholders and maintaining organized program documentation.

• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple calendars, meetings, stakeholders, deliverables, and deadlines while maintaining strong follow-through.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, including complex scheduling and calendar management, as well as PowerPoint and Excel for presentations, reporting, tracking, and analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the professionalism and judgment to work effectively with stakeholders through senior management.
• Ability to coordinate structured processes involving actions, documentation, approvals, deadlines, and escalations, ensuring commitments are tracked through completion.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to consolidate information from multiple sources, identify key themes, and communicate them clearly.
• Collaborative, proactive, and intellectually curious, with a strong interest in developing knowledge of enterprise data management, governance, and the broader Data Office.

This role provides a broad entry point into an enterprise Data Office. The individual will gain exposure to Data Domain teams, senior management forums, enterprise initiatives, Data Management Policy and Standards, audit and regulatory activities, management reporting, and the broader enterprise data ecosystem. For someone earlier in their career or making a career pivot, the position provides a strong foundation for future opportunities in data governance, data quality, metadata and lineage, data product management, business analysis, program management, risk management, or data transformation.

The successful candidate will become a trusted coordination point within the Data Office. Governance forums are scheduled and run effectively, calendars and meeting logistics are proactively managed, materials are ready, actions have defined owners and deadlines, formal requests are appropriately tracked, and leadership has timely visibility into priorities, milestones, commitments, and outstanding issues.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a closely-related discipline, or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience

The typical base pay range for this role is as follows:

• New York / New Jersey: $103-121 K

depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.

Our hybrid work schedule is four days on-site and work remotely one day per week.

MUFG Benefits Summary