Chief Data Officer

15 Minutes ago • 15 Years +
Data Analysis

Job Description

As Sustainalytics Chief Data Officer, you will be the primary executive responsible for the strategic use of data across our organization, where data is a critical asset for our client’s decision-making. Reporting to the President of Morningstar Sustainalytics, the CDO plays a vital role within the senior leadership team and collaborates closely with Morningstar’s CXOs. Your responsibilities include defining and implementing data strategy and governance, overseeing data architecture and infrastructure, ensuring data quality, enabling advanced analytics, managing data-related risks, fostering a data-driven culture, and leading a global team of data professionals.
Good To Have:
  • Familiarity with Big Data technologies.
  • Experience with client-facing data product development.
Must Have:
  • Define and implement a data strategy aligned with business goals.
  • Establish data governance frameworks to ensure data quality, consistency, and security.
  • Oversee data policies, standards, and compliance (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).
  • Collaborate with technology and product teams to build scalable data platforms.
  • Ensure the entire organization has the right tools and infrastructure for data collection, transformation, storage, and processing.
  • Lead enterprise-wide programs in data deduplication, consolidation, and advanced analytics (e.g., machine learning, NLP).
  • Monitor and improve data accuracy, completeness, and reliability.
  • Promote data stewardship across departments to ensure accountability.
  • Enable advanced analytics, AI, and machine learning initiatives with demonstrable ROI.
  • Work with business units to translate data into actionable insights.
  • Drive data democratization, making data accessible and usable across teams.
  • Mitigate risks related to data privacy, security, and misuse.
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory and ethical standards.
  • Foster a data-driven culture across the organization.
  • Lead change management efforts to improve data literacy and adoption.
  • Manage and develop a global team of approximately 500 data professionals in Romania and India.
  • Partner with other Sustainalytics and Morningstar leaders to align data initiatives.
  • Represent data interests in strategic planning and innovation.
  • Minimum of 15 years in strategy data management and operations leadership.
  • Deep expertise in sustainability, mutual fund, equity, and fixed-income data and investment methodologies.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to influence, negotiate, and align stakeholders.
  • Extensive experience with data workflows including extraction, transformation, normalization, warehousing, and reporting.
Perks:
  • Hybrid work environment (four days in-office each week in most locations).
  • Range of other benefits available to enhance flexibility.
  • Tools and resources to engage meaningfully with global colleagues.

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About This Role

Morningstar Sustainalytics has a singular mission to empower investor success.

We do this by ensuring our Climate and Sustainability research, data and solutions work for our clients and by:

  • Being the trusted, collaborative partner to Investment Managers
  • Offering differentiated and innovative solutions that support decision-critical use cases
  • Integrating directly into their workflows in a seamless, scalable manner

As Sustainalytics Chief Data Officer you will be the primary executive responsible for the strategic use of data across our organization – where data is a critical asset for our client’s decision-making.

Reporting to the President of Morningstar Sustainalytics, the CDO plays a vital role within the senior leadership team and collaborates closely with Morningstar’s CXOs and the broader corporate executive leadership.

Your main areas of responsibility include:

1. Data Strategy and Governance

  • Define and implement a data strategy aligned with our business goals.
  • Establish data governance frameworks to ensure data quality, consistency, and security.
  • Oversee data policies, standards, and compliance (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).

2. Data Architecture and Infrastructure

  • Collaborate with technology and product teams to build scalable data platforms.
  • Ensure the entire organization has the right tools and infrastructure for data collection, transformation, storage, and processing.
  • Lead enterprise-wide programs in data deduplication, consolidation, and advanced analytics (e.g., machine learning, NLP).

3. Data Quality and Stewardship

  • Monitor and improve data accuracy, completeness, and reliability.
  • Promote data stewardship across departments to ensure accountability.

4. Analytics and Insights

  • Enable advanced analytics, AI, and machine learning initiatives with demonstrable ROI.
  • Work with business units to translate data into actionable insights.
  • Drive data democratization, making data accessible and usable across teams.

5. Risk Management and Compliance

  • Mitigate risks related to data privacy, security, and misuse.
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory and ethical standards.

6. Culture and Change Management

  • Foster a data-driven culture across the organization.
  • Lead change management efforts to improve data literacy and adoption.

7. Collaboration and Leadership

  • Manage and develop a global team of approximately 500 data professionals in Romania and India.
  • Partner with other Sustainalytics and Morningstar leaders to align data initiatives.
  • Represent data interests in strategic planning and innovation.

Who You Are

  • Minimum of 15 years in strategy data management and operations leadership, with a proven track record in large-scale data strategy and execution.
  • Deep expertise in sustainability, mutual fund, equity, and fixed-income data and investment methodologies.
  • Strong communicator with the ability to influence, negotiate, and align stakeholders at all levels.
  • Extensive experience with data workflows including extraction, transformation, normalization, warehousing, and reporting.
  • Familiarity with Big Data technologies and client-facing data product development is a strong advantage.

Ready to Shape the Future?

At Morningstar, every hire we make strengthens our mission to empower investor success. Apply now and help shape the future of investing with us.

Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.

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