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Director, Data Strategy and Governance

Fidelity

Fidelity

Merrimack, NH, USA
Posted on Oct 30, 2025

Job Description:

The Role:

In this role you will be part of the AM Data team supporting efforts in delivering value to the business through the utilization and exploitation of data. The Director will be key in leading and providing thought leadership on key strategic areas of the program aimed at promoting highly scalable solutions and an operating model intended to maximize the organizations utilization of our data ecosystem and related capabilities.

In this capacity this individual will focus on developing and implementing strategies intended to support the growth and evolution of our business (and related frameworks), evolving and maturing the organizations approach to data management (including Common, Alternative, and Derived datasets) in partnership with stakeholders across the organization, and will look critically at the way AM is accessing and leveraging data to inform strategies focused on reducing friction and managing risk as a part of those pipelines.

This role will be highly visible, requiring meaningful experience supporting executive program messaging utilizing a variety of communication formats at different levels of the organization; tailoring critical information of a complex or involved nature, to a senior and executive audiences while often being sought out by senior leadership for expert opinions and recommendations required to provide business solutions. The Director will be critically important to ensuring AM is able to support the data needs of the organization while balancing competing priorities within AM and in our support of firm wide data initiatives, recommending or making decisions for the organization that will result in optimal outcomes for a broad range of highly complex business problems.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

  • Bachelors or equivalent with 10+ years of experience or Masters with 8+ years of experience.
  • Significant experience working with business/technology stakeholders to decompose existing processes, recommending changes to existing platforms or techniques, and helping drive business outcomes.
  • Expertise coaching others in the process of eliciting alternatives and assessing trade-offs and their impact.
  • Excellent situational awareness and EQ to work through countering viewpoints and competing priorities, ensuring we seek the best outcome for the firm and our clients
  • Experience crafting roadmaps, grooming backlogs, defining requirements, and structuring work into valuable increments - with a focus on continuous integration, delivery, and inspiring change
  • Defines strategies and plans for influencing multiple decision makers.
  • Gains agreement on the problem-solving process, risk assessment, decision points, and criteria – developing new approaches and/or frameworks to help support successful delivery of objectives
  • Recognized as a strategic thinker and/or someone who is willing to challenge the status quote
  • Bachelors or equivalent with 10+ years of experience or Masters with 8+ years of experience.
  • Significant experience working with business/technology stakeholders to decompose existing processes, recommending changes to existing platforms or techniques, and helping drive business outcomes.
  • Expertise coaching others in the process of eliciting alternatives and assessing trade-offs and their impact.
  • Excellent situational awareness and EQ to work through countering viewpoints and competing priorities, ensuring we seek the best outcome for the firm and our clients
  • Experience crafting roadmaps, grooming backlogs, defining requirements, and structuring work into valuable increments - with a focus on continuous integration, delivery, and inspiring change
  • Defines strategies and plans for influencing multiple decision makers.
  • Gains agreement on the problem-solving process, risk assessment, decision points, and criteria – developing new approaches and/or frameworks to help support successful delivery of objectives
  • Recognized as a strategic thinker and/or someone who is willing to challenge the status quote

Note: Fidelity is not providing immigration sponsorship for this position

The Team:

The Asset Management (AM) Data Strategy and Governance team supports AM efforts focused on advancing and executing against both Fidelity and AM Data Strategies.

The Asset Management Data team was formed as a centralized team within Asset Management (AM) to drive a Data First mindset, given the increasing importance of building data strategy into initiatives across all aspects of the organization. The team embraces a spirit of entrepreneurship, collaboration, and innovation as we work together to navigate the data challenges of emerging businesses as well as the modernization of traditional investment and data distribution platforms methodologies.

AM Data provides strategic thought leadership, data fluency education, data governance oversight, data quality expertise, data request prioritization and a variety of other utilities to AM. We aim to help simplify engagement, accelerate delivery, integrate business perspective, and improve the quality of all things data. Working closely with leaders across Asset Management and other key Fidelity business groups, we drive a One-AM approach to data investment and priorities for the AM business.

Certifications:

Category:

Business Analytics and Insights

Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

Company overview

At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want! We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com. Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process.

If you would like to request an accommodation, please contact us at:

accommodations@fmr.com

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Join us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

Fidelity's working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to [email protected], or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

Benefits
Learning & development
Culture

Benefits that adapt to everything life sends your way

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

16-week maternity leave & 12-week parental leave

Student loan assistance

Fidelity is invested in you

Committed to Professional Development

At Fidelity, we are constantly adapting to the changing needs of our customers, new technologies, and better ways of working. And we empower our employees to do the same, with an emphasis on developing skills and connections that will help propel you forward in your career while being able to make an impact for Fidelity’s customers around the world.

We offer a wide range of options for professional development including online, in-person, and mentor driven solutions. Special interest and networking groups are also part of our culture of empowerment, personal and professional enrichment, diversity and inclusion, and knowledge sharing.

Continuing Education & Training

  • Assess, build, and align your development plan through resources like our skill-building classroom and online courses.
  • Video-based training for technology, leadership, management & more.
  • Ongoing skills development and coaching opportunities.
  • Paid training with a facilitator who is dedicated to your onboarding and will track and evaluate your progress, giving you strategies to improve.
  • A range of talent development programs to support career mobility.

Mentoring

  • Utilize the skills of experienced leaders to enrich your career.
  • Dedicated mentors to help you grow into new areas of Fidelity’s business as you develop new skills.
  • An open atmosphere of knowledge sharing and collaboration.
  • Opportunities to pay it forward, sharing the knowledge you develop and as you help others define how they want their career to take shape.

Our Commitment

Discover opportunities to build a fulfilling career within a supportive culture that celebrates individuality. We empower our associates to pursue career paths that align with their unique goals and personalities.

Giving back to our communities

Throughout Fidelity, you’ll find a genuine commitment to social responsibility – where we strive to make an impact for customers, while also making an impact on the world.

Fidelity Cares

  • Provides associates with opportunities to actively volunteer and share their talents.
  • Hosts numerous company-wide volunteer events (in-person and virtual).
  • Partners with nonprofit organizations to support our local communities.
  • More than 12,500 associates donate time annually – from interns to SVPs.
  • Impact includes refurbishing schools, donating books and supplies, and teaching financial literacy.

Fidelity Charitable®

  • Created to make it easy for people to support charitable organizations they care about.
  • Helped deliver $14.9billion in donor-recommended grants to charity in 2024.
  • Supported more than 433,000 unique charities around the world.
  • Since its inception, more than $100 billion has been given to public charities.

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