Skills And Competencies :

- Strong strategic leadership and people-management capabilities, including the ability to coach leaders, build organizational capability, and develop high-performing teams across multiple geographies.
- Deep understanding of data management, data quality, coverage, enrichment, remediation, governance, lineage, and operational controls in a complex, large-scale data environment.
- Demonstrated ability to establish priorities, define measurable outcomes, manage capacity, and facilitate portfolio trade-off decisions based on strategic value, customer impact, and risk.
- Strong stakeholder-management and influencing skills, including the ability to build alignment across senior, cross-functional stakeholders including Sales, Product, Engineering, and Data Governance.
- Working knowledge of SQL and modern data and analytics platforms, with proficiency in Excel, Power BI, PowerPoint, and generative AI tools such as Copilot;

experience with Python and Databricks preferred.

- Deep expertise in artificial intelligence, with a track record of implementing advanced AI solutions to drive strategic transformation and operational efficiency.
- Solid experience using AI tools to lead innovation initiatives.
- Demonstrated leadership in managing AI-related risks, ensuring ethical governance, and fostering a culture of responsible AI adoption across the organization.

Education :

- Bachelor's degree in data management, data science, information systems, computer science, business, finance, economics, or a related discipline.
- Master's degree in a relevant discipline or an MBA is preferred.
- Equivalent combinations of education and directly relevant professional experience may be considered.

Responsibilities :

- The Director :



Data Management defines and executes regional strategy for data quality, coverage, enrichment, and operational excellence across Moody's Company Data, leading teams and driving scalable, technology-enabled data capabilities.
- Define and own the regional strategy for data quality, coverage, enrichment, and operational excellence, ensuring alignment with Moody's broader Company Data strategy, business priorities, and customer needs.
- Lead, coach, and develop managers and individual contributors across multiple geographies, building a strong leadership bench by identifying, developing, and retaining high-potential talent.
- Own end-to-end accountability for regional data quality and coverage outcomes, ensuring remediation and enrichment efforts meet defined standards, governance, lineage, and audit requirements.
- Serve as a strategic partner to Sales, Product Strategy, Content, Engineering, and other key teams to translate business and customer needs into scalable data initiatives and roadmap priorities.
- Provide senior oversight of multiple data remediation, enrichment, and transformation initiatives across the region, ensuring alignment to strategic goals, adequate resourcing, and measurable impact.
- Monitor regional performance metrics related to data quality, coverage, efficiency, and throughput, using insights to inform strategic decisions, prioritize investments, and present findings to senior leadership.
- Sponsor and approve technical proposals for process optimization, automation, and AI-enabled remediation, leveraging tools such as Databricks, Power BI, and generative AI platforms to improve scalability and efficiency.
- Ensure robust quality control frameworks are in place and consistently applied, sponsoring periodic audits and reviews to validate adherence to data standards and governance requirements.

📌 Director - Data Management (India)
🏢 Moody's
📍 India