Director, Data Quality

At Cetera, we believe trusted, high-quality data is the cornerstone of delivering exceptional experiences to our advisors, partners, and clients. We are seeking a Head of Data Quality to lead the strategy, governance, and execution of enterprise‑wide data quality initiatives. This role is critical to ensuring that our data assets are accurate, consistent, and reliable across all systems and processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement a comprehensive Data Quality strategy aligned with business objectives and data governance frameworks. Establish standards, policies, and procedures across all data domains.
• Establish methods to identify, measure, and remediate data quality issues for every attribute, collaborating with business and IT stakeholders.
• Perform data profiling and assessments to proactively detect issues such as duplicates, missing values, or inconsistencies. Oversee data quality scorecards to monitor Critical Data Elements (CDEs) across systems.
• Implement and manage tools to publish data quality rules, define “clean” data, track current status across Systems of Record, and document root causes.
• Collaboratively define and implement processes and APIs for seamless integration of data quality rules within applications.
• Develop a stewardship model with accountable Data Owners and Stewards. Manage metadata, cataloging, and data lineage to ensure transparency and traceability.
• Build and mentor a high‑performing Data Quality team. Foster data literacy, nurture Data & Analytics talent, and cultivate a data‑driven culture.
• Leverage advanced analytics and AI to drive data‑driven insights. Develop data products and services to expand markets, monetize data, and support decision‑making.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and implement governance frameworks for data and algorithms used in analytics, automated decision‑making, and reporting.
• Collaborate with enterprise stakeholders—business, compliance, risk, and IT—to align on data needs, policies, standards, and issue resolution.
• Drive budget planning, resource allocation, and performance tracking for data quality initiatives, ensuring ROI and value realization.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data management, with 5+ years in leadership roles focused on data quality and governance.
• Expertise in data governance, quality tools and advanced analytics
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in financial services or highly regulated industries.

Compensation Range

The base annual salary range for this role is $164,000 - $265,000 plus a competitive performance‑based bonus. Base annual salary depends on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and location. Base annual salary may also differ significantly due to geography and cost of labor considerations.

About Us

What we give you in return: Not many teams can say that they support people’s dreams coming to life… We happen to do that every day. And as important as we know your career is, we recognize that there’s a whole lot more to life. To ensure that our Employees can make the most of their time outside of working hours, we offer a competitive salary and for full‑time roles, a benefits package including:

• Inclusive health, dental, vision and life insurance plans built to support diverse lifestyles, offer preventative care, and protect against hardship.
• Easy access to mental health benefits to meet our team members and their families where they are.
• 20+ days of paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, and 2 paid wellness days to give our employees the time they need to stay close with their loved ones, recharge, and give back to their communities.
• 401(k) Savings plan with a generous company contribution (up to 5%), and access to a financial professional to offer our employees the opportunity to plan‑ahead for a strong financial future well beyond their working years.
• Paid parental leave to support all team members with birth, adoption, and foster.
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Account options to help you save money on healthcare, daycare, commuting, and more.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), LifeLock, Pet Insurance and more.

Cetera Financial Group ® "Cetera" is a leading network of independent retail broker‑dealers empowering the delivery of objective financial advice to individuals, families and company retirement plans across the country through trusted financial advisors and financial institutions. Cetera is one of the largest independent financial advisor networks in the nation by number of advisors, as well as a leading provider of retail services to the investment programs of banks and credit unions.

Through its multiple distinct firms, Cetera offers independent and institutions‑based advisors the benefits of a large, established broker‑dealer and registered investment adviser, while serving advisors and institutions in a way that is customized to their needs and aspirations. Advisor support resources offered through Cetera include award‑winning wealth management and advisory platforms, comprehensive broker‑dealer and registered investment adviser services, practice management support, and innovative technology.

Cetera Financial Group is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. For us, this is the only acceptable way to do business. Accordingly, all employment decisions at Cetera Financial Group, including those relating to hiring, promotion, transfers, benefits, compensation, and placement, will be made without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic characteristics, religion, religious dress and/or grooming, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, U.S. military status, political affiliation, or any other class protected by state and/or federal law.

Agencies please note : this recruitment assignment is being managed directly by Cetera’s Talent Acquisition team. We will reach out to our preferred agency partners in the rare instance we require additional talent options. Your respect for this process is appreciated.

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Job Info

• Job Identification 6025
• Posting Date 01/06/2026, 11:06 PM
• Job Schedule Full time