There is a place for you at T. Rowe Price to grow, contribute, learn, and make a difference. We are a premier asset manager focused on delivering global investment management excellence and retirement services that investors can rely on today and in the future. The work we do matters. We invite you to explore the opportunity to join us and grow your career with us. Overview Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Data Officer is responsible for managing large, complex and highly visible programs to make data a competitive differentiator for the firm across the enterprise. The major focus for this position will be on developing and implementing the strategy for enterprise data – from ingestion, to governance and quality, ensuring access to accurate and timely data, including customer, internal, transactional, market and other enterprise data sets. A strong customer orientation will be critical to ensure that Associates are able to drive effective business decisions from more accessible data and analytics. This position independently interfaces with key senior leaders up to senior executive level stakeholders from the business segments, the functional operational areas and technology. Data needs to be both an asset and a strategic pillar. The CDOs team includes Data Engineering, Data Governance, Advanced Data Analytics & Business Intelligence, and Data Science as well as other critical cross function groups that play an active role in driving data initiatives across the business. Given the size and breadth of a program, this role is responsible for recruiting, managing and retaining a program staff including allocating resources based on work stream needs and the personnel/skills available as well as proactively assessing the talent pool and making decisions regarding appropriate hiring and staffing to ensure the right blend of skills is available to support the program. Cultivating a high-performance culture among disparate resources and unifying them in to a more hub and spoke operating model will be critical. Role Summary and Responsibilities Set and operationalize the data strategy enabling the firm to more fully leverage data as an asset across the enterprise Create a Center of Excellence for Data Engineering, enabling data usage in applications throughout the firm. Standardize data-oriented skills, process, and technologies, centralizing the vision, strategy and execution oversight to establish a hub-and-spoke model across the organization Incorporate Data Science into more decision processes, differentiating our investment capabilities and optimizing our product development, distribution and operational delivery. Establish a standard suite of Data Analytics, Visualization and Reporting tools, facilitating self-service data capabilities for Associates across functions. Oversee a broad set of initiatives including those with a high level of project risk and work plan complexity. Develop the technology strategy and roadmap for optimizing the operational data workflow in partnership with business partners and key IT stakeholders Develop end-to-end, automated operational data workflows which address major business needs and capabilities Build out executive level dashboards for visibility into operational data quality, timeliness, completeness and compliance Create information life-cycle management capabilities across all operational data domains and associated user interfaces to discover and explore data lineage Serves as a senior point of escalation for staff, business sponsors, IT executives and key project stakeholders. Act as a source of sound counsel to senior IT and business leaders. Partner with the senior leadership from the Business and IT community to identify and prioritize opportunities for achieving the goals of the program/enterprise. Provide consultative support in the area of business strategy development and solution assessments. Become a proactive trusted advisor to Business – develop relationships with key Business and IT matrix partners Attract, recruit, manage, develop, and retain talented team members. This includes both hiring and growing employees as well as effective use of consultants or vendor partnerships. Guide and oversee staff in the development of program delivery strategies ensuring alignment with the supporting business cases as well as the associated enterprise-wide project plans and contingency plans. Assist staff in formulating adjustments to project scope, timing, and budgets as needed by applying established governance mechanisms and best practices. Track and monitor the progress of key projects/programs and their associated milestones and recommend adjustments as necessary. Candidate Profile T. Rowe Price is seeking an innovative, sophisticated and experienced technical candidate. The Chief Data Officer will think and act strategically, exercising a bias for action coupled with a thoughtful architectural approach. S/he will be a technologist with hands-on experience of developing new solutions and leveraging new technologies for managing large volumes of data. S/he will be seen as a thought leader, with demonstrated knowledge of data structure, data systems/tools, data software, and data management policies and practices. The ideal candidate will be an accomplished, innovative technology executive with a demonstrated track record of driving and delivering results with a strategic mindset. S/he will have demonstrated experience delivering and managing high-volume, real-time data platforms as well as being a proven leader who has built and managed high performing teams, instilling confidence, focus, discipline, camaraderie, and passion within their organization. The ideal candidate would have a deep background in managing technologies that deal with large volumes of data in hybrid or cloud environments. As new technologies have emerged in data, the individual must have followed these trends and gotten experience of transforming and modernizing legacy systems. Experience of working with technologies like cloud systems will be highly valued. The successful candidate will have experience operating in a complex organizational environment, and will bring extensive experience leading transformational change programs such as centralization and cloud migration. S/he will bring also have track record of delivering improved data management platforms to the organization. The Chief Data Officer will be an effective and credible leader, with the ability to influence and get things done through others. S/he will be a strong communicator, able to communicate a vision and bring people along on a journey. The successful candidate will have strong stakeholder management skills, able to engage with Global Business/Global Function to drive business results. The successful candidate will be an inspirational and compelling leader, who will foster an environment that supports diversity and reflects T.Rowe Prices’ mission orientation. Key Experiences & Measures of Success Include: Experience dealing with complexity of organization (breadth of complexity is important and experience handling and leading a large organization) Leadership experience managing complex delivery across from development to implementation and delivery to production - experience across entire spectrum delivering solutions at scale. Engineering expertise and operational experience in transitioning from legacy to modernized systems. Experience with Cloud-native data platforms, tools and configurations Effective communicator, collaborator - work with different organizations that rely on high quality and timely data Measures of Success Include Improvements in These Areas Data Availability: Accuracy and timeliness Time to market for launching innovative, data-dependent products Business Partnership - empowered with self-service data and analysis, alignment between data and analytics roadmap and business priorities. Clear roadmap that successfully identifies and prioritizes opportunities for data and analytics that is consistently communicated and delivered to match the requirements and objectives of the enterprise. Performance and personal competencies required for the role: Setting Strategy The ability to create and articulate an inspiring vision for the organization, not only for the areas s/he is directly responsible for, but the enterprise as a whole. The inclination to seek and analyse data from a variety of sources to support decisions and to align others with the organization's overall strategy. An entrepreneurial and creative approach to developing new, innovative ideas that will stretch the organization and push the boundaries within the industry. The ability to effectively balance the desire/need for broad change with an understanding of how much change the organization is capable of handling, to create realistic goals and implementation plans that are achievable and successful. Executing for Results The ability to set clear and challenging goals while committing the organization to improved performance; tenacious and accountable in driving results. Comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty; the ability to adapt nimbly and lead others through complex situations. A risk-taker who seeks data and input from others to foresee possible threats or unintended circumstances from decisions; someone who takes smart risks. A leader who is viewed by others as having a high degree of integrity and forethought in his/her approach to making decisions; the ability to act in a transparent and consistent manner while always taking into account what is best for the organization. Leading Teams The ability to attract and recruit top talent, motivate the team, delegate effectively, celebrate diversity within the team, and manage performance; widely viewed as a strong developer of others. The ability to persevere in the face of challenges and exhibit a steadfast resolve and relentless commitment to higher standards, which commands respect from followers. A leader who is self-reflective and aware of his/her own limitations; leads by example and drives the organization's performance with an attitude of continuous improvement by being open to feedback and self-improvement. Relationships and Influence Naturally connects and builds strong relationships with others, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and an ability to communicate clearly and persuasively. An ability to inspire trust and followership in others through compelling influence, powerful charisma, passion in his/her beliefs, and active drive. Encourages others to share the spotlight and visibly celebrates and supports the success of the team. Creates a sense of purpose/meaning for the team that generates followership beyond his/her own personality and engages others to the greater purpose for the organization as a whole. Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: We strive for equity, equality, and opportunity for all associates. When we embrace the power of diversity and create an environment where people can bring their authentic and best selves to work, our firm is stronger, and we create greater value for our clients. Our commitment and inclusive programming aim to lift the experience for each associate and builds allies for our global associate community. We know that a sense of belonging is key not only to your success at the firm, but also to your ability to bring your best each day. Benefits: We invest in our people through a wide range of programs and benefits, including: Competitive pay and bonuses as well as a generous retirement plan and employee stock purchase plan with matching contributions Flexible and remote work opportunities Health care benefits (medical, dental, vision) Tuition assistance Wellness programs (fitness reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program) Our policies may change as our working lives evolve. Yet, our commitment to supporting our associates’ well-being and addressing the needs of our clients, business, and communities is unwavering. T. Rowe Price is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity of thought, gender, and race. We believe our continued success depends upon the equal treatment of all associates and applicants for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, colour, national origin, sex, gender, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by country, federal, state, or local law.