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At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.
Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career, and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive, and flexible benefits.
We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership, and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impacting the communities we serve.
Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.
At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Data Remediation & Governance Analyst plays a critical role in the execution and oversight of enterprise and Line of Business - sponsored data remediation initiatives supporting our Risk, Finance, and Treasury space. This role serves as a central coordinator between Lines of Business (LOBs), Technology, Data Management, and Enterprise Governance teams to ensure data issues are effectively assessed, prioritized, funded, planned, and remediated in accordance with enterprise policies, regulatory commitments, and minimum data standards.
The successful candidate will operate at the intersection of governance and delivery, driving remediation outcomes through influence, coordination, and disciplined execution. They will facilitate issue intake, remediation planning, technology engagement, estimation activities, governance reporting, and executive communications while ensuring accountability across multiple stakeholder groups.
Key Responsibilities
Data Issue Governance & Remediation
- Oversight of the end-to-end lifecycle of data quality and data incident remediation efforts, from issue identification through remediation planning and closure.
- Ensure data quality issues are documented, tracked, and governed in accordance with Enterprise Data Management policies, standards, and control requirements.
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to identify root causes, remediation strategies, and long-term sustainable solutions.
- Drive accountability for remediation commitments, milestones, and target dates across multiple stakeholder groups.
- Identify and escalate risks, blockers, control concerns, and remediation delays to appropriate governance forums.
Intake, Requirements & Technology Engagement
- Facilitate readiness assessments for remediation initiatives by ensuring minimum data requirements, scope, impacts, dependencies, and implementation considerations are clearly defined.
- Coordinate Functional Requirements Document (FRD) reviews and quality assurance activities to ensure remediation solutions address business and control objectives.
- Lead technology intake and estimation activities across multiple Technology organizations, ensuring impacted teams are identified and engaged.
- Consolidate technology estimates, implementation timelines, funding requirements, and delivery dependencies to support informed prioritization and planning decisions.
- Challenge proposed solutions and requirements to ensure completeness, feasibility, and alignment with enterprise standards.
Program Coordination & Governance
- Coordinate planning and execution activities across multiple large-scale data remediation and regulatory initiatives.
- Partner with business, technology, and governance stakeholders to prioritize remediation efforts based on enterprise risk, regulatory commitments, business impact, and delivery capacity.
- Represent remediation activities within governance routines, program reviews, steering committees, and executive forums.
- Monitor service-level expectations and key milestones, escalating items requiring leadership attention.
Analytics & Executive Reporting
- Analyze remediation, intake, estimation, and delivery data to identify trends, emerging risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities for process improvement.
- Develop executive-level reporting, dashboards, presentations, and governance materials that clearly communicate remediation progress, risks, and dependencies.
- Produce insights and recommendations that support decision-making by senior leaders and governance bodies.
- Maintain transparency across remediation portfolios through accurate and timely reporting.
Process Improvement
- Contribute to the enhancement of remediation, intake, estimation, governance, and reporting processes.
- Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, consistency, controls, and data transparency.
- Support the development of repeatable frameworks, procedures, and governance practices that strengthen enterprise data management capabilities.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
- 5+ years of experience in Data Management, Data Governance, Data Quality, Remediation, Risk Management, Technology Delivery, or Program Management within a large financial institution.
- Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, data quality management practices, and remediation methodologies.
- Experience supporting data issue management, root cause analysis, remediation planning, and technology implementation activities.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional initiatives involving business, technology, and governance stakeholders.
- Proven ability to influence outcomes and drive accountability without direct management authority.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex information and identify key themes, risks, and dependencies.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with experience preparing executive-level materials and presentations.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau, SharePoint, Jira, and related governance/reporting tools.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of enterprise data management policies and regulatory data management expectations.
- Experience supporting Risk, Finance, Treasury, Regulatory Reporting, or Data Remediation programs.
- Experience facilitating FRD/BRD development, technology intake, estimation, and delivery planning processes.
- Experience working within large-scale regulatory or enterprise transformation programs.
- Familiarity with data controls, data management frameworks, and governance routines.
Skills:
- Collaboration
- Project Management
- Result Orientation
- Solution Delivery Process
- Stakeholder Management
- Analytical Thinking
- Business Acumen
- Financial Management
- Influence
- Risk Management
- Agile Practices
- Architecture
- Data Management
- Solution Design
- Technical Strategy Development
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)
Hours Per Week:
40
INTRODUCTION
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.
Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career, and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive, and flexible benefits.
We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership, and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impacting the communities we serve.
Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.
At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Data Remediation & Governance Analyst plays a critical role in the execution and oversight of enterprise and Line of Business - sponsored data remediation initiatives supporting our Risk, Finance, and Treasury space. This role serves as a central coordinator between Lines of Business (LOBs), Technology, Data Management, and Enterprise Governance teams to ensure data issues are effectively assessed, prioritized, funded, planned, and remediated in accordance with enterprise policies, regulatory commitments, and minimum data standards.
The successful candidate will operate at the intersection of governance and delivery, driving remediation outcomes through influence, coordination, and disciplined execution. They will facilitate issue intake, remediation planning, technology engagement, estimation activities, governance reporting, and executive communications while ensuring accountability across multiple stakeholder groups.
Key Responsibilities
Data Issue Governance & Remediation
- Oversight of the end-to-end lifecycle of data quality and data incident remediation efforts, from issue identification through remediation planning and closure.
- Ensure data quality issues are documented, tracked, and governed in accordance with Enterprise Data Management policies, standards, and control requirements.
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to identify root causes, remediation strategies, and long-term sustainable solutions.
- Drive accountability for remediation commitments, milestones, and target dates across multiple stakeholder groups.
- Identify and escalate risks, blockers, control concerns, and remediation delays to appropriate governance forums.
Intake, Requirements & Technology Engagement
- Facilitate readiness assessments for remediation initiatives by ensuring minimum data requirements, scope, impacts, dependencies, and implementation considerations are clearly defined.
- Coordinate Functional Requirements Document (FRD) reviews and quality assurance activities to ensure remediation solutions address business and control objectives.
- Lead technology intake and estimation activities across multiple Technology organizations, ensuring impacted teams are identified and engaged.
- Consolidate technology estimates, implementation timelines, funding requirements, and delivery dependencies to support informed prioritization and planning decisions.
- Challenge proposed solutions and requirements to ensure completeness, feasibility, and alignment with enterprise standards.
Program Coordination & Governance
- Coordinate planning and execution activities across multiple large-scale data remediation and regulatory initiatives.
- Partner with business, technology, and governance stakeholders to prioritize remediation efforts based on enterprise risk, regulatory commitments, business impact, and delivery capacity.
- Represent remediation activities within governance routines, program reviews, steering committees, and executive forums.
- Monitor service-level expectations and key milestones, escalating items requiring leadership attention.
Analytics & Executive Reporting
- Analyze remediation, intake, estimation, and delivery data to identify trends, emerging risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities for process improvement.
- Develop executive-level reporting, dashboards, presentations, and governance materials that clearly communicate remediation progress, risks, and dependencies.
- Produce insights and recommendations that support decision-making by senior leaders and governance bodies.
- Maintain transparency across remediation portfolios through accurate and timely reporting.
Process Improvement
- Contribute to the enhancement of remediation, intake, estimation, governance, and reporting processes.
- Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, consistency, controls, and data transparency.
- Support the development of repeatable frameworks, procedures, and governance practices that strengthen enterprise data management capabilities.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
- 5+ years of experience in Data Management, Data Governance, Data Quality, Remediation, Risk Management, Technology Delivery, or Program Management within a large financial institution.
- Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, data quality management practices, and remediation methodologies.
- Experience supporting data issue management, root cause analysis, remediation planning, and technology implementation activities.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional initiatives involving business, technology, and governance stakeholders.
- Proven ability to influence outcomes and drive accountability without direct management authority.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex information and identify key themes, risks, and dependencies.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with experience preparing executive-level materials and presentations.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau, SharePoint, Jira, and related governance/reporting tools.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of enterprise data management policies and regulatory data management expectations.
- Experience supporting Risk, Finance, Treasury, Regulatory Reporting, or Data Remediation programs.
- Experience facilitating FRD/BRD development, technology intake, estimation, and delivery planning processes.
- Experience working within large-scale regulatory or enterprise transformation programs.
- Familiarity with data controls, data management frameworks, and governance routines.
Skills:
- Collaboration
- Project Management
- Result Orientation
- Solution Delivery Process
- Stakeholder Management
- Analytical Thinking
- Business Acumen
- Financial Management
- Influence
- Risk Management
- Agile Practices
- Architecture
- Data Management
- Solution Design
- Technical Strategy Development
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)
Hours Per Week:
40
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Data Governance Lead
Align your credentials to EB-2 requirements
Data Governance Lead positions typically qualify under EB-2 when the role requires a master's degree in information management, computer science, or a related field. Document any graduate-level credentials and specialized certifications like CDMP before your employer initiates the PERM process.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Search the DOL's OFLC Wage Search to identify employers who have filed PERM applications for data governance or data management roles. Companies already familiar with the process move faster and are less likely to withdraw sponsorship mid-filing due to compliance concerns.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsoring employers
Filter your job search on Migrate Mate to surface Data Governance Lead openings at employers with verified green card sponsorship history. This cuts the time spent cold-applying to companies that haven't sponsored PERM cases in your occupation category.
Clarify the prevailing wage tier before accepting an offer
DOL assigns your role a prevailing wage level at PERM filing, which must match or fall below your actual offered salary. Ask your employer which SOC code they plan to file under so you can verify the wage tier using the OFLC Wage Search before signing your offer letter.
Build documentation that supports specialty occupation status
Employers sometimes underestimate how closely USCIS scrutinizes data governance roles at the I-140 stage. Gather job descriptions from published industry frameworks, O*NET occupation profiles, and internal governance charters that confirm a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field is standard for the role.
Understand how your country of birth affects your green card timeline
EB-2 and EB-3 priority dates move independently, and applicants born in India or China face backlogs that can stretch years. Review the monthly Visa Bulletin with your employer's attorney to decide whether concurrent filing of the I-140 and I-485 is available to you now.
Green Card Data Governance Lead: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Data Governance Lead role typically qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Most Data Governance Lead positions qualify for EB-2 because they require at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as information management, computer science, or business analytics, and often a master's degree in practice. If the employer's internal requirements meet the advanced-degree threshold, EB-2 is the stronger filing path. EB-3 remains available for roles where a four-year degree is the stated minimum.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for this role?
H-1B visa sponsorship is temporary and subject to an annual lottery, while PERM-based green card sponsorship leads to lawful permanent residency with no cap concerns at the EB-3 level for most countries. The PERM process requires the employer to conduct a supervised recruitment campaign and certify no qualified U.S. worker was available, which takes longer upfront but results in a permanent immigration outcome rather than a renewable status.
What documentation should I prepare before my employer files PERM for a data governance role?
Gather your official transcripts, any graduate-level diplomas, and professional certifications relevant to data governance such as the Certified Data Management Professional credential. You'll also need a detailed employment history that maps your past roles to the specialty occupation requirements USCIS reviews at the I-140 stage. Gaps between your degree field and your current role should be addressed with supporting documentation before your employer's attorney drafts the labor certification.
How do I find Data Governance Lead jobs where employers are already open to green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search for Data Governance Lead openings filtered by employers with verified PERM and employment-based sponsorship history, so you're not wasting applications on companies that have never navigated the labor certification process. Targeting employers with existing PERM filings in data management or governance occupations significantly shortens the path from job offer to filing.
Can my employer start the PERM process while I'm on H-1B status?
Yes, your employer can initiate PERM labor certification while you maintain valid H-1B status. Filing early matters because your priority date is established when USCIS receives the approved I-140 petition, not when PERM is filed. For applicants born in countries without backlogs, concurrent filing of the I-140 and I-485 may be possible once PERM is certified, potentially compressing the overall timeline.