Principal IT Governance and Process Improvement

Job Description

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact you will have in this role:

As the Principal IT Governance & Process Improvement Specialist, you will lead the strategy, development, and evolution of DTCC's IT Balanced Scorecard, Technology Governance dashboards, and monthly IT Governance metrics.

You will shape how DTCC measures technology performance, compliance, operational stability, and organizational health.

A major part of your impact will be driving innovation through predictive analytics and advanced data models to anticipate trends, identify risks, and enhance proactive decision-making for senior technology leadership.

In this highly visible role, you will serve as the Product Owner for metrics dashboards and analytics products-defining long-term vision, partnering across IT, and ensuring our tools meet the needs of a modern, metrics-driven technology organization.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end development, enhancement, and governance of the IT Balanced Scorecard, Technology Governance dashboards, and monthly IT Governance metrics.
• Serve as the Product Owner for these dashboards, establishing the roadmap, vision, backlog, and iterative delivery plans.
• Partner with business leaders, technology owners, and governance collaborators to gather, analyze, and prioritize requirements.
• Manage work you're doing through Agile methodologies, ensuring iterative and high-quality releases.
• Remove roadblocks and support Business Systems Analysts, developers, and testers, ensuring they fully understand requirements and deliver to plan.
• Explore, define, and implement predictive analytics use cases, working closely with data and analytics teams to advance IT governance insights.
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and transparency of all governance metrics.
• Maintain continuous communication with end users regarding delivery timelines, enhancements, and roadmap changes.
• Present dashboards, insights, and recommendations to senior leadership and technology working groups.
• Create and deliver training, documentation, and communication materials to support adoption and understanding.
• Promote guidelines for metrics governance, data quality, and analytics-driven decision-making across IT.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

• Program / Project Management - ability to manage large-scale, multi-functional initiatives.
• Metrics Analysis & Reporting - strong analytical approach with experience interpreting operational, risk, and performance data.
• IT Business Management - understanding of IT processes, financials, service delivery, and governance frameworks.
• Predictive Analytics - general knowledge of developing or partnering to build forward-looking models.
• Data & Analytics expertise - bringing to bear data to drive insights and story-driven decisions.
• Power BI, Snowflake, SQL - practical experience building dashboards, models, or complex queries.
• Jira, SDP, Agile - strong delivery management and Agile execution skills.
• Communication & Presentation Skills - ability to synthesize complex information and present clearly to executives.
• Problem-Solving - structured critical thinking and the ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Thought Leadership - ability to influence organizational direction and champion continuous improvement.

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

About Us

With over 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting and data services across asset classes, bringing enhanced resilience and soundness to existing financial markets while advancing the digital asset ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC's subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at U.S. $3.7 quadrillion and its depository subsidiary provided custody and asset servicing for securities issues from over 150 countries and territories valued at U.S. $99 trillion. DTCC's Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes more than 25 billion messages annually. To learn more, please visit us at www.dtcc.com or connect with us on LinkedIn , X , YouTube , Facebook and Instagram .

DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you'll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It's the chance to make a difference at a company that's truly one of a kind.

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About the Team

Serves as a dedicated technology resource for advancing DTCC's business opportunities and providing industry thought leadership for leveraging new technology. The goal of this new department is to partner internally with IT, our business and regulatory divisions and externally with clients, regulators, and fintech vendors, to help build new platforms and business models to advance DTCC's mission to support the financial markets.

Client-provided location(s): Tampa, FL, Jersey City, NJ

Job ID: DTCC-212482

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-02-05T19:31:34