Overview:
Responsible for the upkeep, accuracy, and adoption of the Bank’s centralized data cataloging and lineage capabilities. This role focuses on ingestion and curation of logical metadata, integration with data quality rules, identification of enterprise data flow patterns, development of user-friendly data discovery solutions, and ensuring compliance with M&T’s priority data standards.
This position sits at the intersection of business knowledge and technical understanding. The successful candidate is comfortable working with ambiguity, asking the right questions, and translating technical concepts into clear, business-friendly language. While technical fluency is required, this is not a deep engineering role; success is driven by strong communication, analytical thinking, and stakeholder partnership.
Position Responsibilities:
Minimum Qualifications Required:
Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years related experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 9 years higher education and/ or work experience, including a minimum of 5 years related experience
Intermediate knowledge of SQL (minimum requirement) with the ability to run queries, understand SQL logic, and independently spot-check and validate results.
Experience analyzing large data sets and working with data platforms, systems, tables, and fields.
Proven ability to translate ambiguous and complex requirements into structured, actionable steps.
Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
Knowledge of banking products, lines of business, and end-to-end business processes.
Strong critical thinking and persuasion skills, with the confidence to challenge assumptions and metadata inputs constructively.
Comfort working in environments with ambiguity and minimal upfront structure, independently organizing work and stakeholder requests.
Ideal Qualifications Preferred:
Experience performing data cataloging and/or data lineage responsibilities within a financial institution.
Intermediate knowledge of Alteryx, Tableau Prep, Python, or similar analytics and data preparation tools.
Intermediate knowledge of REST APIs.
Experience working with hybrid database environments (on-premise and cloud).
Intermediate knowledge of data governance, metadata management, and data quality frameworks.
Experience using data cataloging, data lineage, and data visualization tools.
Experience translating data into insights that answer business questions and support decision-making.
Master’s or Doctorate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Finance, Accounting, Business, or related fields with proven coursework proficiency.
M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $103,000.00 - $171,600.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.
Buffalo, New York, United States of America