Senior Business Initiatives Lead

JOB REQUIREMENTS: Senior Business Initiatives Lead Location US-WI-Milwaukee ID 2026-1237 Position Type Full-Time Category Global Investment Services Overview The Business Initiatives Lead - Investment Data Governance & Operations is a high-impact role at the center of Allspring's investment data ecosystem. This role helps shape how investment data is sourced, governed, cleansed, validated, and delivered across the organization, enabling confident decision-making for investment, operations, risk, compliance, and client-facing teams. We currently operate in a hybrid working model, whereby you will be required to work in-office 4 days per week. Location(s): Milwaukee, WI Responsibilities Lead and manage the Investment Data Council, including agenda development, decision framing, stakeholder alignment, follow-up discipline, and clear documentation of outcomes. Partner with business, investment, operations, technology, risk, compliance, and data governance stakeholders to prioritize enterprise data issues and drive timely resolution. Oversee governance practices for critical investment data domains, including securities, issuers, benchmarks, pricing, valuation, reference data, and related investment attributes. Define and strengthen data quality standards, validation rules, controls, exception management practices, escalation pathways, and governance procedures. Provide strategic oversight of data sourcing, validation, processing, and distribution across internal platforms, external vendors, and downstream consumers. Identify, evaluate, and support onboarding of new pricing, valuation, reference, and benchmark data sources in partnership with market data, vendor management, technology, and business users. Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, reduce cost, and strengthen data operations processes using tools such as SQL, Python, PowerApps, Excel, and workflow solutions. Translate complex investment data topics into clear business cases, roadmaps, actionable recommendations, and measurable outcomes for executive and cross-functional audiences. Qualifications Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Business, or a related field. 7+ years of relevant experience in investment data, investment operations, portfolio operations, data governance, reference data, market data, valuation, or a related investment services function. In-depth understanding of investment data concepts, including securities, issuers, benchmarks, pricing, valuation, reference data, and/or investment product data. Demonstrated experience leading... For full info follow application link. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment regardless of age, race, color, national origin, sex, religion, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status. ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/EA56AE2C9C274B71