AVP, Analytics – Metadata Developer

Synchrony

AVP, Analytics Metadata Developer within Synchrony’s Data Office responsible for supporting metadata management and data cataloging. Collaborate with business and IT leaders to enhance metadata capabilities.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeHyderabad • 🇮🇳 IndiaLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Stay current on Ab Initio product releases and industry trends, proactively proposing enhancements that improve outcomes for our stakeholders
Provide knowledge transfer, coaching, and implementation guidance to team members to promote consistent patterns, standards, and best practices
Support evaluation and development of forward-looking metadata capabilities, including enablement for cloud, AI/ML, and other emerging use cases (e.g., semantic metadata, tagging, and discoverability)
Contribute to root cause analysis and remediation of data issues related to our metadata platforms and/or processes
Partner with data governance, engineering, and analytics stakeholders to ensure metadata quality, lineage completeness, and consistent adoption of platform capabilities
Create and maintain operational runbooks and support documentation to enable consistent operations, troubleshooting, and ongoing maintenance by the broader team
Execute thorough functional and non-functional testing, and remediate defects to ensure enhancements meet performance, security, and reliability expectations
Implement platform changes (e.g., metadata models, configurations, integrations, automation, and workflows) in accordance with established Agile and change management practices
Produce clear, scalable solution designs for enhancements, prioritizing simplicity, reusability, and long-term supportability
Elicit, document, and validate requirements for assigned platform enhancements, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and stakeholder needs
Identify and recommend platform improvement opportunities that increase usability, reliability, scalability, and maintainability
Develop and maintain a detailed understanding of Synchrony’s current metadata platform implementation, including configurations, integrations, and operational processes

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field; or in lieu of a Bachelor Degree, a minimum of 11 years as described.
Minimum of 7 years of work experience to include: 7 years of Ab Initio Metadata Hub development, including technical design, coding / implementation and ongoing support
7 years of experience with Agile methodology and tools
7 years of relevant data management / governance or project/program management experience
Strong interpersonal skills to lead cross-functional teams, foster collaboration and drive consensus across stakeholder groups
Experience using Agile and SAFE Agile methodologies
Ability to direct technical teams and mentor/coach team members
Exceptional problem-solving, communication and leadership abilities
Credit card domain knowledge is desired
Experience working in financial services in the credit card domain is desired

Benefits

Comp & perks

best-in-class employee benefits and programs that cater to work-life integration and overall well-being
career advancement and upskilling opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

Ab Initio Metadata Hub developmenttechnical designcodingimplementationdata managementdata governanceAgile methodologySAFE Agileroot cause analysisfunctional and non-functional testing

Soft Skills

interpersonal skillsleadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationmentoringcoachingconsensus buildingstakeholder engagementdocumentation