Junaid has an established career as a leader in data management, AI, information technology and financial services. His experience spans all major data disciplines, and he has utilized industry-leading and niche technologies. He has held significant roles at global investment banks, asset management firms, hedge funds and Big Four consulting firms. Junaid specializes in defining, establishing and leading Data Management and AI functions that significantly enhance data utilization. He has successfully identified and implemented strategic initiatives that have resulted in notable revenue generation, measurable risk mitigation and enhanced insight to inform business decision-making. A key to Junaid’s success has been building cross-organizational relationships based on integrity and credibility. This foundation has enabled him to effectively negotiate, influence and collaborate with business heads and technology partners. He has established and led high-performing, multidisciplinary teams to deliver strategic and tactical efforts. His ability to engage executive sponsors and deliver messages with presence and poise across all organizational levels instills confidence in his influence and negotiation skills. Junaid’s leadership is marked by a clear vision and a strong commitment to delivering results. He champions strategies that respond to changing market demands, manage growth and lead sustainable digital transformations across all lines of business at the enterprise. Accomplishments • Digital transformation: Led First Citizens Bank through mergers with CIT and Silicon Valley Bank by accelerating the establishment of enterprise data management and governance functions suitable for a global bank with $200B in assets. • Cost optimization: Secured $5M in cost savings by consolidating data management platforms following two mergers, renegotiating contracts, and co-developing an enterprise data migration and data integration plan. • Revenue generation: Spearheaded the data strategy for a Salesforce implementation for 2.5K sales employees by ensuring ~450 crucial CDEs were fit for purpose, improving numerous metrics, including a sales increase of 15.3%. • Regulatory and risk management: Implemented a data fabric to scale data governance from ~300 to ~3.5K CDEs as part of a data integration strategy to assimilate data from various systems and platforms to file 35+ regulatory reports. • Information technology: Pioneered the use of data mesh architecture, leveraging it to create data products for Customer Segmentation, Customer 360, Churn Prediction, and Cross-Sell/Up-Sell Recommendations.
