Enterprise Data Leader

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Award-winning inclusive Top Workplace culture doesnt happen overnight. Its a result of hard work by extraordinary people. The industrys brightest talent drive our efforts to deliver purposeful work and meaningful impact every day. Learn more about what makes us different and how you can make your mark as the Enterprise Data Leader at MMA.

Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA) provides business insurance employee health & benefits retirement and private client insurance solutions to organizations and individuals seeking limitless possibilities. With offices across North America we combine the personalized service model of a local consultant with the global resources of the worlds leading professional services firm Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC).

A day in the life.

The Enterprise Data Leader will oversee MMAs data strategy ensuring data governance quality and accessibility to support business decision-making. This role will lead initiatives for data integration and management across the enterprise including a strong focus on enhancing the integration of acquisition data.

Working with business strategy leadership this role will be at the forefront of the MMA data platform responsible for overseeing the collection management and analysis of data across addition this leader will support global MMC initiatives to bridge and unify data when applicable to MMA. This role will establish best practices for data governance and ensure that our data initiatives align with business objectives driving insights and informed decision-making throughout the organization.

The Enterprise Data Leader will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including IT and operations to identify data needs and translate them into actionable strategies. Guiding the team through the entire data lifecycle from data acquisition and cleaning to analysis and reporting.

In addition to mentoring and empowering the team this leader will champion a culture of data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement across the organization. Staying abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends they will evaluate new tools and methodologies to enhance our data capabilities and drive operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Data Platform Leadership: Own the design implementation and management of enterprise data platforms including data lakes data warehouses and data integration tools. Partner with infrastructure and security teams to ensure scalable resilient and secure environments.

• Data Architecture and Engineering: Define and evolve data architecture standards and patterns for ingestion transformation and delivery. Oversee the development and support of robust data pipelines to ensure high-quality timely data access. Responsible for aligning data architecture with enterprise architecture and business goals to ensure that data systems are integrated effectively including strategy around new acquisition data integration.

• Governance & Quality: Operationalize data governance across domains driving metadata management lineage stewardship and quality frameworks. Collaborate with legal compliance and security teams to ensure all data meets regulatory and privacy standards.

• Team Leadership & Organizational Development: Lead and grow a team of data architects engineers and governance professionals. Create a high-performing collaborative and accountable team culture aligned with enterprise goals.

• Business Partnership & Enablement: Partner with analytics operations and functional leaders to deliver reliable data services that meet strategic and operational goals. Act as a key advisor to the enterprise data strategy group shaping priorities investments and adoption paths.

• Operational Oversight: Ensure efficient operations capacity planning and incident response within the data services domain. Establish SLAs KPIs and reporting to measure data team performance and platform value.

• Emerging Technologies Evaluation: Stay informed about emerging data technologies and industry trends evaluating their potential impact on the enterprise data environment and recommending adoption where appropriate.

Our future colleague.

Wed love to meet you if your professional track record includes these skills:

• Enterprise Data Architecture: Extensive experience in designing and implementing enterprise data architectures that support data integration and analytics initiatives.

• Data Governance Expertise: In-depth knowledge of data governance frameworks data quality standards and best practices in data management to ensure compliance and integrity.

• Analytical Tools Proficiency: Familiarity with data analytics tools and programming languages (e.g. SQL Python R) as well as data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau Power BI) to effectively communicate insights.

• Modern Data Technologies: Proficiency in modern data storage technologies (e.g. SQL NoSQL) and experience with cloud data platforms (e.g. AWS Azure) to leverage scalable data solutions.

• Data Standards and Security: Experience in establishing and enforcing data standards security protocols and performance benchmarks to protect organizational data assets.

MMA IT Leadership Core Requirements:

• Business Acumen: Strong understanding of business operations and strategy with the ability to align technology decisions with business goals and drive value for the organization.

• Cross-Functional Leadership Experience: Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and initiatives fostering collaboration among IT business units and other stakeholders to achieve common goal.

• Strong Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to convey complex architectural concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders effectively.

• Problem-Solving Skills: Strong problem-solving skills with a track record of identifying and resolving complex technical challenges.

• Leadership and Mentorship:Demonstrated leadership skills with experience mentoring and developing team members and proven track record of growing leaders.

• Financial and Operational Management:Proven ability to manage team budgets ensuring financial resources are utilized effectively to meet key metrics project and departmental goals.

• Enterprise Transformation: Demonstrated experience in leading large-scale enterprise transformation initiatives including successful implementation of new technologies and processes.

• Change Management: Proven experience in leading change management efforts related to technology people process and digital enablement ensuring stakeholder buy-in.

• Agile Transformation Leadership: Experience in leading Agile transformation initiatives within IT teams fostering a culture of collaboration flexibility and responsiveness to changing business needs.

• Continuous Improvement Focus:A commitment to fostering a culture of continuous improvement leveraging feedback and lessons learned to enhance processes and practices.

• Regulatory Compliance Experience: Familiarity with industry-specific regulatory or business control requirements (e.g. SOC NYDFS ITGC HIPAA) and experience in ensuring that enterprise technology solutions comply with these requirements.

• Culture and Engagement: Experience working in diverse global teams with an understanding of cultural differences and the ability to foster an inclusive authentic environment that values diverse perspectives and builds a community of colleague engagement and satisfaction.

We know there are excellent candidates who might not check all of these boxes. Dont be shy. If youre close wed be very interested in meeting you.

Valuable benefits.

We value and respect the impact our colleagues make every day both inside and outside of work. Our culture promotes colleague well-being through robust benefits programs and resources professional and personal development opportunities and fulfillment through meaningful work.

Some benefits included in this role are:

• Generous time off including personal and volunteering

• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities

• Remote work

• Charitable contribution match programs

• Stock purchase opportunities

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