Chief Data Officer — Insurance & Investments

Job Summary

The Chief Data Officer (CDO) is responsible for the organizations enterprise-wide data strategy governance quality analytics AI and data-driven transformation.

Within an Insurance & Investments organization the CDO ensures that data is treated as a strategic asset across underwriting claims customer management investment/asset management risk finance compliance and regulatory reporting.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and execute the enterprise data strategy and roadmap.

Establish enterprise-wide data governance ownership standards policies and controls.

Improve data quality consistency accuracy availability and accessibility.

Lead the organizations data management and data architecture strategy.

Establish data models data platforms data warehouses data lakes and data integration capabilities.

Lead Business Intelligence (BI) analytics reporting and advanced analytics.

Develop and oversee AI machine learning and predictive analytics initiatives.

Support data-driven decision-making across insurance investments finance risk and operations.

Establish data governance frameworks covering data privacy security lineage classification and access.

Partner with the CIO/CTO and technology teams on data platforms and architecture.

Support regulatory and management reporting through reliable and controlled data.

Develop data capabilities for underwriting claims pricing fraud detection customer analytics and risk management.

Support investment teams with portfolio analytics market data performance reporting and investment intelligence.

Establish data KPIs and monitor data quality and governance performance.

Lead data transformation and modernization initiatives.

Manage relationships with data analytics AI and technology vendors.

Build and lead data analytics BI governance and data-science teams.

Promote an enterprise-wide data-driven culture.

Present data strategy risks opportunities and transformation progress to executive leadership and the Board.

Ideal Candidate Profile

15 years of progressive experience in data analytics technology information management or financial-services data.

5 years in CDO Chief Data Officer Head of Data Director of Data Head of Analytics or equivalent senior leadership positions.

Experience in insurance investment management asset management banking wealth management or financial services preferred.

Strong expertise in:

Enterprise data strategy

Data governance

Data architecture

Data quality & master data

Business intelligence

Advanced analytics

AI / machine learning

Data privacy & security

Data management

Data integration

Regulatory data

Cloud data platforms

Strong understanding of financial-services data and regulatory requirements.

Experience managing enterprise data transformation programs and large multidisciplinary teams.

Strong C-suite Board and business stakeholder engagement.

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Data Science Information Systems Statistics Engineering Business or related discipline; masters degree/MBA preferred.