Head of Data — Insurance & Investments

Job Summary

The Head of Data leads the organizations enterprise data function ensuring that data is governed trusted accessible secure and effectively used for business decision-making.

Within Insurance & Investments the role supports data requirements across underwriting claims customer analytics investment/portfolio management finance risk compliance regulatory reporting and corporate operations.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and execute the organizations enterprise data strategy and roadmap.

Establish and maintain data governance policies standards ownership and controls.

Improve data quality accuracy consistency completeness and availability.

Lead enterprise data management architecture integration and platform initiatives.

Oversee data warehouses data lakes data platforms master data metadata and data pipelines.

Lead Business Intelligence (BI) reporting analytics and data science capabilities.

Support AI and machine-learning initiatives through high-quality and accessible data.

Develop data solutions for underwriting claims pricing fraud customer analytics and risk.

Support investment teams through portfolio performance market client and investment data.

Establish data lineage classification access controls privacy and data-security practices.

Partner with IT/technology teams on cloud data platforms architecture APIs and systems integration.

Ensure reliable data for financial management regulatory and compliance reporting.

Lead data modernization and transformation programs.

Establish data-quality KPIs and monitor data governance and platform performance.

Manage data vendors technology partners budgets and strategic initiatives.

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

Promote a data-driven culture across the organization.

Ideal Candidate Profile

1218 years of experience in data analytics information management technology or related fields.

5 years in Head of Data Head of Data & Analytics Data Director Director of Data CDO or equivalent leadership roles.

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 management

Data quality

Data integration

Data platforms

Business intelligence

Advanced analytics

AI / machine learning

Data privacy & security

Master data management

Regulatory data

Experience managing enterprise data transformation programs and multidisciplinary teams.

Strong understanding of financial-services data and regulatory requirements.

Strong stakeholder-management skills with CIO CTO CDO CFO Risk Investment and business leadership.

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Data Science Information Systems Statistics Engineering or related discipline.