Director – Data Analysis

Bachelor’s degree in an analytical or technical discipline
At least 10 years of analytics/data experience in a dynamic environment. Expertise obtained through progressive analytical and operational work experience
At least 5 years of direct leadership experience with proven ability to develop your team and execute on strategy
Outstanding presentation and written communication skills. Able to develop and deliver clear, crisp, and compelling “data stories” including presentations to all levels of the organization.
Ability to influence decision makers and drive consensus.
Ability to teach and mentor other employees and provide opportunity for development and growth
Ability to influence and work collaboratively in a team. Build relationship & networking skills with internal organization and customers
Expertise in Excel, hands on intermediate to advanced SQL/SAS or other programming language ability
Experience with database Rational Database Management System (RDBMS) technologies (e.g., SQL server, Greenplum, Oracle)

Become a trusted analytical leader and partner to the functional areas of support and proactively identify improvement opportunities
Communicate project performance results to company leadership
Partner with leadership to execute on a robust strategy that integrates data and Insights into all aspects of the organizational strategy
Collaborate with business partners to understand their problems and goals, gather business requirements and develop analytical solutions to support their vision and strategy
Develop and lead a team of analysts with the skills, capabilities, and passions necessary to successfully drive and sustain a data focused culture. This could include managing analysts with varying skillsets including but not limited to: Data Engineering, Data Analysis, and Data Science
Define, develop and provide insights, metrics, and analysis to drive the decision-making process and support business strategy for internal and external customers
Solve complex problems utilizing creative solutions and new perspectives
Influence all levels of an organization to support projects and/or ideas
Focus on improving process and enabling technology to provide repeatable reporting solutions
Lead and implement business intelligence strategy to ensure analytics are accurate, timely and aligned throughout the organization
Set policies, standards and best practices for data insights team

Advanced degree in Analytics and/or Actuarial designation
Life/LTC Insurance product and claims process knowledge
Experience with advanced analytical and modeling data capabilities utilizing Python and/or R
Experience with big data technologies (i.e. Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Databricks, AWS/Azure and etc)
Expertise in Data Visualization