Senior Data Lead

Senior Data Lead

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems or Computer Science or equivalent combination of education and/or professional related work experience with demonstrated achievement and progressive responsibilities.
• 10+ years of experience in data or technical project management, with experience in managing data and technical projects in the insurance industry.
• 5+ years’ experience as a Product Owner working in an agile environment. Preferably PSPO Certified
• Proficiency in agile project management tools (e.g., AzureDevOps, Trello, Jira).
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Proven ability to clearly and effectively communicate business and technical information, and effectively mediate in situations where conflict arises.
• Understanding of how and when to escalate issues to the appropriate levels within the organization.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall) and best practices.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, direct a plan, and meet deliverable expectations.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with individuals and teams across the organization to meet complex business needs.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate the organization and influence key stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to mitigate risks proactively and resolve issues.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Refine creation of business case, including initiative definition, size, success criteria, benefits, and stakeholder identification, by leveraging solution architecture, data strategy, and product management.
• Lead initiative(s) through the approval process and sequencing.
• Provide context of the initiative and plan the work with the product owner(s) and delivery team(s), including defining the relevant features.
• Ensure the data roadmap aligns with the initiative vision and future capabilities.
• Product Owner for and data delivery team as well as Stakeholder by supporting backlog refinement and prioritization.
• Develop plans, including scope, objectives, timelines, milestones, and resource allocation. Align and integrate with Product Owners and Delivery Managers.
• Lead production planning by developing and influencing the production roadmap, communicating dependencies and tracking release targets.
• Manage and facilitate internal resources and third parties/vendors across execution areas.
• Manage and facilitate activities with other IT teams, Shared Services teams, and business partners to ensure all activities to deliver the initiative are managed while monitoring progress against the overall roadmap needs and dependencies.
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor initiative performance and success.
• Provide regular updates to stakeholders and senior management on progress, risks, decision needs, and issues.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration among initiative team members and stakeholders.
• Ensure connection and alignment across corporate planning office, business, data, and technical leaders.
• Provide data thought leadership and partner with IT to identify technology enablers, future data complexity, dependencies, and risks while minimizing technical and data debt introduction.
• Lead vendor relationship for data consumption of the data solution.
• Establish Service Level Agreements (SLA) in support of business objectives ensuring they meet key performance metrics.
• Work with Development Team to prepare the solution for transition to production and operationalize within IT to ensure the data solution continues to be incrementally maintained and monitored in a simplified, streamlined, and cost-effective manner.
• Identify, assess, and manage risks and issues.
• Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies to ensure successful initiative outcomes.
• Create governance structure for risk escalation and mitigation.
• Work with Compliance and Data Governance office to ensure solution meets corporate and industry standards.
• Lead the processes for initiative financial management, including budgets, forecasting, tracking, and reporting expenses.
• Work with IT Delivery Manager and Architecture to determine competencies and skills necessary to develop and support the data solution.
• Allocate and manage incremental resources (if applicable) effectively to ensure optimal utilization and productivity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferably PSPO Certified