Director, Value Stream Data & Analytics - Products

Unum Ireland; Carlow; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Paid health insurance

Bonus program

Job summary

Unum Ireland in Carlow seeks a Director, Value Stream Data & Analytics to define end-to-end analytics strategy and lead the analytics team. You will drive KPI frameworks, data standards, and enterprise-aligned measurement, influencing roadmap decisions and investments.

The role blends leadership, mentorship, and hands-on analytics to deliver measurable business value. The successful candidate will partner with Value Stream leadership, Product, Finance and Enablement to set standards and advance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a analytics or data science field
• 7+ years of experience in data analytics with demonstrated success
• Proficiency in SQL, R or Python for data analysis
• Experience with modern BI tools (Tableau, Alteryx, PowerBI)
• Understanding of data profiling, statistical analysis and data modeling
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities

• Own the value stream analytics strategy and define how performance and value are measured
• Establish and govern KPI frameworks with enterprise-wide definitions
• Influence prioritization and investments through data-informed insights
• Lead measurement of pilots, MVPs, and initiatives tying to business outcomes
• Drive alignment with Value Stream leaders, Product, Finance and Technology
• Set data standards, quality expectations, and scalable analytics practices
• Build and develop analytics capability and mentor analysts and managers
• Promote a data-driven culture and leverage advanced analytics tools

Skills

SQL

R

Python

Tableau

PowerBI

Alteryx

Data modeling

Data profiling

Data governance

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Equivalent experience

Tools

Tableau

Alteryx

PowerBI

Job description

Our Story

Unum Technology Centre in Carlow serves as a strategic software development and IT services centre supporting Unum, a leading provider of income protection in the US. Our team of IT professionals build solutions and critical business applications to digitally transform the way we do business.

The Director, Value Stream Data & Analytics is responsible for defining and leading the end-to-end analytics strategy for a value stream, ensuring data is used to drive prioritization, measure value, and inform decision-making at all levels. This role moves beyond delivering analysis to shaping how value is defined, tracked, and optimized across the value stream.

Working closely with Value Stream leadership, Product, Finance, and Enablement partners, the Director establishes KPI frameworks, governs data standards, and ensures consistent, enterprise-aligned measurement of performance and outcomes. The role plays a critical part in influencing roadmap decisions, evaluating investments, and ensuring delivery is grounded in measurable business value.

The Director also leads the development of data and analytics capabilities within the value stream—setting standards, guiding best practices, and building a high-performing analytics team—while staying closely connected to emerging tools and approaches that enhance insight generation and decision support.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

• Own the value stream analytics strategy, defining how performance, outcomes, and value are measured across the full end-to-end value stream.
• Establish and govern KPI frameworks, ensuring consistent, enterprise-aligned definitions of success, value realization, and performance tracking.
• Influence value stream prioritization and investment decisions by providing insights, scenarios, and trade-offs that shape roadmap and MVP selection.
• Lead value measurement and impact assessment, ensuring pilots, MVPs, and initiatives are evaluated consistently and tied to financial and operational outcomes.
• Drive alignment across stakeholders, partnering with Value Stream leaders, Product, Finance, and Technology to ensure a shared understanding of metrics, assumptions, and results.
• Set data and analytics standards and practices, including data quality expectations, reporting approaches, and tools to ensure consistency and scalability.
• Build and develop analytics capability, providing leadership, coaching, and direction to analysts and managers while strengthening overall data maturity within the value stream.
• Champion a data-driven culture, identifying opportunities to leverage data, advanced analytics, and emerging tools to improve decision-making and business outcomes.

Job Specifications

• Bachelors Degree preferred, and/or equivalent experience
• 7+ years experience with demonstrated success at a comparable data analytics related field
• Proficient in analytics programming languages (SQL/R/Python)
• Demonstrated expertise with modern BI toolsets (Tableau, Alteryx, PowerBI, or equivalent)
• Demonstrated understanding of data profiling, statistical analysis and data modeling concepts
• Proficient in extracting and leveraging data out of data warehouse, transactional databases, object stores & API based environments
• Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
• Ability to embrace change, adapt to the unexpected, and focus energies, people, and solutions on practical and positive results
• Demonstrated problem solving skills
• Strong communications skills with the ability to influence others using data and logic
• Ability to effectively mentor others
• Aptitude and drive to learn new technologies and analysis techniques
• Strong team player; able to work effectively within a team and more broadly with people from a variety of backgrounds and areas across the organization.

Key Competencies

• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and identify meaningful insights
• Understanding of key business and operational metrics and how they measure performance
• Ability to connect data analysis to business outcomes and value drivers
• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on practical, actionable recommendations
• Collaboration and teamwork within cross-functional environments

What We Offer

• competitive compensation
• 25 days annual leave
• paid health insurance
• pension scheme
• annual performance-based bonus
• paid maternity/paternity/adoptive leave
• reward programs
• an opportunity to engage with charity and community activities

Company

Unum