Chief Data & Analytics Leader

thehivecareers.co; Charlotte Amalie (United States Virgin Islands); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

The Head of Data leads the organization's enterprise data function, ensuring data is governed, trusted, accessible, secure, and used for business decision-making. This role spans underwriting, claims, customer analytics, investment/portfolio management, finance, risk, compliance and regulatory reporting.

You will build and oversee data strategy, governance, architecture, platforms, BI, analytics and data science, while guiding data modernization and safeguarding privacy across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• 12–18+ 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the organization's enterprise data strategy and roadmap.
• Establish and maintain data governance, policies, 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.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Data governance

Data architecture

Data management

Data quality

Data integration

BI & analytics

AI/ML awareness

Regulatory data

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Statistics, Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

Data warehouses

Data lakes

BI platforms

Job description

The Head of Data leads the organization's enterprise data function, ensuring data is governed, trusted, accessible, secure, and used for business decision-making. This role spans underwriting, claims, customer analytics, investment/portfolio management, finance, risk, compliance and regulatory reporting.

You will build and oversee data strategy, governance, architecture, platforms, BI, analytics and data science, while guiding data modernization and safeguarding privacy across the enterprise.