Remote: Head of Data Platform Engineering

The Hartford; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 177,600 - 266,400; Full time

Job summary

The Hartford seeks an AVP IT Engineering – IE05AE to lead enterprise data platform engineering, analytics capability, AI-enabled data solutions, and Third-Party Data enablement. You will drive platform strategy, modernization, and operational excellence across data platforms, BI, and AI initiatives.

This leadership role requires deep engineering expertise, executive communication, and the ability to partner with Architecture, Product, Security, and business leaders to deliver measurable business

Qualifications

• Experience leading enterprise data platforms and teams.
• Ability to influence executives and business stakeholders.
• Strong engineering leadership and transformation experience.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-year strategy for enterprise data platforms and analytics enablement.
• Lead architecture guidance and engineering direction across data, analytics, and AI capabilities.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to define roadmaps, adoption plans, and measurable outcomes.
• Lead organizational transformation to improve engineering maturity and delivery speed.
• Build and mentor high-performing engineering leaders and teams.

Skills

Leadership

Data Platform Engineering

Cloud Data Platforms

AI-enabled data ecosystems

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Snowflake

Spark

Google BigQuery

Dataproc

Dataflow

Informatica IDMC

Job description

The Hartford seeks an AVP IT Engineering – IE05AE to lead enterprise data platform engineering, analytics capability, AI-enabled data solutions, and Third-Party Data enablement. You will drive platform strategy, modernization, and operational excellence across data platforms, BI, and AI initiatives.

This leadership role requires deep engineering expertise, executive communication, and the ability to partner with Architecture, Product, Security, and business leaders to deliver measurable business