Director, Data

Permanent Full Time 

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We are looking for a Director, Data.

What you will do: 

Leadership and Data Strategy

• Establish and execute management processes (e.g., budget management, risk management, issue management, resource management,) consistent with the company’s evolving strategic processes, financial management and resource management  
• Implement and govern regular strategic initiative status reporting, providing visibility to the milestones and performance of key work streams, raising visibility of all strategic decisions, issues, risks, and strategic milestones
• Collaborate with the data customers and advisors to promote and adopt innovation and grow the business 
• Advocate for Data and Analytics and champion change, driving adoption across business units and functions
• Lead the delivery of priority initiatives each year, acting as a sponsor
• Contribute to the strategic data strategy and plan for Canada
• Contribute to the data foundations, architecture, governance, and data management practices for Canada
• Take a complex organization and establish policies, process, and standard to implement data governance for Canada

Business Problem Solving Skills

• Identify business problems, that if remedied, will return significant value using data in partnership with data owners and advisors
• Cultivate relationships to help with the determination of root-cause data quality problems, resolve problems & opportunities to drive significant data quality improvements across the company
• Versatile in Data Management, Management, and Governance
• Lead a team that works with large data-sets (millions of records & thousands of variables)
• Lead a team to work with data-set are not always clean, consistent, & fully modelled
• Lead a team to become intimately familiar with data-sets stored across 300+ systems 
• Lead a team to profile large data-sets to determine data quality remediation plans
• Lead a team and proficient with data management tools such as: IGC, IA, stewardship centre, data modelling, database knowledge and tools, data modelling, data architecture, visualization tools, and regular expressions.
• Use problem solving skills to mature data governance, data management, and data architecture across Canada

Communications skills

• Exhibit strong presentation & communication skills as there will be significant interaction with executive leadership across multiple lines of business. Insurance experience preferred
• Interact with senior leaders, AVP and up, to communicate data initiatives and priorities

What you will bring: 

• Minimum of at least 15 years of work experience in the data area with a material focus on the insurance industry
• Expertise in software development and data management as asset
• 8+ years in a leadership position leading data or software projects (Financial industry an asset)
• Certification in Project Management (Agile certification an asset)
• Ability to communicate effectively with management, advisors, customers, and prospects
• Strong creative thinking skills to determine unique ways to deliver on unmet customer needs
• Proven interpersonal / teamwork skills on high performing teams
• Experience working on project teams to analyze business needs
• Proven ability to learn and handle multiple priorities in a challenging work environment
• Proven ability to think at an abstract level
• Reliability Status security clearance - this is a personnel security status that is required before an employee can gain access to Protected B information, assets or work sites as outlined by the Government of Canada  website

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The base salary for this position is between  $89,800.00 - $136,000.00 annually.  This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc).  If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

Career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting, closing dates will vary depending on the search activity. All applications received will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Be your best at Canada Life- Apply today!

Being a part of Canada Life means you have a voice. This is a place where your unique background, perspectives and talents are valued, and shape our future success.

You can be your best here. You’re part of a diverse and inclusive workplace where your career and well-being are championed. You’ll have the opportunity to excel in your way, finding new and better ways to deliver exceptional customer and advisor experiences.

Together, as part of a great team, you’ll deliver on our shared purpose to improve the well-being of Canadians. It’s our driving force. Become part of a strong and successful company that’s trusted by millions of Canadians to do the right thing.

Canada Life serves?the financial security needs of more than 13 million people across Canada, with additional operations in Europe and the United States. As members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies, we’re one of Canada’s leading insurers with interests in life insurance, health insurance, investment and retirement savings. We offer a broad portfolio of financial and benefit plan solutions for individuals, families, businesses and organizations.?

We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live, and to creating an environment where every employee?has the opportunity to?reach their potential.?

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Canada Life policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact talentacquisitioncanada@canadalife.com.

Canada Life?would like to thank all applicants, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.

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