Corporate Vice President, GBS Business Data Strategy Leader
Job title: Corporate Vice President, GBS Business Data Strategy Leader in Philadelphia, PA at New York Life
Company: New York Life
Job description: Location Designation: Fully RemoteOur New York Life culture has laid the foundation for over 180 years of commitment to our employees, agents, policy owners, and the communities where we live and work. Here you become a valued part of a welcoming, inclusive, and caring organization with a long-standing legacy in stability and growth. The strength revolves around our diversified, multi-dimensional business portfolio that goes beyond life insurance.As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide an environment where you can explore your career ambitions, offering opportunities to tackle meaningful challenges and stretch your skills while balancing work and life priorities. You will be part of an inclusive team guided by our belief to always be there for each other-providing the support and flexibility to grow and reach new heights while making an impact in the lives of others.You are our future, and we commit to investing in you accordingly.Position Summary:
The GBS Business Data Strategy Leader will define and lead the implementation of our data strategy in partnership with our Executive Leadership team and IT organization. The role will be instrumental in transforming our data assets into actionable insights, aligning data initiatives with business goals, implementing a strong governance program, and fostering a data-driven culture across the organization.Key Responsibilities:
- Build and manage a high-performing business insights and governance team, managing a team of 6-10 full-time employees.
- Develop and execute a comprehensive data strategy that supports business needs via collaboration with functional area leaders and their teams, as well as data & analytics peers.
- Lead initiatives in collaboration with IT to improve data governance and quality, along with master data management.
- Build out a data stewardship program, including data catalog and training of our community of data analysts.
- Identify and execute on data and analytics use cases across the organization to drive business value and enable decision making.
- Oversee build out of consolidated data sets sourced from Group Data Hub, while sunsetting legacy tools.
- Collaborate with enterprise teams where applicable to ensure consistency of approaches where applicable and leverage their skill sets as needed.
- Ensure compliance with HIPAA, privacy, and data security standards.
- Define and track key data and analytics KPIs.
- 10+ years of experience in data strategy and analytics, preferably in insurance or financial services.
- Established understanding of group life and disability insurance products, processes, and regulations.
- Proven experience developing and executing data strategies and use cases in complex environments.
- Strong knowledge of data governance frameworks, data architecture, and data quality management.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience with modern data platforms and tools (e.g., Amazon Web Services tech stack, Databricks, Power BI, etc.) is a plus.
- Bachelor's degree in a related field required; advanced degree preferred.