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Fortitude Re · 8 hours ago

AVP, Reference Data Governance

Jersey City, NJ

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$165K/yr - $185K/yr

8+ years exp

Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. is a leading provider of legacy reinsurance solutions, partnering with top insurance companies to deliver transformational solutions. The AVP, Reference Data Governance is responsible for developing and managing frameworks for ontologies, taxonomies, and reference data, ensuring alignment and accuracy across business processes and systems.

Financial ServicesInsurance

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Define and maintain ontologies, taxonomies, and semantic models with common definitions and vocabularies

Manage reference data standards, stewardship, and lifecycle governance across key domains

Align ontologies and reference data with industry standards to enable cross-domain interoperability

Embed reference data controls and validation rules in enterprise platforms

Ensure traceability and compliance with data governance standards

Partner across governance, engineering, and analytics to embed standards into data solutions

Promote data literacy and awareness of reference data practices across the organization

Qualification

Ontology managementTaxonomy managementReference data managementMetadata managementData governance standardsData modeling standardsRegulatory compliance knowledgeAnalytical skillsDomain knowledge of insuranceCollaboration skillsCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's or Master's in Information Management, Computer Science, Data Science, or related field

8+ years of experience in data management, reference data, master data, or information architecture, with at least 3+ years in a leadership role

Deep understanding of ontology, taxonomy, and metadata management frameworks

Strong knowledge of reference/master data management tools and practices

Hands-on experience with metadata platforms (e.g., Alation, Databricks Unity) and semantic and data modeling standards

Familiarity with regulatory and compliance requirements (e.g., SOX, GDPR) relevant to financial/insurance/reinsurance industries

Excellent collaboration, analytical, and communication skills, with ability to influence across technical and business stakeholders

Domain knowledge of insurance, reinsurance, or financial services is required

Benefits

Annual bonus based on company and individual performance

Generous benefits package

Company

Fortitude Re

Fortitude Re is a reinsurance company that specializes in executing bespoke transactional solutions.

Founded in 2017

Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

501-1000 employees

https://fortitude-re.com

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