Jobs via Dice · 14 hours ago
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Director/ExecutiveDice is the leading career destination for tech experts, and they are seeking a Chief Data & Analytics Officer for an established financial services organization. The role involves leading a newly built enterprise data and analytics organization, driving projects, scaling teams, and ensuring business continuity during a transition period.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Provide executive leadership for data, analytics, and AI efforts during a period of transition and capability building
Assess team maturity, processes, platforms, and execution, making pragmatic decisions aligned with the current enterprise strategy
Build and scale immature teams, establishing foundational operating models, processes, and delivery discipline
Facilitate prioritization across stakeholders with competing objectives, driving alignment on near-term and mid-term goals
Negotiate effectively with IT, engineering, cybersecurity, and architecture teams to balance business needs with technical constraints
Lead structured discussions around tradeoffs, ensuring transparent decision-making and clear communication of impacts
Thrive in ambiguity by bringing structure, clarity, and practicality to unstructured or evolving challenges
Escalate issues appropriately, ensuring leadership has visibility into risks, roadblocks, and major dependencies
Ensure a thorough, well-documented transition and handoff, including operating procedures, project statuses, and strategic recommendations
Qualification
Required
Experience in an executive or leadership role in a dynamic data driven organization
Seeking a builder / fixer within growing data organizations
Has the experience, discipline and diligence to make efficiencies to the team and know risks and limitations to be aware of
Identify opportunities for upskilling and training by utilizing Scrum processes/delivery methods
Firm up the current data warehouse environment
Identify opportunities within GenAI to add to the current environment
Explore high-impact, low-hanging AI opportunities without a set playbook, favoring theory-driven tinkering, autonomy, and experimentation
A track record of turning modern data platforms into business impact
Strong background in governance
Experience in the insurance industry
Intellectual curiosity with a strong drive to learn
Critical thinker with an open mind to innovative solutions
Current with AI tools and technology
Company
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