Data Product Owner

The Global Retail Markets (GRM) team has an opening for a position in East Region Data Operation team by partnering with emerging international data governance, analytics and IT teams to develop and implement data solutions and best practices. Participates in all aspects of sensitive, highly visible and comprehensive global projects to advance the needs of the enterprise by providing, building and maintaining prototype data solutions. Works with local, regional and global operations to support business strategies to drive the long-term growth and profitability of GRM.

We are seeking a hands-on, data driven individual to build and maintain data solutions to improve efficiencies and ensure the solutions can be scaled appropriately. This individual will provide, build, and in some cases maintain data solutions to improve efficiencies with sourcing and wrangling data. This individual will collaboratively work to drive initiatives with high value for the organization and must possess a high level of technical knowledge and skills with coding and data tools. Understands integration points across functions and business units. Coordinates with data working teams and subgroups, including collection of information for escalation to the East Region leadership regarding strategic data solutions.

**Responsibilities**:

- Facilitates and/or participates in data-related working teams, forums, and other mechanisms to advocate, communicate and support data and analytics strategy initiatives throughout GRM.
- Collaborates with colleagues to perform rapid prototyping of technical and complex data solutions to meet the Use Case needs.
- Uses best practices in designing proof-of-concept solutions that meet technical and business requirements, with an ability to perform iterative solution testing to ensure specifications are met.
- Provides technical guidance to team members of all skill levels.
- Designs and develops data solutions that enable effective self-service data consumption.
- Prioritizes efforts based on customer value.
- Sets expectations of own deliverables of the most technical and highest complexity.
- Maintains proof-of-concepts and prototype solutions.
- Working with IT, assists in building robust systems focusing on long-term and ongoing maintenance and support.
- Ensures data solutions include deliverables required to achieve high quality data.
- Displays an intrinsic understanding of complex multi-tier, multi-platform systems, and applies principles of metadata, lineage, business definitions, compliance, and data security to project work.
- Demonstrates an extensive command of new technologies as needed to progress initiatives.
- Influences across the team, as well as the broader organization.

**Qualifications**:

- Degree in related field (e.g., Math, Science, Social Science, Engineering, Information Technology, International Management) with 7 years of experience or the equivalent required.
- Experience in insurance industry is strongly preferred.
- Strong communication, influencing, organizational and analytical skills required.
- Must be driven and flexible enough to succeed in ambiguous and less structured situations.
- Strong negotiation skills also required.
- Experience working and managing cloud storage including AWS, Azure, and data pipeline using open-source stacks.
- Ability to create solutions to integrate multiple data sources/structures to perform complex data transformation using advanced techniques and tools.
- Experience with relational databases, such as Redshift, SQL Server, Teradata.
- Knowledge of data integration and analytic tools such as SAS, and hands-on experience with Business Intelligence platforms such as Cognos and MicroStrategy.
- Familiarity of technologies like Microsoft Business Intelligence, visualization analytics like Tableau, Power BI is desired.
- Project management and presentation skills are a plus.
- Experience with multiple cultures is preferred.
- Fluency in English and additional language used in Asia countries is preferred.
- International travel may be required (5% to 10% of the time) when we are allowed to travel.

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