Data Lead

Position Summary

Assured Guaranty is seeking a talented and motivated individual to lead the next phase of our efforts to ensure consistently high data quality and data standards via modern data architecture. The candidate will guide the future direction of data strategy and processes, including data sources, database design and structure, and data integrity and tools. Additionally, the candidate will help to transform data and information into insights that enhance business decisions.

Position Description

• Proactively communicate and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure information needs are formalized and understood
• Manage the data flow from third party data providers to ensure the Company is using the data in accordance with the contract
• Identify areas where there is information overlap between vendors to potentially consolidate data sources
• Reduce operational friction through standardized, repeatable processes and common approaches to data and analytics issues and identify opportunities for data usage
• Implement formal data governance approach and increase the maturity of the enterprise data capabilities and architecture
• Define Enterprise Data Governance Policies and Standards and work with the Business, Legal, Accounting, and IT on implementation of these policies
• Guide business in identifying, understanding, and responding to opportunities for process innovation, including automation when possible
• ​Participate in research, analysis, selection, and implementation of new tools, technologies, and/or services available
• ​Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion

Candidate Background

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Master’s degree preferred
• Proven experience (5+ years) in a data-focused leadership role
• Experience in integrating complex cross-corporate data processes and data models, and/or designing strategic metrics and scorecards
• Leadership experience and broad management knowledge to buildout a new Financial Data Management function
• Requires business acumen, strategic and analytical thinking, and decision making skills 
• Knowledgeable in SQL, Excel, data visualization, data architecture
• Skilled in transformations and creating large relational datasets across multiple applications and sources 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to multi-task effectively 
• Advanced knowledge and experience in process improvement methodologies