Scotiabank

Director, Global Insurance Data Solutions

Scotiabank • $150K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Undergraduate degree in business, technology, data, finance, or related field
  • Progressive experience leading data and operations in regulated organizations
  • Background in insurance data, operations, or finance
  • Strong strategic planning and cross-functional delivery skills
  • Knowledge of data governance and modern data platforms
  • Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management abilities

Responsibilities

  • Define Global Insurance data strategy and multi-year roadmap
  • Establish governance forums and performance measures
  • Build a scalable data solutions team aligned with GWM standards
  • Lead data sourcing, requirements assessment, and implementation
  • Create governed insurance data assets for analytics and operations
  • Coordinate delivery with business, technology, and data engineering
  • Direct remediation of data issues and manage regulatory compliance
  • Serve as primary Data Management contact for Global Insurance
  • Promote a high-performance environment and succession planning
  • Communicate vision and delivery outcomes to senior stakeholders

Benefits

  • Inclusive work environment
  • Opportunities for team development and succession planning
  • Engagement with senior leadership
  • Potential for impactful cross-business collaboration
  • Focus on building a scalable and high-performance team
Full Job Description
Requisition ID: 274459

The Director, Global Insurance Data Solutions leads a dedicated Global Insurance data solutions function within the Global Wealth Management (GWM) Data Management Office. This role is accountable for building the data foundations, operations, governance, quality and analytics-enablement capabilities required to support Global Insurance business priorities across Canada and international markets.

The portfolio covers Canadian and International creditor and non-creditor insurance, GWM Insurance, and Insurance Distribution and Operations. The Director will define the target operating model, establish stakeholder relationships, recruit the initial team and sequence delivery of foundational insurance data capabilities.

Is this role right for you? In this role you will:
  • Define the Global Insurance data strategy, mandate, operating model and multi-year roadmap.
  • Establish governance forums, service expectations, prioritization and performance measures.
  • Build a scalable team and delivery model aligned to GWM and enterprise standards.
  • Lead data hunting, source assessment, requirements, profiling and implementation.
  • Establish governed insurance data assets and reusable products for operations, reporting and analytics.
  • Coordinate delivery across business, technology, data engineering and enterprise partners.
  • Establish ownership, stewardship, metadata, privacy classification, lineage and quality controls.
  • Direct remediation of critical data issues and support audit, regulatory and risk obligations.
  • Implement sustainable operational controls, monitoring and issue escalation.
  • Serve as the primary Data Management Office relationship lead for Global Insurance lines of business.
  • Recruit, develop and lead the dedicated Insurance Data Solutions team.
  • Communicate roadmap, dependencies, outcomes and risks to senior stakeholders.
  • Create an inclusive, high-performance environment and build succession and development plans
  • Communicate a clear vision, translate strategy into measurable outcomes and hold the team accountable for delivery.
  • Promote effective day-to-day controls and sound risk decisions consistent with governing policies and standards.
  • Build collaborative partnerships across business lines and enterprise functions.


Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? - We'd love to work with you if you have:
  • An Undergraduate degree in business, technology, data, finance or a related discipline
  • Progressive experience leading enterprise data, analytics, technology, operations or product teams in a large, regulated organization
  • Experience in insurance data, operations, distribution, actuarial, finance or regulatory reporting
  • A demonstrated ability to define strategy, lead complex portfolios and deliver through cross-functional teams
  • Strong knowledge of data governance, data quality, metadata, privacy, controls and modern data platforms
  • Executive-level communication, stakeholder management, financial judgment and people leadership capabilities


Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

About Scotiabank

Scotiabankers are committed to helping individuals, companies, and communities to thrive in a changing world. From personal and business banking, brokerage, and insurance, to private wealth, and the most sophisticated commercial, corporate and institutional services, they serve the diverse needs of some 21 million customers in more than 55 countries. Founded in 1832 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, their growth has always been fuelled by the success of their customers and their longevity secured by an unshakable commitment to carefully and expertly managing risk and capital. That focus on doing what's right for customers—short- andlong-term—has made us a global financial services leader. Headquartered in Canada, they are over 86, 000 Scotiabankers strong. Each of us are committed to being the best at understanding their customers' needs and all of us working together to deliver practical advice and relevant solutions that help their customers become financially better off.

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