Miles

Senior Director, Digital Transformation

Miles$150K — $200K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, Business Analytics, or related field
  • 10 years of experience in data leadership or transformation
  • Proven experience in leading data strategy, analytics, or governance initiatives
  • Background in financial services, including insurance, banking, or wealth management
  • Experience with cloud-based data platforms like Snowflake or Databricks
  • Familiarity with data quality frameworks and AI applications
  • Strong communication skills for presenting to executive leadership

Responsibilities

  • Lead consulting engagements with premier clients across various industries
  • Build strong stakeholder relationships to align data initiatives with business goals
  • Define and execute data transformation strategies and roadmaps
  • Advise on advanced data platforms and analytics tools
  • Drive improvements in key business metrics through data solutions
  • Establish KPIs to monitor the success of transformation efforts
  • Mentor cross-functional teams including data engineers and scientists
  • Stay informed on AI/ML trends to guide clients on innovative data applications

Benefits

  • Telecommuting permitted more than 50% from local area
  • Up to 80% unanticipated travel to client sites
  • Participation in industry events and conferences to enhance visibility
  • Opportunities for internal leadership in modern data capabilities and GenAI adoption
Full Job Description
Description

Job duties:
• Lead consulting engagements with top-tier clients in insurance, financial services, and other industries.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, ensuring alignment of data initiatives with overarching business strategies and objectives.
• Define data transformation strategies, roadmaps, and architectures to modernize data ecosystems.
• Advise on best-in-class data platforms, tools, and technologies to enable advanced analytics and data-driven decision-making.
• Drive measurable improvements in revenue, cost optimization, risk management, and customer experience through data and analytics solutions.
• Establish metrics and KPIs to track the success of transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with data scientists and analytics teams to ensure models and algorithms align with business requirements.
• Stay current with AI/ML trends, especially Generative AI and Agentic and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) flows, to advise on cutting-edge applications that unlock new opportunities for clients.
• Manage and mentor cross-functional teams, including data engineers, data scientists, and business analysts.
• Provide thought leadership and executive-level communication on project status, risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on modern data and analytics technologies, influencing the broader market perspective.
• Participate in industry events, workshops, and conferences to showcase expertise and build brand recognition.
• Internal leadership in building capabilities and adoption of modern data and (Gen)AI tools and techniques
• Telecommuting permitted more than 50% from local area
• Up to 80% unanticipated travel to U.S.-based client sites

Requirements:
Education:
- Bachelor's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, Business Analytics, or a related field
Experience:
10 years of experience in a data leadership or data transformation-related role.
Special Skills/other Requirements:
- 10 years of experience leading data strategy, analytics, or data governance initiatives
- Experience leading data transformation, data management, or data governance initiatives
- Experience working within financial services industries (including insurance, banking, or wealth management) or other regulated environments
- Experience applying data transformation principles across multiple industries (e.g., retail, healthcare, manufacturing)
- Experience working with data architecture, data governance frameworks, and data quality methodologies
- Experience with modern data platforms, including data integration, storage, processing, and visualization technologies
- Experience working with cloud-based data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, or similar)
- Experience with data science lifecycle processes, analytics methodologies, or artificial intelligence applications (including generative AI)
- Experience presenting data or technology strategies to executive leadership and communicating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

About Miles

Miles Laboratories was founded as the Dr. Miles Medical Company in Elkhart, Indiana, in 1884 by Dr. Franklin Lawrence Miles, a specialist in the treatment of eye and ear disorders, with an interest in the connection of the nervous system to overall health. The company is known for inventing products such as Alka-Selzer and One-A-Day vitamins. Miles operated as an independent firm from 1884 until 1979 and as a wholly owned subsidiary of Bayer AG from 1979 until 1995. At the company's peak in the 1960s and 1970s, it employed 3,300 people and produced more than two dozen products. In 1995, it was consolidated into the parent corporation. By 1890, the sales success of his patent medicine tonic, "Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine," in treating "nervous" ailments led him to develop a mail order medicine business. Miles also published Medical News, from 1884—a thinly disguised marketing vehicle for Nervine, now referenced as advertorials. Nervine remained on the market as a "calmative" until the late 1960s; Miles' bromide sedative syrup is considered "a precursor to modern tranquilizers." The company was at the heart of the 1911 antitrust Supreme Court case Dr. Miles Medical Co. v. John D. Park & Sons Co. After John D. Park & Sons Co. profited off of Dr. Miles' advertising while selling his products at rock bottom prices, the Supreme Court ruled that resale price maintenance, a form of vertical restraint, is illegal per se.
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