Executive Director IT Data Enablement

Role Overview:

As the ED, Data & Analytics Strategy, you will lead the teams that owns the products and the underlying technologies, platforms and infrastructure through its entire lifecycle. You are an expert in D&A technologies and business processes who enables and deeply understands stakeholders and their needs. You will set the product vision, roadmaps, and strategy, ensuring value and user experience are measured and achieved.

What will you do in this role:

• You will lead and execute the organizations IT data strategy, ensuring alignment with IT financial goals and operational efficiency and alignment with the enterprise data strategy
• You will be responsible for overseeing the governance of the IT data domain and it s critical sub-domains, enabling a strong data stewardship culture, and leveraging data analytics for continuous improvement.
• You will lead and maintain the data governance model and governance framework, including councils and committees, to oversee critical IT data domains and ensure accountability at all levels.
• You will lead initiatives that promote data stewardship, enabling sub-domain owners to ensure data accuracy, accountability, and timely delivery of IT Data.
• You will establish and manage a skilled engineering and delivery team with clear roles and accountabilities to deliver and manage the underlying technologies, platform and integrated data layer that will deliver the IT Data outcomes, including ongoing overall production vision and strategy
• You will establish strong partnerships with critical stakeholders such as Enterprise Architecture, IT Data sub domain leaders, IT Finance, and Business of IT teams to ensure the integration of data strategy with broader IT initiatives.
• You will make product decisions, ensuring alignment with the product strategy. Be the chief advocate within the wider organization for products to drive adoption, fantastic user experience, and value realization.
• Guide the team in developing and regularly calibrating product metrics. Drive continuous product discovery to understand user needs and translate them into solutions and a product backlog.
• Lead the team to drive release and support planning and execution (go to market). Manage multiple teams of technology professionals, promoting career development and continuous upskilling of talent in order to build incredible teams and the ecosystem to empower them.
• Monitor and optimize the products total cost of ownership (TCO).
• As the senior most leader for the CTO group, you will develop a strong executive external presence and strong internal networks to recruit highly skilled and diverse talent across the needs of the CTO organization, stay current with industry trends, and establish effective vendor partnership.

What Should you have:

• You have a bachelors degree in information management, computer science, or technology and at least 15+ years of experience in Data & Analytics technologies, product management and IT leadership roles in complex matrix environments. You are proficient in asset, product, requirement, and stakeholder relationship management.
• +10 years of hands-on experience of data management and governance experience
• +10 years of hands-on experience and expertise in cloud environments and data & analytics technologies.
• +10 years hands on experience in leading, managing and driving large D&A teams focused on strong services, products, platform and technology delivery inclusive of product/solution engineering, solution architects, platform engineering, platform administration and support teams.
• Subject Matter Expert and a leader who guides teams on system designs and management system development. You have a demonstrated ability in innovation, influence, and strategic planning with outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.
• You are a pro in working with colleagues from diverse disciplines and at all levels in the company, articulating complex technical topics at the right level of detail for specific audiences.
• You have strong quantitative skills and the ability to use data and metrics to inform decisions and drive continuous improvement.