Nationwide needs to modernize its Property & Casualty data ecosystem by driving the design and implementation of a modern data lakehouse architecture, while ensuring the continued support, stability, and accuracy of the current legacy data warehouse and reporting platforms during a multi-year transformation.
Requirements
- experience delivering data products and services in a federated or domain-driven architecture model
- Lakehouse architecture implementations
- managing legacy warehouse environments
- proficiency with modern data tools and platforms
- Success in modernizing legacy data systems while maintaining operational excellence, associate engagement and customer satisfaction.
- strong understanding of software engineering practices, including product-centric and agile transformation.
- Data or Computer Science certifications a plus.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the development and execution of the vision for a modern P&C data platform by leading the buildout of a scalable, secure, and efficient Data Lakehouse environment to support analytics, AI/ML, and business intelligence needs with an initial focus on Financial KPIs, Reserving and Pricing.
- Manages legacy data infrastructure through its full lifecycle; ensuring stability, optimizing performance, and orchestrating an orderly retirement as capabilities are transitioned to the new platform.
- Evaluates, designs, and implements emerging/secure technologies in cloud platforms, real-time data streaming, metadata management, and analytics that support P&C strategies and reduce technical debt.
- Partners with Procurement and leaders to manage third party relationships and deliver capabilities in a cost-effective, secure, and scalable manner.
- Builds and scales high-performing engineering teams that operate with agile and DevSecOps principles, focusing on continuous integration, deployment automation, and platform resilience; including performance management, talent acquisition, skill development, and associate engagement for the team.
- Responsible for project delivery, build portfolio and run budget supporting the P&C data Platform transformation.
- Partners with P&C Business Performance Office Advance data governance, stewardship, and quality frameworks in coordination with Nationwide’s enterprise data policies and regulatory compliance.
Other
- Undergraduate studies in Data or Computer Science. Advanced degree preferred.
- Ten to fifteen years of experience in progressive in data engineering, infrastructure and transformation, preferably in an insurance environment.
- Five or more years of people leadership.
- Demonstrated strong leadership ability to influence and gain alignment on a complex data strategies into actionable roadmaps.
- Proven ability to oversee short-term delivery with long-term transformation, solutions effectively at all levels.
