About the Company

This is a superb opportunity to joining a global insurer in a newly created role as part of their senior management team. Reporting to the COO, this person will be instrumental in driving their data strategy, that will impact and support their business strategy across multiple products and markets.

Working closely with multiple cross functional leaders across underwriting, product, risk, claims, reserving and operations, this person will ensure the democratisation of data insights and leverage this towards supporting functional lead towards better informed decisions on business plans and strategies, fuelling innovation in a digital and AI-powered world.

Leading a team of data professionals across MI, Data & Business Analysts, Data Engineers, Architects and Project Leads, you will lead and engage a network of subject matter experts across the business to harness the full potential of data.

Your leadership and strategic mindset will drive ambitious initiatives, turning complex information into meaningful insights and action point for competitive advantage, with customer centricity at the core.

About the Position

• Lead the data agenda and define a data strategy that meaningfully enhances business performance, product portfolios and customer engagement. Shape how the organisation structures itself to maximise the value of its data, championing solutions that deepen customer understanding and enable innovative products and services.
• Empower senior stakeholders with actionable insights. You will build and lead a capability that transforms raw data into meaningful intelligence—informing strategy, optimising performance, and supporting confident decision-making.
• Play a key role in advancing the use of analytics, AI, and emerging technologies.
• You will help evolve and mobilise AI capabilities that drive automation, self-service, productivity, and enhanced customer engagement.
• Data Excellence - Promote a culture where data is accessible and trusted. Establish governance frameworks that enable innovation while maintaining control and ensure data quality standards are robust enough to support confident decision-making across the business.
• Design and evolve scalable data platforms aligned with the organisation’s strategic roadmap. Your architectural vision will support future growth while staying ahead of technological change

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the data use strategy for the insurance business and devise and drive innovation goals, ensuring strong governance and guardrails are in place.
• Lead, inspire, and develop a high-performing data team, enable data SME’s across the organisation
• Lead, enable and implement use cases of utilising advanced analytics and AI
• Build strong partnerships across business and technology functions
• Embed a data-driven culture across the organisation
• Identify new opportunities to leverage data to improve customer journeys, underwriting performance, and digital capabilities

Experience/Requirements

• A visionary leader with deep expertise in data and analytics
• A strong collaborator, able to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels
• Natural leader with 5+ years’ experience in a data strategy or data management leadership role, ideally within insurance, financial services, or B2C/ B2B Ecommerce environments
• Degree in Data Science, IT, or a related field (master’s advantageous)
• Proven experience developing and delivering data strategies
• Passionate about solving real-world problems through data
• Innovative, with a proven track record of delivering impact
• Strong leadership experience, including building and developing teams
• Expertise in modern data platforms (e.g. Databricks), cloud (Azure/AWS), and programming (Python, SQL, JSON)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• Deep understanding of data governance and security
• Experience with automation tools (e.g. Blue Prism) advantageous

Remuneration Package

Highly Competitive Remuneration Package

Contact

For a confidential discussion regarding this Head of Data Strategy position, please apply in confidence or contact Estelle Davis, Brightwater Executive at [email protected] or contact on DD + 353 1 5927 844