Executive Director, Data Governance Lead

Position Overview

The Executive Director, Data Governance Lead contributes to RGA’s culture of innovation by owning, shaping, and executing the enterprise data governance strategy and vision. Collaborates with key stakeholders to develop and implement data governance strategies, policies, standards, and procedures across the organization. This role focuses on establishing the overarching frameworks and guidelines to enable effective data management practices within business units and corporate functions.

Open to Hybrid, or Remote.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of the organization's data governance program to align with business goals and objectives by working closely with business and IT stakeholders to scope, establish requirements, communicate, and execute roadmaps.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across business units and IT to define policies and standards for data management, data quality, metadata, data security, and privacy.
• Monitor compliance with data governance policies and standards through audits and metrics reporting.
• Creates, implements, and monitors effective metrics.
• Develops and maintains effective relationships; takes ownership for the relationships, ensuring organizational objectives are met.
• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view and drive innovation.
• Develop frameworks and models to classify data and define ownership, lifecycle management, and access controls.
• Works in an Agile environment and continuously reviews the business needs, refines priorities, outlines milestones and deliverables, and identifies opportunities and risks.
• Performs capacity planning and creates technical diagrams and layouts.
• May lead cross-functional project teams to drive adoption of data governance standards by educating stakeholders on policies, procedures, and best practices and/or implement new security and compliance standards across various RGA teams.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  

Requirements

Education And Experience

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education/ experience
• 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise-level data governance, data management or related field demonstrating in depth expertise in own specialized discipline or field as well as basic knowledge of related disciplines.
• 4+ years of experience in managing enterprise initiatives, teams, and engineering solutions; demonstrated skill aligning solutions with business goals and objectives
  
  

Preferred:

• Master’s degree and/or LOMA certification
  
  

Skills And Abilities

Required:

• Strong knowledge of data governance frameworks, policies, standards, and programs
• Knowledge of data privacy, security, lifecycle management, and data quality best practices
• Experience defining data policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and projects
• Advanced ability to lead and resolve complex problems, working across broad groups and geographies
• Advanced interpersonal skills, including the ability to build consensus
• Advanced communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex or difficult information
• Balance of technical knowledge and business acumen
• Customer first, service-oriented thinking and mind set
• Proactive, self-starter with excellent project management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks effectively
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage, influence, and inspire partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment
• High degree of organization, individual initiative, and personal accountability
  
  

Preferred:

• Experience with big data and data-at-scale platform services
• Experience utilizing data governance, data catalog, and metadata management technologies and tools
  
  

Company Overview

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) is one of the largest global providers of life reinsurance, with offices around the world. RGA delivers expert solutions in individual life reinsurance, individual living benefits reinsurance, group reinsurance, financial solutions, facultative underwriting, and product development. Our mission is to enhance our clients’ prosperity by supporting their financial and risk management capabilities.

The general pay range for this position is $120K-175K per year. Base pay varies depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and market location. In addition, RGA provides an annual bonus plan that includes all roles and some positions are eligible for participation in our long-term equity incentive plan. RGA also maintains a full range of health, retirement, and other employee benefits.