Senior Director, Data Products

Pay Philosophy
The typical starting salary range for this role is determined by a number of factors including skills, experience, education, certifications and location. The full salary range for this role reflects the competitive labor market value for all employees in these positions across the national market and provides an opportunity to progress as employees grow and develop within the role. Some roles at Liberty Mutual have a corresponding compensation plan which may include commission and/or bonus earnings at rates that vary based on multiple factors set forth in the compensation plan for the role.
Description
The Data Tools Team (DT2) is a part of the Liberty Mutual USRM Data Office that is leading the charge to transform our data environment by modernizing our platforms and tools, data lakes and data warehouses. If you are looking to build platforms of the future, DT2 is the team for you.
As a part of DT2, the Core Services Leader will be responsible for supporting core tools features of the Data platforms, that include but are not limited to Security, Data Governance & Management, Data Science and ML Ops.
This role will be leading a team of talented individuals who support key data initiatives by establishing the necessary services and tools. As a leader of Core Services, you will:

• Lead vision-setting for owned products. Define a compelling "Why" for the different Data Products, tools, and services.
• Strong problem-solving skills and innovative mindset with Data Science and Security / Access enablement.
• Serve as an expert voice and opinion leader for core services tools products and technical data science delivery.
• Lead cross functionally with influence with or without authority. Influence stakeholders in an Agile delivery routine.
• Liaise effectively between business needs and technology teams. Synthesize and clearly articulate value proposition to leadership and stakeholders.
• Engage squads in planning efforts and achieve optimal productivity.
• Lead with the heart of a servant-leader. Develop and guide the team members to navigate hurdles (internal and external) with delivery. Coach and Mentor. Retain top talent.
• Establish the roadmap for value-added features enabling data delivery.
• Effectively carry stakeholders along with deep understanding of people, process, and technology.

Along with these, you will need to partner with leaders on various teams to establish the "why" for the products as well as expertly negotiate the case for successful product delivery within acceptable timeline.
Additional Responsibilities:

• Overseeing all stages of product creation including design and development
• Monitoring and evaluating product progress at each stage of the process
• Liaise with the product team and end-users to deliver updates
• Provide Agile consulting, guidance and participate in Scrum meetings and product sprints reviews
• Ensure exemplary communication with all stakeholders including senior business leaders
• Articulate solutions /recommendations to business users. Present analytical content concisely and effectively to non-technical audiences and influence non-analytical business leaders to drive major strategic decisions basis analytical inputs
• Coordinate, prioritize and efficiently allocate team resources to critical initiatives: plan resources proactively, anticipate and actively manage change, set stakeholder expectations as required, identify operational risks and enable the team to drive issues to resolution, balance multiple priorities and minimize surprise escalations.

Preferred skills:

• 8-10 years of relevant industry experience in Data Science strongly preferred
• Experience in customer engagement projects related to data science applications
• In depth knowledge of Agile methodologies
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Knowledge of Data Science Life Cycle along with MLOps functions
• Experience with at least one of the Cloud technologies: AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Experience with at least one of the programming language: Java, Python and Scala
• Prioritization techniques
• Experience in communicating recommendations to senior business leaders highly preferred.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Computer Science or closely related fields such as Mathematics, Engineering, Economics, or other quantitative disciplines.
• Advanced degree - MSc., PhD., or MBA is a plus
• 10-15 years of experience working in data solutions delivery and technical product ownership.
• Understanding of End-to-End data pipelines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Clear understanding of data security.

About Us
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