Description

Description and Requirements

Role Value Proposition:

The role of Director Enterprise Data Design requires a senior person experienced in data architecture, including conceptual modeling, logical modeling, and business data design, and involves managing a COE and federated team. This role is crucial for translating insurance business needs into robust, scalable, and efficient data models and designs, ensuring data assets are well defined, integrated, and aligned with organizational strategy. Additionally, this leader will manage staff at all levels to grow their skills, foster team spirit, and encourage collaboration. The successful candidate will drive best practices for data architecture, modeling, and business data design throughout the enterprise

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify opportunities for efficiencies: Align business terms and business concept definitions with logical data modeling, integrating into the data dictionary and data glossary
• Creation of a conceptual model in collaboration with business stakeholders, analysts, and data domain experts
• Implement API Library Platform: Partner with technology and infosec to implement an API catalog of approved APIs
• Federated Target Operating Model Oversight: Define a governance approach to federated enterprise conceptual data modeling
• Establish oversight of all enterprise data architecture, including the conceptual, logical, and business data design
• Define and establish KPIs and reporting

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in data management, data sciences, computer science, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise-wide implementation of data architecture, conceptual modeling, logical modeling, and business data design
• Experience with ERWIN, Collibra, or other Data Modeling and Management tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an ability to create simple solutions for complex business problems
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience in influencing without authority
• Experience in modern data stack and operations.
• Strong project management skills. Experience working in enterprise, complex, large-scale, multi-team programs.

Preferred:

• Certification as a plus, e.g., MS Certified, Google Certified, Oracle Certified, MongoDB Certified
• Deep understanding of different database technologies and their tradeoffs, e.g. Databricks, Azure Synapse, MongoDB, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Fabric, AWS Redshift

At MetLife, we're leading the global transformation of an industry we've long defined. United in purpose, diverse in perspective, we're dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our customers.

Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.

The expected salary range for this position is $140,000 to $185,700. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.

Benefits We Offer

Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!

About MetLife

Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!

MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").

If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.

MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.

$140,000 to $185,700


Requisition #: 12729

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