Avp - Enterprise Data & Reporting - London, United Kingdom - Arch Europe Insurance Services Ltd

Arch Europe Insurance Services Ltd

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

The Position:

Responsibilities:

Drives the strategy and direction of the data domain (20+ people). Engages and encourages collaboration with business and IT functions. Sets standards and drives reusability and best practices and ensures they are followed.
Captures and prioritises market and environmental trends, business strategies and objectives, and identifies the business benefits of alternative strategies.
Establishes the contribution that technology can make to business objectives, conducting feasibility studies, producing high-level business models, and preparing business cases.
Ensures compliance between business strategies, enterprise transformation activities and technology directions, setting strategies, policies, standards and practices.
Responsible for effective and timely development of new and/or enhanced systems/technologies.
Monitors all aspects of the Data Engineering Lifecycle and Production Support service levels. Ensures high level technical support is provided.
Works closely with customers, other IT managers, and management to identify and maximize opportunities to use technology to improve business processes.
Contributes to the development of information technology development standards, policies, processes and procedures to ensure consistent compatibility and integration throughout the company.
Participates in vendor/strategic partner evaluations and monitors the relationship on an ongoing basis.

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Prepares/manages department budget:
P&L forecasting, operational/capital expenditures, contract negotiations and invoice processing.

Leads and manages team to accomplish objectives through effective recruitment & selection, training & development, performance management and rewards & recognition.

Required Skills/Experience:

Proficient with one or more data engineering languages (SQL, Python, Scala)
Experience utilizing visualization tools to take advantage of the growing volume of available information
Broad knowledge of data engineering techniques, processes, methods and best practices.
Strong strategic decision making & long term planning abilities to manage resources and develop efficient and effective solutions to diverse and complex business problems.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively lead and motivate team.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation & consultative skills for effective collaboration with senior management.
Thorough knowledge of databases technologies, both relational (such as Oracle, SQL Server and PostgreSQL), and non-relational database technologies (such as Memcached, MongoDB and Redis) and Cloud data platforms (such as Snowflake and Data Bricks).
Experience with Insurance / Reinsurance Systems and Data.

Desired Skills/Experience:

The Company:

Arch Insurance is a global insurer offering our clients superior coverage and service.

We embody the Arch guiding principle of focusing on retaining experienced and talented employees to differentiate us from the rest of the pack.

Our group operates from offices in the US, Canada, Bermuda, UK, Australia and South Africa, providing specialty risk solutions to clients worldwide across a wide range of industries.

With over ten years of operating history and strong financial ratings, our track record remains solid.

Arch Insurance employs a disciplined underwriting approach and prudent risk selection across all types of business.

Our mission is to provide our insureds with superb coverage and claims handling through careful and diligent underwriting of risks and business-friendly solutions.

Across our global operations, Arch Insurance employees are ready to meet your needs with professionalism and excellence.