Director, Advanced Analytics & Governance

Overview

Come join one of America’s fastest-growing insurance companies. Since 1848, National Life Group has aimed to keep our promises, providing families with stability in good times and in bad. Our mission extends beyond the insurance and annuities policies that we offer. We strive to make the world a better place through our grants from our charitable foundation, paid volunteer time for our employees, environmentally sustainable and healthy workplaces, and events that promote the work of nonprofits in our own backyard.

We foster a collaborative environment with opportunities for growth and encourage our associates to live our values:
Do good. Be good. Make good. Please note that we do not offer visa sponsorship for this position.

Role Summary

At National Life Group, our enterprise data and analytics practice is well established, and we are now focused on further evolving and maturing how we organize, govern, and unlock value from our data. To sustain that progress it is critical that we have timely, accurate, consistent and well-defined data throughout the organization. Success depends on strong commitment & collaboration from all areas of the organization, and the Advanced Analytics & Governance team within the Chief Data Office is central to advancing this work.

Director, Advanced Analytics & Governance – Essential Duties and Responsibilities

As a senior leader on our data team, the Director, Advanced Analytics & Governance will set the strategy and oversee execution of analytics initiatives across the organization, building on an established foundation.

Key responsibilities include:

• Evolve and execute the enterprise strategy for advanced analytics and reporting governance in alignment with the overall CDO vision and business objectives.
• Lead the design, development, and deployment of advanced analytics solutions — including predictive modeling, machine learning, deep learning, and optimization — and oversee the end-to-end analytics lifecycle from problem framing through model deployment and monitoring.
• Mature and scale the enterprise analytics platform and self-service analytics environment to empower business users while maintaining governance controls.
• Oversee production support and administration of the data analytics systems, ensuring reliability, availability, and operational excellence across the environment.
• Continuously refine and strengthen the enterprise analytics governance framework, including policies, standards, quality metrics, SLAs, metadata management, and remediation processes.
• Lead reporting stewardship programs and ensure clear ownership and accountability across business and technology teams; oversee compliance with data-related regulations (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, HIPAA, etc.) and internal policies for privacy, security, and ethical data usage.
• Build, mentor, and lead the Business Informatics team, manage talent acquisition, performance management, career development, and succession planning.
• Partner with business leaders, IT, and other CDO functions to identify high-value use cases where advanced analytics can drive revenue, efficiency, customer experience, or risk mitigation.
• Act as a trusted advisor to the CDO and executive leadership; present complex analytics findings and governance strategies to senior executives and non-technical stakeholders in clear, actionable terms.
• Evaluate and recommend analytics and governance tools and technologies (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Databricks) and drive adoption of modern analytics and reporting architectures leveraging the enterprise data platform.
• Champion a data-driven culture by deepening adoption of analytics insights and governed data assets across the organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Information Systems, Analytics, or a related quantitative field
• 10+ years of progressive experience in data analytics, data science, or data governance, with at least 5+ years in a leadership role
• Proven track record of advancing and scaling advanced analytics capabilities in a complex organization
• Strong experience refining and operating enterprise analytics governance programs,…