Director Enterprise Data Design

Role Overview

Director Enterprise Data Design requires a senior professional experienced in data architecture, including conceptual modeling, logical modeling, and business data design. The role manages a Center of Excellence (CoE) and federated team, translating insurance business needs into robust, scalable, and efficient data models and designs. The leader drives best practices for data architecture, modeling, and business data design throughout the enterprise, manages staff at all levels to grow skills and foster collaboration.

• Identify opportunities for efficiencies: align business terms and business concept definitions with logical data modeling, integrating into the data dictionary and data glossary.
• Create 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.
• Define governance for federated enterprise conceptual data modeling and provide oversight of all enterprise data architecture, including the conceptual, logical, and business data design.
• Define and establish KPIs and reporting.

• Bachelor's degree in data management, data sciences, computer science, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience implementing enterprise-wide 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 to create simple solutions for complex business problems.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Experience influencing without authority.
• Experience in modern data stack and operations.
• Strong project management skills with experience working in enterprise, complex, large‑scale, multi‑team programs.

• Certification is a plus (e.g., MS Certified, Google Certified, Oracle Certified, Mongo
  
  DB Certified).
• Deep understanding of different database technologies and trade‑offs (Databricks, Azure Synapse, Mongo
  
  DB, Oracle, Postgre
  
  SQL, Snowflake, Fabric, AWS Redshift).

Expected salary range $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.

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

Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the “World’s Most Admired Companies,” Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, and the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, Met Life, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies. The company provides insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, Met Life holds 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—Met Life is inspired to transform the next century in financial services. #All Together Possible .

Met Life is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regard 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 (though 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”).

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