Manager, Data Leader

Job Description

If you’re passionate about innovation and love working in an environment where you can constantly improve and adopt new technologies to drive business results, then Nationwide’s Information Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

If you are passionate about the importance of data in meeting our Enterprise business objectives and in driving the adoption of newer technologies and data capabilities, then we have a great opportunity for you. As a member of the Enterprise Data Office, the Data Leader partners with our Technology and Business teams to successfully implement key data initiatives across Nationwide. In addition to supporting data pipeline development for structured data consumed by multiple downstream customers, the Data Leader is also responsible for creating and standing up data pipelines supporting use of unstructured data and machine learning models.

In this role, you will also provision and procure internal and external data engineers with needed skills to deliver on our partners’ complex data initiatives. And in the spirit of ensuring we have a future‑ready workforce, the Data Leader continuously executes plans to upskill our resource pool on niche data skills and evolving technologies.

Nationwide’s industry leading workforce is passionate about creating data solutions that are secure, reliable and efficient in support of our mission to provide extraordinary care. Nationwide embraces an agile work environment and collaborative culture through the understanding of business processes, relationship entities and requirements using data analysis, quality, visualization, governance, engineering, robotic process automation, and machine learning to produce targeted data solutions.

If you have the drive and desire to be part of a future forward data enabled culture, we want to hear from you. As a Data Leader you’ll hire, lead, coach, deploy, and re‑deploy data professionals. You’ll enable effective and efficient data analysis and modeling delivery through skill readiness and best practices. This position ensures the right resources with the appropriate skills are aligned to the right work and are focused on building and implementing best data and modeling practices.

Leads a team through guidance and support on the execution of data work; responsible for the management of associates including but not limited to performance management, salary planning, training, development, workforce planning, hiring, and disciplinary actions; and attracts, hires, engages and develops the team through impactful recruitment, coaching and feedback. Manages external supplier and consultant relationships. Responsible for applying secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.

Provides leadership, guidance, and support on the execution of projects/programs through continuous integration of analytic best practices. Contributes to the development of data analytic capabilities through the development of strategic and tactical plans. Reviews technical project documentation to ensure the project direction conforms to the Enterprise Data Strategy. Provides direction and guidance to team members on effective analysis of programs and communication of the findings to Leadership.

Develops systems and processes and supervises the use of established systems and processes for identifying, tracking, measurement, reporting, and analysis of data‑intensive projects/programs. Collaborates and provides guidance to teams on needs assessments, potential solutions, and approaches to managing data‑intensive work for their assigned projects or programs. Encourages and reinforces the sharing of knowledge and best practices related to data. Supervises and supports the team’s participation in data audit activities and alignment with Data Governance…