Senior Director, Digital Transformation
Job in
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, 12183, USA
Listing for:
SSA & Company
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-11-06
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job duties:
- Lead consulting engagements with top-tier clients in insurance, financial services, and other industries.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, ensuring alignment of data initiatives with overarching business strategies and objectives.
- Define data transformation strategies, roadmaps, and architectures to modernize data ecosystems.
- Advise on best-in-class data platforms, tools, and technologies to enable advanced analytics and data-driven decision-making.
- Drive measurable improvements in revenue, cost optimization, risk management, and customer experience through data and analytics solutions.
- Establish metrics and KPIs to track the success of transformation initiatives.
- Collaborate with data scientists and analytics teams to ensure models and algorithms align with business requirements.
- Stay current with AI/ML trends, especially Generative AI and Agentic and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) flows, to advise on cutting-edge applications that unlock new opportunities for clients.
- Manage and mentor cross-functional teams, including data engineers, data scientists, and business analysts.
- Provide thought leadership and executive-level communication on project status, risks, and mitigation strategies.
- Serve as a trusted advisor on modern data and analytics technologies, influencing the broader market perspective.
- Participate in industry events, workshops, and conferences to showcase expertise and build brand recognition.
- Internal leadership in building capabilities and adoption of modern data and (Gen)
AI tools and techniques - Telecommuting permitted more than 50% from local area
- Up to 80% unanticipated travel to U.S.
-based client sites
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, Business Analytics, or a related field
10 years of experience in a data leadership or data transformation-related role.
Special Skills/other Requirements:- 10 years of experience leading data strategy, analytics, or data governance initiatives
- Experience leading data transformation, data management, or data governance initiatives
- Experience working within financial services industries (including insurance, banking, or wealth management) or other regulated environments
- Experience applying data transformation principles across multiple industries (e.g., retail, healthcare, manufacturing)
- Experience working with data architecture, data governance frameworks, and data quality methodologies
- Experience with modern data platforms, including data integration, storage, processing, and visualization technologies
- Experience working with cloud-based data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Big Query, or similar)
- Experience with data science lifecycle processes, analytics methodologies, or artificial intelligence applications (including generative AI)
- Experience presenting data or technology strategies to executive leadership and communicating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Position Requirements
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