Executive Director, BDA&M Strategy and Operations

Responsibilities

• Responsible for strategic, tactical, operational, and financial responsibilities associated with CoSA data storage, data preparation, data exploration, information governance, analytics, and information delivery.
• Leads the strategy of the sub-functions by establishing and executing a vision for the delivery of information and analytics platforms and solutions to the business’ key stakeholders and cross-CoSA partners.
• Responsible for successful end to end process of information management, analytics and delivery.
• Provides thought leadership and participate in developing talent across the USAA Data and Analytics Community.
• Keeps current of industry leading practices and advances in data and analytics as well as the business associated with the assigned CoSA.
• Leads the team(s) in the development of new techniques and best practices that deliver effective reporting/analytics to meet goals and objectives that align to strategy.
• Responsible for overseeing the implementation of processes and procedures within a CoSA in adherence with Information Governance policy and standards.
• Responsible for the development of a successful team’s training/education plans, automated systems, technical tools, staffing/organizational requirements, and expense budget.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

Skillset

• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering or other quantitative field (e.g. finance or a social/behavioral science); OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• 10 years data and analytics related experience, driving results in a complex financial services organization.
• 4 years of people leadership experience in building, managing and/or developing high-performing teams.
• Experience collaborating with key resources and stakeholders, influencing decisions and managing work to achieve strategic goals.
• Executive-level business acumen in the areas of measuring business outcomes, business operations, industry practices and emerging trends.
• Experience leading projects using Agile methodologies.
• Experience conducting large scale data analysis using internal and external data to support business decision making.
• Proven ability to tell a story through data and communicate effectively with senior leadership.
• Ability to understand business requirements, KPIs and convert into analytical hypothesis in a structured and logical manner along with solution identification.
• Experience with large complex database systems & architecture, structured & unstructured data; with diverse analytics methodologies and approaches; expert ability to connect data/metrics to business metrics/results.
• Deep understanding of risk management and compliance practices with experience developing data strategies that mitigate risk.