Data Architecture Leader

Be Here. Be Great. Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group. We combine a "small company" culture where your ideas will be heard with "big company" expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow.

At Great American, we value diversity and recognize the benefits gained when people from different cultures, backgrounds and experiences work collaboratively to achieve business results. We are intentionally focused on fostering an inclusive culture and know valuing diversity is an essential leadership quality. Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered and enabled to perform at their best.

GAIG Property & Casualty IT is seeking a Leader of Data Architecture to join our Enterprise Architecture organization. This role is critical in shaping and executing the data architecture strategy that supports our commercial property and casualty insurance business. You will lead a small team of data architects and collaborate with our IT Data & Analytics organization and our Business Data & Analytics group to design scalable, secure, and high-performing data solutions that drive innovation, operational efficiency, data-driven decision-making, and appropriately leverage AI.

This position is located in our Cincinnati office and will work on a hybrid schedule.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with IT Data & Analytics, Business Data & Analytics, and our IT Customer Engagement Leads as One Team to communicate P&C IT’s Enterprise Data Technology Strategy, promote our core capabilities, gather feedback, and assess customers' needs against current capabilities.

• Create conceptual, logical, and physical data architecture and data models for our Enterprise Data Cloud Platform landscape including Snowflake and associated marketplace services like Snowpark Container Services, IDMC/CAI, MarkLogic and Elastic.

• Collaborate with IT Data & Analytics to identify improvement opportunities for new and existing data solutions, including legacy data warehouses and pipelines when needed.

• Create and maintain reference architecture patterns.

• Support digital transformation initiatives, including AI/ML, advanced analytics, and automation.

• Work through a range of design elements from detailed, physical implementation challenges to holistic, logical implementation patterns, and communicate each through diagrams and examples to break down barriers to understanding

• Mentor and develop a small, high-performing team of data architects.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data architecture, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.

• Understanding of the commercial P&C insurance domain, including underwriting, claims, policy administration, and regulatory compliance.

• Proven experience with enterprise data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, IDMC/CAI).

• Strong knowledge of data modeling, data integration (ETL/ELT), APIs, and data governance frameworks.

• Experience with current AI capabilities, including vendor provided platforms and in-house built platforms

• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills, and attention to detail

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with ability to craft communications for all levels of understanding.

• Experience with cloud-native application development practices and hybrid cloud environments.

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Benefits:

Compensation varies by role, position level, and location. Individual pay is influenced by skills, education, training, certifications, experience, and the role's scope and complexity, along with business needs.

We offer a competitive Total Rewards package, including medical, dental, and vision plans starting on day one, PTO, paid holidays, commuter benefits, an employee stock purchase plan, education reimbursement, paid parental leave/adoption assistance, and a 401(k) plan with company match. These benefits are available to eligible full-time and part-time employees.

Your recruiter can provide more details about our total rewards and specific compensation ranges during the hiring process.