Data Engineering AVP

Data Engineering AVP

Who are we

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a leading global insurance organization. Building on 100 years of experience, today AIG member companies provide a wide range of property casualty insurance, life insurance, retirement solutions, and other financial services to customers in more than 80 countries and jurisdictions. These diverse offerings include products and services that help businesses and individuals protect their assets, manage risks and provide retirement security.

Get to know the business.

General Insurance is a leading provider of insurance products and services for commercial
and personal insurance customers. It includes one of the world’s most far-reaching property casualty networks. General Insurance offers a broad range of products to customers through
a diversified, multichannel distribution network.

About the role

What you need to know:

The Data Engineering AVP will join the AIG Data Office, responsible for major data delivery project development, functional enhancement, and function as subject matter expert for technology selection.  The person will work collaboratively with business, product owners and vendor partners to ensure successful delivery of data programs.    This is a strategic role supporting mission critical financial functions. This includes leading technical resources, partnering with AIG Cloud team, and architecture teams to deliver cloud solutions that are secure, resilient, scalable & efficient.  The person is responsible for leading deliverables in a highly outsourced model.  The ideal candidate should have experience working on technology & product roadmaps to achieve the long-term objectives. 

The responsibilities for this role include:

• Lead technical delivery for large, mission critical initiatives, with initial focus on a multi-year financial transformation program for Commercial insurance.
• Lead highly outsourced technical delivery teams to deliver data pipelines across functional areas, like Finance / Actuarial systems on time, with high quality and continuous innovation.
• Establish best practice, guidance, and recommendations for data cloud solutions that are scalable, secure, resilient, efficient, and managed with operational excellence.
• Serves as a Technical Subject Matter Expert for data programs; guiding technology selection with focus on efficiency, cost and time to market.
• Recommend opportunities to modernize the data application portfolio to reduce operational cost and eliminate technical debt.
• Responsible for fostering relationships with business and IT stakeholders for the program.
• Maintain industry / AIG security standards and SDLC compliance for delivery.  This includes establish and develop data controls for internal and external requirements.
• Ensure high quality delivery across multi-vendor teams spread across different geographies.

What we’re looking for:

Key Qualifications

• Significant experience in Application development, large data management solutions and information handling at the enterprise level, possessing deep understanding of SDLC.
• in-depth knowledge of the architectural principles and services used to develop technical cloud strategy and review workload architectures. Should be able to provide guidance on how to address high-risk issues.
• Ability to manage large vendor teams across multiple geographies.
• Experience working in large, complex, multinational financial data environments.
• Insurance (ideally property and casualty) industry expertise in the data domain.
• Business acumen and understanding of Insurance metrics and financials.
• Ability to work under challenging delivery situations fulfilling tight deadlines and budget constraints.
• Experience in providing technical expertise and project leadership by conducting industry and market research and making recommendations regarding current and new domain knowledge and related technologies.
• Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations.
• Effective communication skills and facilitation experience with business and technology stakeholders to understand use cases and business needs.
• Ability to influence change and drive results.  Must be a self-motivated driver to identify issues and resolve them quickly.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and with changing priorities.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and ability to use Rally to track user stories.

Ideal Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 10+ years’ experience in software development, data modeling or data engineering work in progressive leadership roles.
• Strong background in cloud infrastructure and AWS services
• Knowledge of Snowflake, Oracle, DB2, SPARK, JAVA, Microsoft technologies.
• Familiarity transforming and analyzing structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
• Experience with Git / GitHub
• Prior experience of adoption of AI accelerators for application development is a plus.
• Experience in Property and Casualty insurance with emphasis in commercial lines. Prior experience in Finance discipline is a plus.
• Experience in developing and operationalizing complex data engineering solutions.
• Leverages expert problem-solving skills and techniques.

Location & Mobility

• Position will be based in the US.
• 15% travel required.

A look at our benefits (For U.S. and UK only)

At AIG, we have a 100-year legacy of working to make the world a better place.  And that begins with our employees. We’re proud to offer a range of employee benefits and resources that help you protect what matters most – your health care, savings, financial protection, and wellbeing. We provide a variety of leaves for personal, health, family, and military needs. For example, the “Giving Back” program allows you to take up to 16 hours a year to volunteer in your community.

We also believe in fostering our employees’ development and offer a range of learning opportunities for employees to hone their professional skills to position themselves for the next steps of their careers. AIG also has a tuition reimbursement program for eligible employees to enhance their education, skills, and knowledge in areas that relate to their current position or future positions to which they may transfer or progress.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

It has been and will continue to be the policy of American International Group, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, age, gender, gender expression, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected categories. At AIG, we believe that diversity and inclusion are critical to our future and our mission – creating a foundation for a creative workplace that leads to innovation, growth, and profitability. Through a wide variety of programs and initiatives, we invest in each employee, seeking to ensure that our people are not only respected as individuals, but also truly valued for their unique perspectives.

Enjoy benefits that take care of what matters

At AIG, our people are our greatest asset. We know how important it is to protect and invest in what’s most important to you. That is why we created our Total Rewards Program, a comprehensive benefits package that extends beyond time spent at work to offer benefits focused on your health, wellbeing and financial security—as well as your professional development—to bring peace of mind to you and your family.

Reimagining insurance to make a bigger difference to the world

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a global leader in commercial and personal insurance solutions; we are one of the world’s most far-reaching property casualty networks. It is an exciting time to join us — across our operations, we are thinking in new and innovative ways to deliver ever-better solutions to our customers. At AIG, you can go further to support individuals, businesses, and communities, helping them to manage risk, respond to times of uncertainty and discover new potential. We invest in our largest asset, our people, through continuous learning and development, in a culture that celebrates everyone for who they are and what they want to become.

Welcome to a culture of belonging

We’re committed to creating a culture that truly respects and celebrates each other’s talents, backgrounds, cultures, opinions and goals. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging through our flexible work arrangements, diversity and inclusion learning, cultural awareness activities and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). With global chapters, ERGs are a cornerstone for our culture of inclusion. The diversity of our people is one of AIG’s greatest assets, and we are honored that our drive for positive change has been recognized by numerous recent awards and accreditations.

AIG provides equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, age, gender, gender expression, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected categories.

AIG is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees with disabilities.  If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation, please send an email to candidatecare@aig.com.  

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