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Utica National Insurance Group

Director of Data Engineering (Hybrid)

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Remote or Hybrid
Hiring Remotely in NC, USA
160K-187K Annually
Expert/Leader
Remote or Hybrid
Hiring Remotely in NC, USA
160K-187K Annually
Expert/Leader
Lead the Data Engineering function, owning data delivery roadmap and building scalable data architectures, pipelines and ETL workflows. Manage and grow a team of data engineers, oversee enterprise analytic data product delivery, collaborate with Data Science/BI/Technology, and ensure data quality, consistency, and successful execution of complex, multi-year initiatives.
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The Company

At Utica National Insurance Group, 1,400 employees countrywide take our corporate promise to heart every day: To make people feel secure, appreciated, and respected.

Utica National Insurance Group is an "A" rated $2.0B award-winning, nationally recognized property & casualty insurance carrier.

Operating along the Eastern half of the United States, based in our Home Office in Central New York, with Regional Office locations including NYC, Dallas and Charlotte.

Our Mission is to continually meet the needs of our policyholders, agent/customers and employees resulting in sustainable profitable growth in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

We are proud to sell our products through more than 2,200 independent insurance agents around the country as we have been since 1928. These agents provide their clients with valuable insight and resources. And, as the second-largest insurer of Agents’ Errors and Omissions (E&O) business in the United States, we insure many of the agents who work with our policyholders. 

Our purpose is to make people feel secure, appreciated, and respected.  These Values define the character of our employees. They personify Utica National – describing what it means to “be Utica National” and how we approach doing business.  Together, with our agents, we are committed to providing our mutual policyholders with valuable services and products to help them feel secure.

What you will do:
 
The Head of Data Engineering is responsible for leading and overseeing all data engineering functions, reporting directly to the Chief Data & Analytics Officer. This role owns the data delivery roadmap and ensures the accuracy, consistency, and quality of all data solutions. It provides strategic leadership in designing, building, and maintaining scalable data architectures, pipelines, and ETL workflows. Additionally, the role leads and develops a high-performing team of Data Engineers, drives best practices in data engineering, and ensures successful delivery of complex data initiatives aligned with business objectives.
 

Essential Functions:

  • Reporting to Chief Data & Analytics Officer, this role has overall responsibility for all Data Engineering functions including Data Delivery Roadmap and Project Ownership. Responsible for ensuring completeness, accuracy, consistency, and quality of all deliverables required for each project.
  • Lead, Manage and Grow a team of Data Engineers to ensure a high level of performance and efficacy. Provide guidance to the team in key architectural design and development methodologies. Help set goals and measure progress of the team.
  • Provide strategic leadership for the design, development, testing and delivery of large-scale data structures and pipelines and efficient Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) workflows.
  • Lead development and production deployment of enterprise-level analytic data products (also potentially pilots and proof of concepts), determining appropriate design strategies and methodologies.
  • Collaborate effectively with Data Science, Business Intelligence and Technology teams to define success metrics and road map.
  • Impacts the business results, leading others in identifying and resolving complex technical, operational, and organizational problems. Sets priorities, allocates resources and develops plans for multiple related teams. Decisions are guided by the business strategy.
  • Develop and manage the processes, controls, and technical solutions necessary for an effective Data Engineering function.
  • Hands-on experience with Data Modeling, Data Warehousing, ETL tools (Informatica or SSIS), SQL Server.
  • Strong leadership skills to move the team through a major change, initiative to drive change forward and identify solutions to potential obstacles.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
  • Conforms with all corporate policies and procedures.

What you will need:

Education: Bachelor's Degree- Computer Science or equivalent, required; Master's Degree-Computer Science or equivalent , preferred.

Experience: 4-7 years-  Direct management experience. in building out Data Solutions (using various technologies); More than 10 years- Successful leadership experience in rolling multi year initiatives and projects; More than 10 years- Experience with Data Warehousing and Software Development.

Salary: $160,000-$187,000

The final salary to be paid and position within the internal salary range is reflective of the employee’s work experience, their geographic location, education, certification(s), scope and responsibilities in the role, and additional qualifications.

Benefits:                              

We believe strongly that talented people are core to our success and are attracted to companies that provide competitive pay, comprehensive benefits packages, career advancement and challenging work opportunities. We offer a Comprehensive Benefits Plan for full time employees that include the following:

  • Medical and Prescription Drug Benefit
  • Dental Benefit
  • Vision Benefit
  • Life Insurance and Disability Benefits 
  • 401(k) Profit Sharing and Investment Plan (Includes annual Company financial contribution and discretionary Profit Sharing contribution based upon annual company financial results)
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) 
  • Flexible Spending Accounts 
  • Tuition Assistance, Training, and Professional Designations
  • Company-Paid Family Leave
  • Adoption/Surrogacy Assistance Benefit
  • Voluntary Benefits - Group Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness, Legal, ID Theft Protection, Pet Insurance
  • Student Loan Refinancing Services
  • Care.com Membership with Back-up Care, Senior Solutions
  • Business Travel Accident Insurance
  • Matching Gifts program
  • Paid Volunteer Day
  • Employee Referral Award Program
  • Wellness programs
  • Personal Insurance Discount

Additional Information:

This position is a full time salaried, exempt (non overtime eligible) position.

As part of our hiring process, candidates who have accepted a formal offer must be willing to undergo a comprehensive background check and drug screen; additional screening for credit or MVR may be required for some positions.

Utica National is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Apply now and find out what it’s like to be a part of an amazing team, thrive in an exciting environment and work for a company you can be proud of. Once you complete your application, you can monitor your status in the hiring process by logging into your profile. A representative from our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch regarding any change in your candidacy. 

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