Data Solution Architect, Senior Manager - Insurance

at  Deloitte

REQ #

16317
Job description

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We are seeking to hire experienced Senior Data Solution Architects in the Insurance practice of Deloitte’s AI & Data service offering.
Data is the key enabler across the insurance industry, across a range of business functions. Without a solid data foundation, clients struggle to achieve their vision for a data-powered future, including implementing advanced analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Our team delivers transformational data solutions to our insurance clients that benefit our clients, their customers and regulators.
The Insurance industry is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by the increasing importance of data and analytics. As enterprises seek to leverage data to drive better business outcomes, they are turning to decentralised data management approaches such as Data Mesh and choosing disruptive technologies to build innovative and domain-oriented data products.
A well-designed data solution architecture sits at the core of our clients’ strategy to enable the effective deployment of advanced analytics and AI models to gain competitive advantage in their respective industries and deliver better products and services to their customers.
Our Data & AI Architecture team specialises in ‘designing for data’: how to source it, how to store it, how to structure it, how to transform it, and how to consume it for wide variety of data-centric functionality, including data APIs, data monetisation, Gen AI, machine learning, management information, and reporting.
Strategy, Analytics and M&A
How do you make intelligent, future-proof decisions in a world where change is the one constant? That’s exactly what you’ll help our clients to do. You’ll build trusted relationships with business stakeholders – and use the most exciting new technologies available – to create data-driven programmes that transform their organisations. Your advice will help clients position their organisations to succeed in an ever-evolving marketplace.

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Essential

• Consulting experience (or equivalent), including:
• Working on client facing projects
• Experience of contributing to proposal writing, presentations and pre-sales activities
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Strong executive-level stakeholder management using clear communications and be able to form strong client relationships
• Good in-depth expertise in functional areas in Insurance such as Finance, Risk, Underwriting, Pricing, Claims, Asset Management (or equivalent)
• Strong experience as a leader of people, providing dynamic day-to-day leadership that nurtures and develops junior talent, creating effective data design teams
• Experience in data solution architecture e.g. establishing design principles, defining solution patterns while following architecture methodologies
• Good understanding of data solutions, including data modelling, data management, data quality, master data management, data lakehouess, reference data, reporting and visualisation, AI, analytics and self-service business intelligence
• Experience in working with peers and senior enterprise solution/data architects to align data architecture blueprints across different business units and geographies
• Experience in working within an architecture function and presenting architectural designs to a variety of stakeholders (incl. Technical Design Authorities or Architecture Boards)
• Experience in conducting architectural evaluation, design and analysis of enterprise-wide systems including on-premise and cloud-based solutions
• Experience in engaging with both Business and IT stakeholders to document business outcomes and objectives for large-scale solutions and programmes
• Identify requirements, analyse technology alternatives, and conduct product build vs buy recommendations
• Demonstrate the ability to conduct discovery and design workshops
• Be able to assimilate and apply new techniques and knowledge to achieve business outcomes
• Experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams in fast-paced project environments and demonstrate personal resilience
• Ability to lead ang manage ‘go-to-market’ activities such as responding to RFI / RFPs and developing high-quality proposal materials
• Work within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution helping them grow their career in Deloitte

Desirable

• TOGAF certified (or equivalent) or certification/good exposure to architecture and data management frameworks
• Certified in Cloud technologies (e.g. AWS or Azure (or equivalent)) and broad knowledge across Cloud architecture, DevOps, Networking, Machine Learning, and Security
• Certified in Data & AI technologies (e.g. Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks (or equivalent)) and experience in designing and delivering enterprise data solutions including toolset selection, effort and cost estimation
• Experience and knowledge of delivering innovative enterprise data management frameworks e.g. Data Mesh
• Demonstrate a good understanding of Data / Information Governance principles and familiarity with processes, policies and any of the key vendor platforms such as Collibra, Informatica
• Experience developing a ‘common language for data’, including data models (all types), data dictionaries, data vocabularies, taxonomies or ontologies
• Ability to size projects and shape delivery of large programmes
• Experience in managing cross-geography teams, making effective use of offshore delivery teams
• Experience with Management Information / BI Reporting delivery processes
• Led design/solution workshops, including defining client requirements, document solutions and reviewing output with stakeholders
• Good understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements such as GDPR, IFRS17, Solvency II
• Establish technical design authorities to review and manage design decisions
• Project Management experience of both waterfall and agile delivery approaches

• Leading the definition and design of end-to-end architectures that articulate what functions are required to support data and analytics activities.
• Helping market-leading clients understand how they can use data and leverage cutting edge technologies to address challenges, ambitions, and objectives.
• Leading relationships with executive-level client stakeholders to define a ‘common language for data’, so that data across the organisation can be interpreted and used consistently and efficiently for required purposes.
• Leading the creation of strategic roadmaps for Data & AI capabilities required to generate insights from enterprise data assets.
• Assessing the as-is solution and suggest target solution architectures leveraging your expertise in Data & AI/Analytics tools and Cloud technologies.
• Leading effective, enthused and diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution.
• Understanding the importance of stakeholder and change management and supporting development and implementation processes.
• Assisting in the further development of our market leading solution and delivery offerings and help produce proposal documents to showcase our capabilities to clients.
• Contributing to the development of our thriving Data and AI Architecture community.
• Contribute to client project delivery by owning one or more workstream(s) and ensuring commercially successful conclusion of the client engagements.
• Develop the capability of junior team members through ‘on the job’ training and formal development programmes