Director - Data Solutions

The role is with a Global Insurer.

Title - Director Data Solutions

Reporting to – Head of Data Solutions
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Location – Mumbai

About the Company

Lead the APAC Data Solutions analyst function, you will manage a regional team of Principal Data Solutions Analysts, partner closely with data engineers and developers, and collaborate with global counterparts in the US and UK to deliver governed, scalable analytics and data products. Own APAC standardization for semantic models, unified data definitions, Power BI solutions and tooling, data catalog/lineage, and the operationalization of GenAI use cases in a compliant way across markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a regional team of Data Solutions Analysts (direct and matrix reports): hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and succession planning.
• Define, design and steward unified data models and semantic layers for General Insurance domains (claims, underwriting, actuarial, product, distribution/sales, finance) aligned to global standards (US/UK).
• Design and deliver enterprise semantic solutions for analytics consumption (Power BI shared/certified datasets, semantic layers) to enable governed self-service and reusable data products.
• Operate and advance Power BI tooling and platform best practices: Desktop/Service, Premium/Capacity, XMLA endpoints, Deployment Pipelines/ALM, dataset optimization, performance tuning, and workspace governance.
• Collaborate with data engineers, ETL/ELT teams (Informatica) and cloud platform owners (Snowflake/AWS Redshift) to ensure scalable, performant, auditable pipelines and models.
• Lead APAC GenAI strategy and delivery for insurance analytics: evaluate toolsets, design RAG/embedding approaches, prototype LLM integrations (e.g., underwriting assistance, claims triage, report generation), define prompt engineering and responsible AI controls, and operationalize privacy/compliance measures.
• Implement and operate enterprise data catalog and lineage capabilities (e.g., Purview, Collibra, Alation, Informatica EDC): integrate metadata and lineage into datasets, semantic models and dashboards for discoverability and auditability.
• Embed metadata, lineage, data quality, security and compliance controls; partner with global Data Governance, legal and local compliance teams to operationalize policies across APAC.
• Lead program and project delivery across APAC and with US/UK stakeholders: prioritization, scoping, resourcing, risk management, timeline and executive reporting.

People Management Accountabilities

• Build a team structure that balances central APAC standards with local market delivery.
• Set and manage OKRs/KPIs for adoption, time-to-insight, dataset certification coverage, data quality/lineage coverage, GenAI outcomes, and SLA compliance.
• Lead workforce planning, vendor management and establish clear career paths for Data Solutions Analysts across APAC.

Qualifications

• Experience of 8–12+ years' in data solutions, analytics, BI or data product roles with recent people management experience; demonstrable experience in General Insurance.
• Deep, demonstrable expertise in Power BI tooling and platform administration (Desktop/Service, Premium capacity, XMLA, Deployment Pipelines/ALM, performance tuning, governance).
• Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms (Snowflake and/or AWS Redshift) and working knowledge of Informatica or comparable ETL/ELT tooling.
• Proven experience designing and implementing semantic layers and managing unified data models for enterprise BI, specifically modeling insurance domains (claims, underwriting, actuarial, product, sales/distribution, finance).
• Practical experience delivering GenAI projects and integrations (RAG, embeddings, LLM prototyping), with understanding of prompt engineering, model governance, and production considerations (cost, latency, privacy).
• Strong track record implementing and operating enterprise data catalog and lineage solutions (Purview, Collibra, Alation, Informatica EDC or equivalent) and integrating metadata/lineage into BI artifacts.

Preferred Skills

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Business Analytics or related; Master's preferred.
• Industry experience with insurance-specific analytics (reserving, pricing, loss-ratio monitoring, regulatory reporting).
• Certifications: Power BI, Snowflake, AWS, Informatica, Purview/Collibra/Alation or program management (PMP/Prince2/Agile).
• Willingness to travel across APAC and to engage with US/UK stakeholders outside local business hours as required.