Job description
Data Strategy and Enablement
• Lead the Data & AI Enablement agenda by defining and executing the data strategy aligned with the Group CDO and Digital Transformation plan.
• Design and deliver the AI-enabled Data platform by establishing data pipelines and governance frameworks for AFF, Hertz, and related businesses.
• Build AI capability by developing internal data science and ML delivery capabilities for use cases like credit risk, pricing, fraud detection, and collections optimization.
Data Governance and Compliance
• Implement policies, metadata management, lineage, and quality frameworks aligned with Group data leads.
• Ensure data governance score achieves 95% with zero critical audit findings.
Analytics and BI Delivery
• Drive data analytics platform adoption, ensuring implementation of executive dashboards covering profitability, equity, RoE, and self-service analytics for business teams.
• Aim for BI adoption rate of 80% with reduction in manual reports.
Collaboration and Partnership Management
• Collaborate with Group & Divisional teams to ensure synergy with AFS&TD, GTDP, EIB and initiatives to avoid duplication and ensure reuse of shared data assets.
• Manage relationship with data engineering vendors, AI partners, and Group shared services (infrastructure, security) with SLA adherence of 95% and cost efficiency within budget.
Required Skills To Be Successful:
• Strong technical knowledge of Azure Data Factory, Power BI, SQL, and Fabric Lakehouse.
• Familiarity with Python and ML frameworks such as Scikit-learn and Azure ML for model deployment.
• Experience establishing and enforcing data governance towards certified data concepts, lineage, and quality frameworks.
• Deep understanding of financial product data models, including Portfolio, Profitability, and RoE.
• 10+ years in Data & Analytics roles with at least 5 years in leadership capacity.
• Hands-on experience designing and delivering fully AI enabled data platforms.
• Proven experience in AI/ML delivery, such as credit risk, pricing, and customer analytics, including building digital twins.
• Track record of managing data engineering and BI delivery teams, both internal and vendor.
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