Data Architect Consultant
Braintree, MA

Job Description

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Profile Summary:

The Data Solution Architect Consultant will play a key delivery role for VOYA Financial, focusing on a portfolio of programs or large projects. The Data Solution Architect Consultant will define data capabilities towards a target state that build on ongoing initiatives. The Data Solution Architect Consultant will provide information architecture leadership on both enterprise level and key LOB initiatives as a shared resource. The Data Solution Architect Consultant is a thought leader in information architecture, analytics, and digital capabilities, and provides leadership across the IT organization. The Data Solution Architect Consultant would partner closely with IT and the business to define business requirements, assess capabilities needed and provide innovative solutions.

Profile Description:

* Translate business needs and strategy into short and long-term data strategies. Drive said strategies by providing vision, leadership and innovation to application development teams.
* Fully engage with business partners to address business and customer needs through technology as appropriate. Employ business and technology acumen to translate technical details into business terms and vice versa, assuring mutual understanding and agreement of objectives/deliverables by all affected constituencies. Foster strong working relationships across the organization and within technology to drive the development of data capabilities and overall technology strategy and goals.
* Know and communicate effectively how to bridge silos and focus on data integrity, quality and cross-silo usability.
* Enable future visionary strategy, while being pragmatic enough to execute the tasks of the day
* Manage selection, design, implementation, and utilization of data related IT products within the enterprise.

Knowledge & Experience:

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a directly related field; Master's Degree preferred.
* Fifteen+ years of progressively responsible IT experience, including 10 years in IT management.
* 10+ years of data management experience
* Strong financial and organizational management experience
* Strong understanding of financial services industry.
* Thought leader and change agent on optimizing data solutions and organizations to deliver best-in-class, easy-to-use applications and systems with high availability, response times and data accuracy
* Demonstrated success in project management and execution involving multiple major projects or a substantial record of success delivering complex IT services to a diverse clientele.
* Excellent leadership and communication skills

Critical Skills

At Voya, we have identified the following critical skills which are key to success in our culture:

* Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
* Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
* Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
* Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
* Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.

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