Data Delivery Lead 6 Month Contract Hybrid Work Pattern -3 Days onsite, 2 days remote working per week. Day Rate: circa 600 eur neg. Location: Kildare Important: In order to be considered, candidates must possess full working rights in Ireland as sponsorship is not offered for this role. Job Purpose: The successful candidate will provide thought leadership around the technologies and approaches to enterprise data, including master data management, data governance, data strategy, cost-optimization, innovation, and efficiency. They will be responsible for the day-to-day acquisition, cleansing, maintenance and distribution of data across the organizations IT Supports. Their primary focus will be on data quality and data lifecycle management, along with the exploitation of data assets to create business value. This position will partner with multiple stakeholders to build an understanding of the business need. They will work directly with others in the IT team for implementation regarding MDM, Information organization, Data modeling, software design, software development and integration technology choices. They will drive technology selection and process decisions for enterprise data management, and ensure alignment with overall business needs for efficiency, stability, flexibility and customer usability (i.e. easily modified, enhanced, extended) while also supporting individual project objectives. Responsibilities: Help to drive the data strategy to maximize value from data as an asset to the company, and identify and mitigate how to reduce the risk of data being a liability Work closely with Sr. Management and Risk to ensure data policies and standards are embedded and enforced. Oversee and report on data metrics. Create an operating model for data usage within and external to the firm Manage as required any Data vendors, sources, SLAs and associated licenses; actively target adoption of data sets procured or retirements of those no longer in use. Manage data quality and consistency across datasets to manage corporate risk Ensure integrity of delivery mechanisms managed to ensure data has been delivered and consumed by the consuming applications Act as a single point of contact for Data support and analysis on issues and new requirements within the consuming applications, ensuring that corrections are made to the source and the technology as required Will ensure Data Governance through good Data Management processes Build business performance dashboards with a business management system that provides timely information and insights that enable business to improve decisions, optimize processes and plans and work proactively. Experience Required: Skills / Competencies: Seasoned IT professional with leadership qualities and background with a minimum of 10 years experience in IT. Five plus years of experience building and managing complex ETL infrastructure solutions. Five plus years of experience with distributed, highly scalable, multi-node environments utilizing Big Data ecosystems. Experience with and strong understanding of Data Warehousing and Big Data Hadoop ecosystems. Experience with Cloud solutions including admin. / deployment of data in AWS or Azure. Experience translating functional and technical requirements into technical specifications and design. Knowledge and experience of ELT implementations Experience with RDBMS technologies and SQL languages, Oracle & SQL Server a plus. Working knowledge of ACORD modeling a plus. Working knowledge of web technologies and protocols (JAVA/NoSQL/JSON/REST/JMS) a plus Expertise in creating and deploying best practices and methodologies Knowledgeable with different modelling techniques such as data modelling and/or predictive modelling Well-versed in related concepts of risk management, portfolio management, finance, actuarial sciences, operations. Aptitude for process and methods particularly as regards work allocation and resource scheduling Very good interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to influence in an international context Excellent organization and planning skills, ability to analyze and solve problems often involving cross functional teams having only a problem specific lifetime Must be comfortable with agile concepts and approaches for technology delivery High levels of commitment and energy combined with the ability to lead people, and the ability to influence outcomes Clients facing skills including consulting skills, facilitation skills, relationship management, and client reporting Collaborative and facilitative and have the ability to partner with multiple stakeholders Flexibility and a positive attitude toward change. Executive presence, strong influencing skills and the highest level of professionalism and discretion. Able to work independently to assess/analyze/ provide recommendations for complex support issues. Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively and clearly to all levels of management. Good analytical skills, structured and methodical approach Strong leadership and people management skills in including dealing with through adversity and managing ambiguity. The ability to use internal networks and other resources to deepen his/her understanding of the organizations business objectives and offers, and to build insights about how to leverage opportunities across the organization. Highly organized, with the ability to plan ahead for short- to medium-term objectives Strong service attitude, builds lasting customer relationships, strives for efficiency and effectiveness Must be able to work in a fast-paced team-oriented environment. Skills: Data Lead Data Governance ETL/Data Engineering Stakeholder Management Benefits: Work From Home