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Head of Group Data Enablement

Guardian is a premier mutual insurance company founded in 1860, providing life, disability, and dental insurance while focusing on protecting individuals and businesses with a strong commitment to community and financial integrity.

Guardian

Employee count: 5000+

Salary: 152k-250k USD

United States only

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Role Purpose

The Group Data Enablement Lead activates Guardian’s enterprise data management, governance, and data product practices across the Group business. The role ensures that data from source systems, platforms, analytics, and AI use cases is trusted, well-governed, and ready for use by design. It also leads and influences stakeholders by turning enterprise data strategy and standards into practical execution and building sustainable accountability within the business over time.

Key Responsibilities

  • Operationalize enterprise data management, data governance, and AI‑readiness practices within Group value streams.

  • Partner with Group business leaders toidentify, frame, and prioritize high‑value business and AI use cases, translating them into clear data product requirements.

  • Embed data product practices into Group execution, including clear ownership, lifecycle management, quality, semantics, lineage, and consumption readiness.

  • Translate enterprise data strategy, policies, standards, and operating model expectations into actionable Group data roadmaps, delivery plans, and priorities aligned to business outcomes and Tech roadmaps.

  • Resolve cross‑stream data dependencies and tradeoffsimpactingtrust, delivery timelines, and reuse.

  • Ensure upstream data supports analytics, BI, applications, and AI use cases by design, not through after‑the‑fact remediation.

  • Partner with Platforms to embed governance, quality, and protection capabilities into Group workflows and pipelines.

  • Communicate data strategy, priorities, risks, and tradeoffs to Group leadership in clear, outcome‑oriented terms to enable informed decision‑making.

  • Track and report progress andrealizedvalue of Group data initiatives, including impact to business use cases, analytics adoption, AI readiness, and audit outcomes.

  • Serve as the primary escalation point for Group data management and governance execution issues.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in data management, data governance, analytics, or related disciplines in large, complex enterprise environments.

  • Demonstrated experience translating business strategy and use cases into data product requirements and execution plans.

  • Strong understanding of data product practices including ownership, lifecycle, quality, semantics, and consumption readiness.

  • Ability to partner with business leaders toidentifyhigh‑value data and AI use cases aligned to business outcomes.

  • Proven experience embedding data practices into business delivery rather thanoperatingas a centralized control function.

  • Experience in leading andinfluencing DataProduct Owners and Data Stewards in a matrixed environment.

  • Experience resolving cross‑team data dependencies and tradeoffs across business, analytics, and technology teams.

  • Strong business and executive communication skills, including the ability to explain data‑related tradeoffs, risks, and value clearly.

  • Comfort engaging senior business, technology, and governance leaders as a trusted partner.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting Group Insurance, Benefits, or Financial Services data environments

  • Familiarity with finance, insurance, or regulated business models, including reporting, risk, or compliance considerations

  • Experience working with Group Benefits, claims, billing, eligibility, membership, or financial data

  • Experience with data governance and data analytics platforms: AWS, Databricks,Snowflake, GCP,Collibra, Reltio,or similar.

Salary Range:

$152,290.00 - $250,195.00

The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.

Our Promise

At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.

Inspire Well-Being

As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits. Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

Accommodations

Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact MyHR@glic.com. Please note: this resource is for accommodation requests only. For all other inquires related to your application and careers at Guardian, refer to the Guardian Careers site.

Visa Sponsorship

Guardian is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment visas. In order to be a successful applicant. you must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship.

Notice Regarding Guardian’s Use of Artificial Intelligence in Recruitment

As part of Guardian’s job application process, Guardian may use artificial intelligence tools (“AI Tools") to automate the sorting and filtering of information provided by applicants as part of its preliminary screening. This preliminary screening may be used to help identify applicant materials and resumes relative to their indication that the applicant meets the requirements for the specific job for which they are applying, as specified in the listing posted on Guardian’s jobs website (Careers at Guardian at https://www.guardianlife.com/careers). At Guardian, we do not use AI Tools to substantially assist or replace human judgment or discretionary decision making in our hiring process. All hiring decisions will be made by Guardian colleagues.

Please be aware that if you apply for a specific position with Guardian, you will have the choice of opting out of Guardian’s use of AI Tools during the job application process. If you would like to request an alternative process that does not utilize AI Tools or would like to request a reasonable accommodation, within ten business days of your position application, you must email your request to MyHR@glic.com, making sure to provide your name and job requisition identification number. Guardian will retain your applicant materials and resume and all information therefrom in accordance with Guardian’s document retention policy, a copy of which you may request via MyHR@glic.com.

Additionally, at applicable times, Guardian will make public the most recent bias audit results for such AI tools, which may be found here.

Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday.

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What started in the heart of New York City at Delmonico's restaurant in 1860, the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America has grown from a modest meeting of 21 German-American entrepreneurs into one of the largest mutual insurance companies in the United States. With a founding vision guided by principles of mutual assistance and strong financial integrity, Guardian is dedicated to protecting families, individuals, and businesses across the nation.

Over its long history, Guardian has shown resilience and adaptability, evolving from the Germania Life Insurance Company of America to its present name in 1918, and becoming a wholly-owned mutual company by 1925. Through significant milestones such as entering the employee benefits market in 1957 and merging with Berkshire Life Insurance in 2001, Guardian has broadened its scope. Today, the company provides a wide range of essential services including life insurance, disability insurance, dental plans, and financial investment products. With over 7,700 employees and a network of financial professionals, Guardian stands at the forefront of the insurance industry, serving millions of policyholders while maintaining a strong commitment to community service and financial integrity.

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