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National Life Group · 8 hours ago

Senior Analyst, Data Project (ERP Focus)

Montpelier, VT

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$107K/yr - $157K/yr

8+ years exp

National Life Group is one of America’s fastest-growing insurance companies, aiming to provide families with stability and peace of mind since 1848. The Senior Analyst will lead data-driven initiatives, focusing on a large-scale ERP implementation and supporting finance data migrations to cloud platforms, while collaborating with various teams across the organization.

Health CareInsuranceLife Insurance

No H1B

Responsibilities

Oversee project scope and prioritization from discovery to delivery of data products, especially in the finance data domain

Develop and manage a thoughtful and integrated project roadmap and backlog

Present updates on incremental project deliveries to business partners and leadership audiences

Lead the daily work of a cross-functional project team including data engineers, data architects, quality engineers, project managers, and business analysts

Manage timelines, costs, resources, and scope as key measures of success

Build team relationships to foster growth and mentorship

Work closely with cross-functional teams (technical and non-technical) to understand business requirements, prioritize tasks, and deliver high-value data and analytics products

Manage stakeholder relationships to effectively balance business needs with technical capabilities

Collaborate with non-technical stakeholders to define project needs and effectively translate the product vision to technical teams

Provide strategic guidance to business partners throughout the data lifecycle to promote a data-driven decision-making culture

Contribute to the larger Data Team vision to enable data as a strategic asset across the organization

Implement and champion data governance practices throughout projects to ensure data integrity, quality, and reliability across all data product deliveries

Qualification

Data governanceProduct managementERP transformationsData analyticsCloud data migrationDatabricksSQLPythonData modelingAnalytical mindsetStakeholder collaborationBusiness intelligence toolsCommunication skillsTeam leadershipProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's degree in Math, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field

10+ years of combined post-secondary education and relevant work experience, with a focus on product management, data governance, data management, or data analytics

8+ years of hands-on experience leading and executing enterprise projects in a product owner/manager role, with a proven track record of delivering on time, on budget, in scope, and with high adoption of final product. Data cloud migration experience is a plus

Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts and solutions to non-technical audiences clearly and effectively

Proven ability to work across cross-functionally across departments and communicate with various stakeholders to gather requirements and drive project success

Analytical mindset with experience in solving complex problems and deriving effective solutions. Ability to independently navigate ambiguity in decision making

Experience in data modeling and designing data structures to optimize business insights and value is a plus

Preferred

Prior involvement in large-scale ERP transformations, especially managing data dependencies, cross-functional workflows, and other supporting data and reporting activities

Hands-on experience with Databricks or other cloud-based data analytics platforms (e.g., Snowflake, AWS Redshift)

Experience using business intelligence tools like Tableau and Alteryx for data visualization and analysis

Proficiency in coding languages such as SQL, Python, Pyspark, etc