Director, Data Operations

GLG’s Core Engineering team builds the technology eco-system that enables effective and efficient operations for the company globally. Our team of engineers are laser focused on deploying technology solutions that instrument the business, modernize the systems stack, increase cybersecurity maturity, and enable enterprise productivity. 

 

Reporting to the Senior Vice President Enterprise Data, the Vice Director, Data Operations will be an evangelist and change agent to drive GLG’s data operations modernization and digital transformation. They will lead a diverse team of engineering, librarians and analysts to curate 3rd Party data and increase the quality of data across the organization. This individual will partner closely with senior stakeholders to set a vision and collaborate with our Engineering team to pioneer and implement best-in-class tools, strategies & processes to foster a high-growth, scalable, data driven organization.   

 

Specific responsibilities include (but are not limited to): 

 

• Starting with your own picture of “excellent” based on your extensive experience transforming the corporate and business functions at a wide array of companies, you will collaborate to craft the vision of: 

• What success looks like across these teams. 

• What processes, systems, and roles are required to achieve that success. 

• How the output of this ecosystem feeds the success of the rest of the business. 

• Develop and deliver on a road map with milestones for the Data Operations stack that effectively drives leveraging data across the organization. 

• Quantify, analyze, and communicate the impact of these innovations. 

• Serve as the primary liaison between Finance, Technology, BUs, ensuring transparency and collaboration of ideas, challenges, and progress. 

• Direct the efforts of internal and 3rd-party technology resources to develop, integrate, and support the Data Operations ecosystem. 

• Keep current on industry trends, technological advances, and new product capabilities to continually inspire and evolve our ability to support GLG as we grow and innovate. 

• Be the primary owner of 3rd Party Data for the entire organization, this includes budgeting and vendor management. In addition, evaluate and determine impact for future purchased data sets. 

 

An ideal candidate will have the following: 

 

• 6-8 years of experience leading data teams including Data Engineering, Analytics an