At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.
Job Description
Who is Allstate:
Allstate Insurance Company of Canada is a leading home and auto insurer focused on providing its customers prevention and protection products and services for every stage of life. The company is proud to have been named a Best Employer in Canada for nine consecutive years and prioritizes supporting employees and fostering an inclusive, welcoming corporate culture. Allstate is committed to making a positive difference in the communities in which it operates through partnerships with charitable organizations, employee giving and volunteerism. Serving Canadians since 1953, Allstate strives to provide reassurance with its "You're in Good Hands®" promise.
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Through our Employee Value Proposition, Opportunity, Flexibility, Community, Diversity and Family, we have worked hard to develop and nurture a culture where employees feel valued, experience personal growth, have career options and truly enjoy the work they do.
Role Designation: Hybrid
Benefits to joining Allstate
- Flexible Work Arrangements
- Employee discounts (15% on auto and property insurance, plus many other products and services)
- Good Office program (receive up to 400$ back after purchasing office equipment)
- Student Loan Payment Matching Program for Government Student loans
- Comprehensive Retirement Savings Program with employer matched contributions
- Annual Wellness allowance to support employees with improving health and wellbeing
- Personal reflection day
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Working within the community and giving back!
Job description:
Within Risk & Analytics, the Senior Manager, Data Governance is accountable to lead the Data Governance team which manages the availability, usability, integrity and security of the data in Allstate Canada Group (ACG) systems, based on internal data standards and policies that also control data usage.
By protecting ACG's Data ecosystems with an effective Data Governance framework, the Senior Manager, Data Governance will increase ACG's ability to support future decisions based on robust data and will mitigate ACG's data vulnerabilities.
Accountabilities:
- Design and maintain the Data Governance framework to protect ACG data assets and enable solutions and processes that will increase internal knowledge of ACG data.
- Lead the Data Governance committee functions and communicate impacts to key stakeholders
- Collaborate with the Privacy and Information Technology leadership teams to implement and design the Privacy roadmap and meet regulatory requirements related to Personal Identifiable Information (PII) data and Consent management.
- Collaborate with the Product Delivery teams to ensure that Data Governance and Privacy requirements are incorporated by design in any future developed solution.
- Lead the Data Governance team through delegation and prioritization of the work in accordance with the role and scope of work to be completed.
Qualifications:
Education/ Training:
- Bachelor's Degree in computer science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Software Engineering, or another relevant field
- 5 years of professional, hands-on data management/Operations and analytics experience, with at least 3 years of formal management experience leading data management and analytical professionals, ideally in the financial sector.
Knowledge:
- Strong subject matter expert related to Data Governance
- Leads long-term strategic projects in order to add value to the team/department
Change Management:
- Leads workstreams to support the implementation and improvement of new and existing processes and procedures, to continuously raise the bar and drive innovation across department activities.
- Cascades/creates buy in for change management initiatives for their specific team/department
- Proven experience leading and executing integrated communications and change strategies to support large scale transformation initiatives.
- Provides strategic operational feedback to Director
Problem Solving:
- Strong relationship-building, diplomacy and consultation skills
- Effective team needs-assessment capabilities and proven project management skills.
- Ability to resolve escalated conflicts across multiple parties including the team, department and customer level
- Advanced conflict management and problem resolution skills in managing internal and external customer relationships
Bonus qualification:
- Extensive experience with data manipulation using SQL or other means to extract and transform data
- Analytical mindset and experience working with business and technical teams to define key metrics, KPIs, definitions, and governance standards, along with the process to manage and maintain them over time
- Experience with customer mastering initiative
Allstate Canada Group has policies and practices that provide workplace accommodations. If you require accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
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Joining our team isn't just a job - it's an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. And one where you can impact the future for the greater good.
You'll do all this in a flexible environment that embraces connection and belonging. And with the recognition of several inclusivity and diversity awards, we've proven that Allstate empowers everyone to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live.
Good Hands. Greater Together.®