Technical Director-Data Enablement
AI summary of the role
This is a senior leadership role driving the shift from platform-centric to domain-oriented data product delivery at a large financial services firm.
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What you’ll do
- Define and execute enterprise data enablement strategy, establishing standards for data products, ownership models, data contracts, metadata, quality metrics, SLAs, and lifecycle management.
- Drive a domain-aligned approach across ABOR, IBOR, Performance & Attribution, Holdings, Transactions, Benchmarks, and Reference Data.
- Enable consistent delivery of data products on AWS- and Snowflake-based lakehouse architectures, partnering with platform engineering and architecture teams.
- Champion enterprise adoption of data through self-service, discoverability, and governance platforms, ensuring data products are governed by design.
What you’ll bring
- 10+ years of progressive experience in technology and/or software development
- 5–7+ years of leadership experience managing highly technical teams and complex initiatives
- 3–5+ years in a Data Enablement or Data Product leadership role within Asset Management or Financial Services
- 3–5+ years of hands-on experience with cloud-native data technologies, including AWS-based data pipelines and analytics platforms such as Snowflake
Technologies
Snowflake · AWS · lakehouse · data contracts · data intelligence · governance platforms · ABOR · IBOR · Performance & Attribution · data pipelines
About Ameriprise Financial
Diversified US financial services firm offering financial planning, wealth management (Columbia Threadneedle), and insurance/annuities (RiverSource) to 3.5M+ individual and institutional clients.
Public · 5000+ people
Source and classification
Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:
shifting the organization from a platform-centric to a domain-oriented approach for delivering data products. It ensures that technology investments in Snowflake, AWS, and lakehouse architectures result in tangible business value, while building trust and promoting reuse of mission-critical data for investment processes, performance reporting, risk oversight, and client transparency. The role also lays the groundwork for scalable advanced analytics, AI, and regulator-ready data consumption. Key Responsibilities Lead Enterprise Data Enablement Strategy Define and execute the enterprise vision for data enablement by establishing standards and scalable patterns for data products, including ownership models, data contracts, metadata, quality metrics, SLAs, lifecycle management, and stewardship. Drive a domain‑aligned approach across ABOR, IBOR, Performance & Attribution, Holdings,
More from the job description
About Our Company We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. Our team of 22,000 people across 19 countries, serves more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses – Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world. Job Description Ameriprise Financial is recruiting for a Data Enablement Lead to join the team! The Data Enablement Lead position is critical in shifting the organization from a platform-centric to a domain-oriented approach for delivering data products. It ensures that technology investments in Snowflake, AWS, and lakehouse architectures result in tangible business value, while building trust and promoting reuse of mission-critical data for investment processes, performance reporting, risk oversight, and client transparency. The role also lays the groundwork for scalable advanced analytics, AI, and regulator-ready data consumption. Key R [... source excerpt omitted ...] cture teams to ensure robust enablement for ingestion, transformation, analytics, and consumption, while promoting reusable patterns that support analytics, AI/ML, regulatory, and client‑facing use cases. Drive Adoption, Trust, and Self‑Service by Design Champion enterprise adoption of data through self‑service, discoverability, and usability enabled by data intelligence and governance platforms. Ensure data products are governed by design—balancing regulatory, risk, and compliance requirements with agility—so consumers can confidently discover, understand, and use data at scale. Shape the Enterprise Data Operating Model Define and institutionalize effective engagement and [... source excerpt omitted ...] rs. Link data enablement initiatives directly to strategic business outcomes, including faster decision‑making, operational efficiency, strengthened risk management, and enhanced client and distribution experiences. Provide Strategic Leadership to Data Enablement Teams Lead, develop, and mentor a high‑performing team of senior data enablement and data product leaders. Build organizational capability through effective hiring, coaching, and rigorous performance and talent management, while fostering a culture of accountability, reuse, and enterprise data stewardship. Enable Reliable Delivery and Data Operations Excellence Ensure data enablement solutions meet business expec
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