Position Information

NY HELPNo

AgencyInsurance Fund, State

TitleAssistant Manager Information Services - Data Science/Governance

Occupational CategoryI.T. Engineering, Sciences

Salary GradeNS

Bargaining UnitM/C - Managerial/Confidential (Unrepresented)

Salary RangeFrom $115283 to $145681 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Exempt Class

Travel Percentage 5%

Schedule

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.50

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

Location

County Albany

Street Address 15 Computer Drive West

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12205

Job Specifics

Duties Description NYSIF is a leader in Workers’ Compensation, committed to leveraging data driven insights to drive business innovation and efficiency. Our Data Warehouse team is responsible for defining, maintaining, and governing NYSIF’s overall data repository systems, and reporting to our business departments. We’re seeking an experienced Manager of Data Science, Analytics, and Governance that will lead and shape our data governance, analytics and reporting, ensuring overall data standards, strategies, and solutions to be utilized by NYSIF’s business department executives for reporting with high-quality analytics and governance practices.

Under the direction of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Director of Information Technology Services, the Assistant Manager of Information Services - Data Science/Governance (AMISDS) will play an essential role in building NYSIF’s Data Warehouse systems and analytics. The incumbent will be responsible for designing, implementing, and governing the data warehouse infrastructure, analytics, and security. This position requires a deep understanding of data science and technical expertise in implementing solutions, with project management skills, and leadership capabilities. The candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to define and execute Business Department insurance analytics reporting.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Strategic Leadership:
• Serve as the lead for data science and data governance, collaborating with ITS managers and guiding cross-functional teams with data initiatives.
• Formulate and implement data systems and governance management solution policies and standards, incorporating industry best practices.
• Oversee the creation and enforcement of data governance standards and procedures.
• Lead the development and management of the IT Data Science and
• Governance program, developing a team dedicated to support data initiatives.
• Assess existing agency and data source-specific data policies; identify and prioritize data policy development necessary for maintaining a central agency Data Governance framework that align with the agency's developing central data platform and roadmap e.g. data quality; metadata management policy, etc.

Operational Excellence:
• Offer strategic data management IT guidance to executive and senior ITS management.
• Conduct strategic data systems management IT evaluations and manage proof-of-concept projects.

Governance and Compliance:
• Oversee the development and maintenance of data offerings within the Data Catalog.
• Oversee the assessment and tracking of exception requests to established data governance and management technology.
• Identify technical risks and develop mitigation strategies to address them.
• Ensure that data management solutions adhere to security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and revise policies to establish accountability by mapping roles and responsibilities for the various data governance functions (e.g., data collection, data quality, classification, masking and tagging, matching, risk mitigation, product development, nomenclature, security, access controls, disclosures, data use agreements, etc.), for agency data stewardship and decision makers/aka data owners, within the organization.

Advisory and Support:
• Support Executive staff and colleagues through information management and preparation of presentations and communications that facilitates policy assessment, development and implementation and supports the central coordination of the data governance framework.
• Provide assessment, guidance, and recommendations for purchases that include data cloud services.
• Support business stakeholders, data architects, and service owners with mentoring and guidance.
• Develop and oversee upkeep of data resource tracking
• Perform the full range of supervisory duties.

Strategic Development:
• Collaborate with ITS teams to maintain and evolve data system roadmaps.
• Establish and uphold data management standards that drive consistency in innovation.
• Drive continuous improvement in data management solutions, processes and practices. Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve efficiency, and enhance cloud management solution quality.

Minimum Qualifications • Ten (10) years of broad information technology (IT) experience*, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of data management, data governance, software engineering, and data privacy related specialty and its application within large-scale organizations, including
o At least seven (7) years of focused experience in data management, data privacy and information security, with a track record of leading and developing data governance programs.
o Three (3) years of supervisory-level or two (2) years of managerial-level experience in data science, data management, data governance, or a related technical field.

*Substitutions: A degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field may substitute for the broad IT experience as outlined below:
• Bachelor’s degree may substitute for three years of experience.
• Master’s degree may substitute for an additional one year of experience.
• Doctorate may substitute for an additional two years of experience.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Relevant data management-industry certifications, including but not limited to:
o IBM Certified Data Architect – Big Data
o Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate
o Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate
o Arcitura Certified Big Data Architect
o Certified Big Data Management Professional (CDMP)
o Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)
o Data Governance Stewardship Professional (DGSP)
o Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE)
• Demonstrated leadership abilities, including mentoring and advancing the development of data science teams.
• Excellent analytical, strategic planning, and execution skills.
• Demonstrated expertise in programming languages such as Python, SQL, Java, among others.
• Experience working with various data-related technologies, such as SQL databases, ETL/ELT tools, graph databases, and others.
• Experience in data modeling and design with expertise in data management and SQL development.
• Demonstrated expertise in using modeling tools, including Ewin and similar platforms.
• Experience with data lifecycle management (DLM) and understanding of metadata usage throughout each phase of DLM.
• Familiarity with security, compliance, and regulatory requirements related to technical data management solution design.
• Metadata management skills with the ability to apply metadata principles across organizational data.
• History of collaborating with various organizational levels and departments to reach consensus and achieve goals.
• Communication and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with a broad range of stakeholders, including senior managers.
• Capability to explain the limitations and functionalities of data infrastructure to relevant parties.

Please be advised that the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) does not offer sponsorship for employment visas to employees or potential employees. Candidates sponsored for employment by an organization should be aware of their sponsorship status and the relevant expiration date(s) of that sponsorship before applying to this position. NYSIF is not currently enrolled in eVerify, which is a requirement for certain types of employment verifications.

Additional Comments Please note, the official Civil Service title for this position is: Assistant Manager Information Services.

All exempt appointments require completion of a background check by the NYS Governor’s Office of Appointments prior to appointment and completion of an annual Financial Disclosure Statement upon appointment offer.

As this position is not tenure-bearing, except under specific circumstances, the employment relationship can be altered at any time by either the incumbent or the appointing authority.

Please note, the salary range displayed includes special salary treatments, such as location pay. Salary within the posted range will be commensurate with experience. Please note, NYSIF does not offer bonus programs as part of our compensation program.

Fringe Benefits:
• Competitive compensation
• Future career growth potential
• Open and supportive team-based environment
• Plentiful vacation, personal, and sick time off
• Paid state and federal holidays
• Affordable health insurance plans
• Dental and vision benefits provided at no additional cost
• Retirement options
• Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
• Possibility of telecommuting, flextime, and Alternative Work Schedules (AWS)

About NYSIF:
For more information about NYSIF, including our mission, commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and efforts to fulfill Executive Order 31, please visit www.nysif.com.

If you are a person with a disability and wish to request that a reasonable accommodation be provided for you to participate in a job interview, please send an email to NYSIF’s Reasonable Accommodations mailbox at ra@nysif.com.

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How to Apply

Name Human Resources

Telephone

Fax 518-437-1618

Email Address recruit@nysif.com

Address

Street PO Box 66699

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12205

 

Notes on ApplyingPlease submit resume and cover letter to recruit@nysif.com, referencing the Vacancy ID number in your subject line.