Vice President, Master Data Management
About The Position
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) is modernizing its management of Party data and building a foundation of trusted master and reference data to support Underwriting Reimagined, Claims Modernization, and faster data delivery. The Vice President, Master Data Management will lead this transformation by defining and owning the MDM strategy, operating model, and delivery roadmap. The work will begin with Party Data—including legal entities, hierarchies, brokers, insureds, claimants, and other counterparties—and expand to additional master and reference data domains. This senior technology leadership role partners closely with Underwriting, Claims, Finance, Operations, and Enterprise Technology leaders. The position reports to the SVP and Head of Global Data Analytics Solutions and is responsible for driving adoption across a global specialty insurer.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in data management, data architecture, or data engineering, including 8+ years leading enterprise MDM programs.
- Proven delivery of a Party or Customer MDM implementation at scale, including identity resolution, hierarchy management, and survivorship.
- Hands-on knowledge of leading MDM platforms such as Profisee, Informatica, Reltio, or Stibo, and integration with modern cloud data platforms such as Databricks.
- Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, metadata management, and reference data management.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams and influence senior business and technology stakeholders.
- Track record of tying data initiatives to measurable business outcomes.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in commercial or specialty insurance, reinsurance, or other financial services.
- Familiarity with insurance data standards such as ACORD and third-party entity data providers.
- Experience supporting underwriting, claims, or regulatory reporting use cases with master data.
- Experience applying AI and machine learning to matching, entity resolution, and data quality.
- Experience leading MDM within a global, multi-region organization.
Responsibilities
- Define the enterprise MDM vision, target architecture, and phased roadmap, delivering early business value while building a scalable foundation.
- Lead the design and delivery of a global Party master, including entity identity resolution, match and merge, survivorship rules, legal entity hierarchies, and enrichment from third-party data providers.
- Extend MDM to additional domains such as product, policy, location, and reference data, using consistent standards and reusable patterns.
- Partner with Underwriting, Claims, and Finance to translate business needs into data requirements that support underwriting decisions, claims workflows, and regulatory and financial reporting.
- Establish data ownership, stewardship, quality standards, and measurable controls, and work with Data Governance to incorporate MDM policies into the broader governance framework.
- Guide platform selection, implementation, and integration of the MDM solution with the Lakehouse modern data platform, source systems, and downstream consumers.
- Enable data delivery through APIs, streaming, and analytics-ready data products.
- Build and lead an MDM team of architects, engineers, and data stewards.
- Manage implementation partners and software vendors to deliver on scope, quality, and budget.
- Communicate MDM value, progress, risks, and trade-offs to senior leadership, and measure outcomes such as match rates, data quality, adoption, and time to onboard new data.
Benefits
- Competitive package and exciting growth opportunities for career-oriented teammates.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits.
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Life insurance for the employee and family.
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance for the employee and family.
- Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Health Reimbursement Account.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan with Company Match.
- Generous holiday and Paid Time Off.
- Tuition Reimbursement.
- Paid Parental Leave.
- Annual bonus eligibility.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
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