[Hiring] Director of Data @Sutton National

Role Description

Sutton National Group, a rapidly growing national property and casualty insurance carrier group, seeks a Director of Data to own and drive the Company’s enterprise data strategy. This role is responsible for setting the vision, governance, and execution roadmap for all data flowing into the organization, with a primary focus on premium and loss data managed within the Sutton Data Warehouse (“SDW”) built on Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Factory.

The Director of Data will lead the continuous development and maturation of Sutton’s data practice, establishing standards, processes, and capabilities that enable the business to trust, access, and act on its data. A key component of this role is advancing citizen development across the organization — empowering business users in underwriting, claims, finance, actuarial, and compliance to self-serve data needs through governed tooling and structured enablement programs.

This is a senior leadership role requiring a blend of technical depth in modern data platforms, strategic thinking, and the ability to build a high-performing data culture across a fast-growing insurance carrier.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in enterprise data strategy, data architecture, and data platform development within a complex, multi-source environment.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Dataflows, Pipelines, Semantic Models) and Azure Data Factory (pipelines, linked services, triggers, data flows).
• Proficiency in SQL and experience with Python or PySpark for data engineering and transformation workloads.
• Strong understanding of P&C insurance data, including premium and loss data structures, regulatory reporting requirements, and program management workflows.
• Demonstrated experience building and leading data governance programs, including data quality, lineage, stewardship, and metadata management.
• Proven ability to design and implement citizen development programs that balance accessibility with governance and data integrity.
• Excellent leadership skills with experience building and developing data teams in a growth-stage organization.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills; able to translate data strategy into business value for executive and non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset with a focus on scalable, sustainable, and well-documented data solutions.
• Experience with PowerBI semantic model design, report governance, and enterprise deployment best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or data management, with 5+ years in a senior or director-level data leadership role.
• Proven experience owning enterprise data warehousing or lakehouse platforms at scale, with hands-on expertise in Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Factory.
• 8+ years of experience in the Property & Casualty insurance industry, with deep familiarity with premium, loss, and program data.
• Demonstrated success defining and executing a data strategy that delivered measurable business impact across multiple departments.
• Experience building or leading citizen development or data self-service programs across a diverse business user base.
• Track record of establishing data governance frameworks and data quality programs in a regulated industry environment.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing data teams in a fast-paced, growth-oriented organization.

Benefits

• This role is targeted at a range of $160,000-$175,000 base plus bonus. Actual compensation may vary based on candidate experience.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This role requires extended periods of work at a computer. The employee frequently is required to communicate, receive, and process information. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Sutton National Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All aspects of consideration for employment and employment with the Company are governed on the bases of merit, competence and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.