Lead Data Translator

The lead data translator serves as a strategic liaison between Business stakeholders and Group Data & AI division. This role helps to drive the strategic adoption and scaling of data & analytics and orchestrate engagement with business leaders. The lead data translator would help to design and develop analytical solutions that are aligned to business strategic objectives and ensure that analytical solutions deliver tangible business outcomes and long-term value creation.

• Define and drive the organisation data translation strategy to maximise business impact from data and analytics
• Partner with senior business leaders to identify, scope and map out the analytics roadmap for the business division and translate them into a clear portfolio of initiatives
• Translate complex business challenges into clear analytical problem statements and develop the solution approaches
• Oversee the alignment of analytical solutions and work closely with data analysts, data scientists and data engineers to ensure solutions are feasible, interpretable, and aligned to business needs
• Collaborate with business stakeholders in the formulation of business cases and success metrics to evaluate the impact of analytics initiatives
• Translate technical outputs into actionable business insights and recommendations
• Act as a thought leader in embedding data-driven decision making into core business processes and culture
• Collaborate with data translator community to build synergies and ensure consistency across the organisation
• Contribute best practices and promote data and analytics literacy within the business teams
• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Business Analytics, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, Actuarial Science or equivalent disciplines that focuses on extensive use of data for analysis
• 7+ years of experience in analytics, consulting, or business strategy roles with exposure to data-driven initiatives
• Strong understanding of analytical concept including formulation of hypothesis, and hypothesis validation
• Broad understanding of data, analytics and AI trends with ability to translate them into practical applications
• Strong leadership and influencing skills at senior executive level
• Deep business acumen with ability to balance quick wins with long-term value creation
• Excellent problem solving, storytelling, and stakeholder engagement skills Working level competency in Python and/or SQL programming required
• Experience in data visualization software such as Tableau
• Experience in insurance or financial services industry is a plus
• High level of integrity, takes accountability of work and good attitude over teamwork
• Takes initiative to improve current state of things and adaptable to embrace new changes

How You Succeed

• Champion and embody our Core Values in everyday tasks and interactions.
• Demonstrate high level of integrity and accountability.
• Take initiative to drive improvements and embrace change.
• Take accountability of business and regulatory compliance risks, implementing measures to mitigate them effectively.
• Keep abreast with industry trends, regulatory compliance, and emerging threats and technologies to understand and highlight potential concerns/ risks to safeguard our company proactively.

Who We Are Founded in 1908, Great Eastern is a well-established market leader and trusted brand in Singapore and Malaysia. With over S$100 billion in assets and more than 16 million policyholders, including 12.5 million from government schemes, it provides insurance solutions to customers through three successful distribution channels – a tied agency force, bancassurance, and financial advisory firm Great Eastern Financial Advisers. The Group also operates in Indonesia and Brunei. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited and Great Eastern General Insurance Limited have been assigned the financial strength and counterparty credit ratings of "AA-" by S&P Global Ratings since 2010, one of the highest among Asian life insurance companies. Great Eastern's asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors Limited, is one of the leading asset management companies in Southeast Asia. Great Eastern is a subsidiary of OCBC, the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932. It is the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.

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