Data Operations Lead

About

This is an opportunity to join Ascot Group - one of the world’s preeminent specialty risk underwriting organizations.

Designed as a modern-era company operating through an ecosystem of interconnected global operating platforms, we’re bound by a common mission and purpose: One Ascot. Our greatest strength is a talented team who flourishes in a collaborative, inclusive, and entrepreneurial culture, steeped in underwriting excellence, integrity, and a passion to find a better way, The Ascot Way.

The Ascot Way guides our people and our organization. Our underwriting platforms collaborate to find creative ways to deploy our capital in a true cross‑product and cross‑platform approach. These platforms work as one, deploying our capital creatively through our unique Fusion Model: Client Centric, Risk Centric, Technology Centric.

Built to be resilient, Ascot maximizes client financial security while delivering bespoke products and world class service — both pre‑ and post‑claims. Ascot exists to solve our clients’ brightest tomorrow, through agility, collaboration, resilience, and discipline.

Position Overview

Reporting to the AVP, Data Transformation & Integration Manager, the Data Operations Lead is a senior individual contributor within Ascot’s Data Strategy & Delivery organization, responsible for bridging business needs and technical solutions across data initiatives. This role focuses on gathering and translating business and technical requirements, leading data‑related projects, and facilitating solution design across reporting, analytics, and data platforms. The ideal candidate is highly versatile — equally comfortable engaging with business stakeholders, working with technical teams, and guiding solutions from concept through delivery. This role will be in the office with a hybrid work schedule.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand objectives, challenges, and data needs across operations, finance, underwriting, and compliance.
• Lead requirements‑gathering efforts, translating business needs into clear, actionable functional and technical requirements.
• Lead data‑focused initiatives and workstreams from intake through delivery, coordinating across data engineering, BI, and operational teams.
• Drive alignment on scope, priorities, and delivery approach while balancing short‑term needs with long‑term data strategy.
• Facilitate solution design discussions, working with technical teams to evaluate options and recommend practical, scalable approaches.
• Ensure proposed solutions align with Ascot data standards, architecture, and best practices.
• Act as a thought partner to both business and technical teams, helping shape solutions that are accurate, sustainable, and fit for purpose.
• Partner with business and compliance stakeholders to ensure Ascot can meet legal and regulatory reporting requirements by translating requirements into clear data and reporting solutions.
• Lead and support the design, development, and ongoing management of SQL‑based reports, including bordereau and data call reporting, leveraging data from multiple enterprise data sources.
• Support the Operations department by enabling data quality analysis, investigating data issues, and helping identify root causes and remediation paths in partnership with technical teams.
• Commitment to The Ascot Way: Embody The Ascot Way in daily interaction with colleagues, fostering colleague engagement and development, collaboration, inclusivity, and individual accountability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of experience working in data, analytics, or reporting roles within complex enterprise environments.
• Experience working with financial, operational, or regulatory data required; insurance or financial services industry experience preferred.
• Strong SQL skills for data analysis, validation, and investigation.
• Solid understanding of data warehousing, reporting, and analytics concepts.
• Ability to read and interpret data models and understand upstream/downstream data impacts.
• Experience partnering with BI tools (e.g., Power BI) and data engineering platforms (e.g., SQL Server, Synapse, ADF) is a plus.
• Demonstrated experience gathering business and technical requirements and leading data‑related projects or initiatives.
• Strong ability to work across functions and influence without direct authority.
• Experience balancing multiple initiatives in a fast‑paced, evolving environment.
• Strong requirements elicitation and documentation skills.
• Proven ability to lead projects and drive delivery without people management responsibility.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate between business and technical audiences.
• Analytical, structured problem‑solving approach with strong attention to detail.
• Highly adaptable and comfortable operating across ambiguity.
• This position may be filled at a different level, depending on experience

Compensation

Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to experience, subject matter expertise, and skills. The base pay is just one component of Ascot’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include an annual cash bonus and other forms of discretionary compensation awarded by the Company.

The annualized base pay range for this role is: $120,000 - $135,000

Company Benefits

The Company provides a competitive benefits package that includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):

• Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Life Insurance, AD&D, Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program), and more
• Leave Benefits: Paid holidays, annual Paid Time Off (includes paid state/local paid leave where required), Short‑term Disability, Long‑term Disability, Other leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, Adoption, Maternity, Military, Primary & Non‑Primary Caregiver)
• Retirement Benefits: Contributory Savings Plan (401k)