Global Lead Data Steward

Ascot Group • Iselin, NJ

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

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 are bound by a common mission and purpose: One Ascot. Our greatest strength is a talented team who flourish 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 for our clients’ brightest tomorrow, through agility, collaboration, resilience, and discipline.
Position Overview:
We’re looking for a hands‑on data leader who’s passionate about using data to solve real business problems. The Global Lead Data Steward is a critical role within the Group Data Office, responsible for driving enterprise data standards, quality, clarity, and trust across Ascot’s global business.
You’ll partner closely with leaders and analysts in underwriting, actuarial, finance, claims, exposure management, operations, and technology to align on what data means, how it’s structured, and how it should be used. This role lets you influence senior leaders, define foundational data practices, and build data governance that powers the business.
In this role, you’ll help Ascot:
Deliver consistent, trusted global reporting and analytics
Standardize data across regions and lines of business
Enable and accelerate future state data architecture and AI initiatives

Requirements

• P&C insurance experience required.
• A minimum of 8 years of experience in data governance, stewardship, data management, or data quality.
• Experience defining CDEs, standardizing definitions, and driving alignment across complex or global organizations. Ability to translate business needs into clear, actionable data and technical specifications.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills—able to influence leaders and navigate detailed technical conversations.
• Curious, process‑minded, and solution‑oriented, with a track record of tackling complex problems independently.
• Hands‑on experience with data governance and quality tooling (Ataccama preferred) and technical skills in SQL, and Power BI to validate and analyze data autonomously.

Nice To Haves

• Specialty Insurance, Lloyd’s, or reinsurance experience is highly preferred.
• Experience with legacy‑to‑modern system migrations that require deep governance and careful CDE stewardship is highly preferred.
• Experience collaborating with multi‑region teams is a plus.
• Databrick, Azure experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define & Standardize Global Data
• Lead the development and lifecycle of global data definitions, hierarchies, and Critical Data Elements (CDEs).
• Harmonize regional definitions into consistent, enterprise‑wide structures.
• Drive decision‑making and secure consensus through Global and Regional Data Councils.
• Execute Enterprise Data Governance
• Build and run global governance processes (issue triage, policy adherence, approvals, steward workflows).
• Represent the Group Data Office in cross‑functional governance discussions and risk review forums.
• Embed governance principles into strategic business and technology initiatives.
• Lead Data Quality & Business Trust
• Define quality rules, thresholds, and monitoring approaches for CDEs.
• Work with regional stewards, domain owners, and system teams to investigate, prioritize, and resolve issues.
• Present major risks or systemic quality issues to governance forums for action.
• Guide External & Reference Data Governance
• Oversee standards for how external data (market sources, third‑party datasets, industry data) is integrated and used globally.
• Maintain governance oversight for global reference datasets.
• Translate Business Needs Into Data Requirements
• Partner with subject matter experts across regions and groups to gather and define detailed requirements for enterprise data delivery.
• Translate governance rules and CDE definitions into actionable specifications for engineering teams.
• Ensure alignment between domain needs and data architecture direction.
• Build Stewardship Skills & Governance Maturity
• Support adoption of governance technologies and ensure consistent, steward‑led practices across regions.
• Train and coach data stewards across business and technology teams to elevate governance capabilities.
• Commit to The Ascot Way: Demonstrate The Ascot Way in their daily interaction with colleagues, fostering colleague engagement and development, collaboration, inclusivity, and individual accountability.

Benefits

• 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)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed