Next Insurance

Data Governance & Delivery Lead

Boston, MA · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$134k-$220kDetected 44 days ago

Full-Stack DevelopmentData EngineeringData ScienceJiraCommunicationActuarial ScienceUnderwriting

About the role

Simply put, wherever you find small businesses, you'll find ERGO NEXT.
This newly created IC4 role sits between technical delivery and business stakeholders, helping the data org scale with clearer intake, prioritization, ownership, delivery visibility, and governance.
This is not a project coordinator or Jira administration role.

Design, launch, and run a structured intake and prioritization process across Data Science, Analytics Engineering, and Data Engineering.
Own the operating model for cross-team sign-off, ownership boundaries, escalation paths, and delivery traceability.
Partner with technical data leaders to identify dependencies, surface risks, and prevent downstream impact from schema, pipeline, or platform changes.
Create visibility into active commitments, blocked work, risks, decisions, and upcoming milestones for the Global VP of Data and executive stakeholders.
Experience owning or building intake, prioritization, governance, delivery, or operating processes across multiple technical teams.
Proven ability to influence without direct authority, resolve ambiguity, document decisions, and hold teams accountable through process, transparency, and relationships.
You build structure in ambiguous environments and know how to turn ad hoc coordination into a scalable operating model.
You bring governance without bureaucracy - enough process to create clarity, not so much that it slows the business down.

You can translate between technical data teams and business stakeholders, holding ground with both.
You know when to escalate, when to resolve directly, and how to make risks visible before they become incidents.
You are comfortable influencing senior technical leaders without needing a formal reporting line.

7+ years of experience operating in a data-intensive environment, ideally in insurance, fintech, financial services, or another regulated industry.
Strong working knowledge of Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, and Data Science functions, including how ownership boundaries and handoffs work in practice.
Ability to understand data pipelines, schema changes, semantic layers, data quality, downstream dependencies, and modern data platform concepts well enough to identify risk and ask the right questions.
Strong communication skills with the ability to run meetings involving both senior business stakeholders and technical data leaders.

Don't meet every single requirement?
Studies have shown that some underrepresented people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification.
At ERGO NEXT, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways.
You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
One of our core values is 'Play as a Team'; this means making sure everyone has an equal chance to participate and make a difference.
We win by playing together.

Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including, without limitation, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

At ERGO NEXT, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways.
One of our core values is 'Play as a Team'; this means making sure everyone has an equal chance to participate and make a difference.

ERGO Next Insurance is an equal opportunity employer and prioritizes building a diverse and inclusive workplace.
ERGO Next's policy is to comply with all applicable laws related to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

This listing is sourced directly from Next Insurance's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.