VP, AI Data Strategy & Program Management

About the role

• Business Title(s): Vice President, Data & AI Strategy
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: In-office - Any employee, in any Clearbrook office, can apply for this opportunity and stay in their current location.

Summary

Clearbrook is seeking a hands-on, execution-focused Vice President, Data & AI Strategy to operationalize the enterprise's data and AI capability. Reporting to the SVP, Data & AI Strategy, this role translates enterprise strategy and governance frameworks into working processes, tooling, and day-to-day practice across business domains.

The VP will work directly with business stakeholders, data stewards, analysts, data scientists, and engineers to implement governance standards, integrate external data, mature master data capabilities, and keep the data & AI portfolio running on schedule and visible to leadership.

This is a 100% in-office position. Candidates must be able to work on-site at a designated company office during standard business hours.

Operating Principles

• Accelerate engineering and delivery
• Deploy repeatable processes with a light footprint
• Build confidence and/or leave a trail (GitHub)

Essential Responsibilities

Data Governance Execution

• Implement our recently defined enterprise data governance framework and operating model, adapting it to the realities of each domain
• Maintain and enforce data ownership assignments, standards, best practices, and quality processes; facilitate prioritization decisions; escalate gaps and conflicts to leadership and drive resolution
• Drive day-to-day adoption of governance practices within business domains (e.g., Policy, Claims, Finance, Pricing, Compliance)
• Work directly with data stewards, engineers, and analysts to build and maintain the centralized data dictionary and standardized business definitions
• Embed governance checkpoints into existing business and technology workflows without adding friction to delivery

External Data Integration

• Execute the enterprise external data strategy, including intake, evaluation, and onboarding of new sources
• Manage relationships with data providers day to day; support the SVP on provider selection, negotiation, and renewal decisions
• Coordinate with data engineering to integrate external data into platforms and cloud environments on committed timelines
• Ensure external data assets are governed, documented, and monitored for quality and usage after onboarding

Master Data Management (MDM)

• Build out and operate MDM capabilities for assigned core data domains under the enterprise MDM strategy
• Implement stewardship and lifecycle processes for master data; run the matching, survivorship, and remediation workstreams
• Partner with underwriting, claims, finance, and AI teams to connect master data capabilities to live use cases

Data and AI Program Management

• Run program management for strategic initiatives across the data and AI portfolio, including planning, tracking, and delivery
• Operate the standardized intake, prioritization, and delivery frameworks; recommend refinements based on what's working
• Produce regular status, risk, and outcome reporting for leadership and enterprise stakeholders
• Coordinate cross-functional execution across business, IT, data engineering, analytics, and data science teams
• Surface risks, dependencies, and resourcing constraints early

Qualifications/ Experience Required

• 7+ years of experience in data strategy, data governance, data management, or a related discipline
• 3-5+ years of people leadership experience managing teams or cross-functional workstreams
• Demonstrated experience delivering data governance or data management programs at enterprise scale
• Experience within insurance, financial services, or a related industry preferred
• Working knowledge of master data management, data architecture, and modern data platforms

Capabilities

• Ability to turn strategic direction into practical, repeatable processes that teams actually adopt
• Strong stakeholder management skills across business and technical audiences
• Hands-on experience with data governance and data management tooling
• Proven ability to drive complex, cross-functional programs to completion
• Clear communication, strong organizational discipline, and comfort operating with a light footprint

Pay and benefits

The base salary range provided below is for hires in those geographic areas only and will be commensurate with candidate experience. Pay ranges for candidates in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for an annual bonus based on company and individual performance as well as a generous benefits package.

• New York City Pay Range: $214,302 - $257,142

Please Note

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. At this time, we are not able to sponsor or assume sponsorship of employment visas.

Benefits and Compensation

We offer a competitive compensation package, performance-based incentives, and a comprehensive benefits program-including health, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, paid time off, and professional development opportunities.

Core Values

At Clearbrook our Core Values are Integrity, Collaboration, Pursuit of Excellence and Forward Thinking. These values reflect who we are today and who we aspire to be - guiding how we work, how we lead and how we succeed.