Assistant Vice President, Data Management & Governance

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As a LIFE company, our customers are at the heart of all that we do. Being one of Asia’s leading insurer for over a century, we have built a long-lasting legacy of trust with our customers over many generations. At the foundation of this trust is Integrity, Initiative, and Involvement – from the way we treat every customer relationship with honesty and transparency, to our proactive approach of delivering the best possible solutions in both life and general insurance.

Integrity, Initiative, and Involvement is what guides us. It is what makes us do the right thing, take the lead, and choose ‘we’ over ‘me’. Our mission is to make life great for our customers because we understand what matters most to them, and we know how to help them protect it.

If you are looking to grow in an exciting career filled with opportunities and potential, we are seeking a professional to join our team as Assistant Vice President, Data Management & Governance.

The Role:

• Partner with senior management team, business leaders and technology department to drive an enterprise-wide Data Governance strategy, operationalize the data management policies, procedures and standards;
• Steer the business and support units to achieve their goals in a compliance, effective and efficient manner using data and technology;
• Facilitate sharing and adoption of data governance best practices through governance consuls and committees within the various divisions;
• Guide users through data governance concepts, explaining the benefits of data governance policies and procedures within the context of the user's needs;
• Strategize with Group Data Management & Governance team to shift mindset and embed data obligations and accountabilities into everyone’s day to day activities, and to develop self-service data culture to improve overall business efficiency;
• Lead the team to implement data governance programs and initiatives to ensure compliance with regulations and policies, enhance the data health and raise the value of data;
• Perform oversight on all data governance programs and initiatives to ensure alignment and effective implementation across the country;
• Design and run initiatives to raise the overall data literacy and data control obligations across the country to enable intelligent workforce;
• Maintain data governance artefacts (e.g. framework, policies, standards and guidelines) to ensure compliance with regulations, relevancy and up-to-date to meet the organization’s strategic objectives and business needs;
• Take accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks
• Maintain awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company
• Highlight any potential concerns /risks and proactively shares best risk management practices
• Other responsibilities entailed

The Person:

• Bachelor’s degree from a recognised tertiary institution with at least 10 years of work experience where at least 5 years of hands-on experience in data governance, data management, compliance or data-related programs in insurance or financial services industry;
• Demonstrate aptitude in data governance activities and best practices;
• Strong influencing skills at a senior level and across the firm, with the ability to credibly engage in order to frame, sell, influence and negotiate;
• Ability to assess the effectiveness of the divisions arrangements to deliver effective governance, oversight and controls and, if necessary, oversee changes in these areas;
• Familiarity with data quality methods, storage repositories and tools across a global asset management landscape;
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills to communicate and manage different levels of stakeholders across the organisation and navigate through conflicts and differences competently and with ease;
• Ability to identify, challenge and consider opportunities outside of conventional thinking to resolve problems and address gaps to improve the current state & embrace new changes;
• Detail oriented and analytical, with good problem solving, organizational skills, and program management knowledge and experience;
• Exposure and understanding on data, technology risks and technology landscape (e.g. data warehouse, AI and ML) will be a bonus;
• 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

Great Eastern Malaysia is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, and all qualified applicants shall receive a fair and equal consideration for employment.

Location: HQ, Kuala Lumpur

Entity: Great Eastern Life Malaysia

Employment Type: Permanent

About Great Eastern

Established in 1908, Great Eastern places customers at the heart of everything we do. Our legacy extends beyond our products and services to our culture, which is defined by our core values and how we work. As champions of Integrity, Initiative and Involvement, our core values act as a compass, guiding and inspiring us to embrace the behaviours associated with each value, upholding our promise to our customers - to continue doing our best for them in a sustainable manner.

We work collaboratively with our stakeholders to look for candidates who exhibit or have the potential to embrace our core values and associated behaviours, as these are the key traits that we expect from our employees as they develop their careers with us.

We embrace inclusivity, giving all employees an equal opportunity to shine and play their role in exploring possibilities to deliver innovative insurance solutions.

Since 2018, Great Eastern has been a signatory to the United Nations (UN) Principles of Sustainable Insurance. Our sustainability approach around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations play a key role in every business decision we make. We are committed to being a sustainability-driven company to achieve a low-carbon economy by managing the environmental footprint of our operations and incorporating ESG considerations in our investment portfolios; improving people’s lives by actively helping customers live healthier, better and longer; and drive responsible business practices through material ESG risk management.

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