Data Steward (Insurance Brokerage Domain)

Job Title: Data Steward (Insurance Brokerage Domain)

Location: Charlotte, NC (REMOTE)
Duration: 12+ Months

⚠️ Critical Requirement:

• Mandatory experience in Insurance Brokerage / Wholesale Insurance / MGA / Specialty Insurance

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Data Steward with strong expertise in Insurance Brokerage domain to support enterprise data governance, data quality, and master/reference data initiatives. The ideal candidate will act as a business custodian of data, ensuring accuracy, consistency, compliance, and usability across key insurance data domains.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as Data Steward for core insurance data domains:
  • Client, Policy, Submission, Carrier, Broker, Producer, Program, Coverage
• Define and maintain business definitions, data standards, and governance rules
• Partner with Data Owners to ensure accountability and issue resolution
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, risk, and governance standards

• Define and monitor data quality KPIs (accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness)
• Perform root cause analysis for data issues and coordinate remediation
• Implement preventive and detective data quality controls
• Track and report data quality metrics to governance forums

• Maintain business glossary, data dictionary, and metadata repositories
• Validate and support data lineage and traceability
• Ensure consistent documentation across systems and analytics platforms

• Apply deep understanding of:
  • Submissions, placement, binding, endorsements
  • Policy lifecycle management
  • Carrier relationships and commission structures
  • Client/account/program hierarchies
• Support data readiness for:
  • Executive and operational reporting
  • Carrier and regulatory reporting
  • Compliance and audit requirements
  • Advanced analytics and AI initiatives

• Collaborate with:
  • Data Owners, Architects, Engineers, BI teams, Compliance stakeholders
• Participate in data governance councils and design reviews
• Support onboarding of new data domains and initiatives

Required Skills & Experience:

• 8–12+ years of experience in Data, Analytics, or Data Governance roles
• Strong hands-on experience as a Data Steward or similar governance role
• Mandatory experience in:
  • Insurance Brokerage / MGA / Wholesale / Specialty Insurance
• Strong expertise in:
  • Data Governance frameworks
  • Data Quality Management
  • Metadata & Data Lineage tools
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities

Technical & Functional Skills:

• Data Stewardship & Governance
• Data Quality & Data Management
• Insurance Brokerage Domain Knowledge
• Data Documentation & Metadata Management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in enterprise data platforms and analytics environments
• Exposure to AI / Advanced Analytics initiatives
• Strong understanding of regulatory compliance in insurance domain