Director, Analytics & Insights

Securian Canada

. Define and execute an analytics and insights roadmap aligned with enterprise, market, customer, and partner priorities .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeWaterloo • CanadaLead💰 CA$130,000 - CA$170,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and execute an analytics and insights roadmap aligned with enterprise, market, customer, and partner priorities
Transform strategic business questions into analytical opportunities, KPI frameworks, data requirements, and decision-support solutions
Deliver insights into business performance, customer behaviour, claims experience, product results, portfolio trends, operational effectiveness, and emerging risks
Translate complex findings into recommendations and executive-ready narratives
Establish scalable practices that improve prioritization, delivery, adoption, value realization, and continuous improvement
Lead the evolution from fragmented reporting toward trusted, enterprise-scale analytics products
Oversee curated datasets, semantic models, certified metrics, dashboards, scorecards, and client-facing reporting solutions
Partner with Data Pipeline Engineering, Technology, Governance, Finance, and business leaders
Improve self-service analytics while reducing manual effort, duplicated logic, and disconnected solutions
Identify opportunities for advanced analytics, machine learning, predictive modeling, and AI to create business value
Establish governance, controls, explainability, data quality standards, and operating requirements for responsible AI and advanced analytics
Guide innovative solutions from ideation through implementation
Lead, coach, and inspire a multidisciplinary team across analytics, insights, business intelligence, reporting, and analytics engineering
Foster analytical excellence, collaboration, accountability, continuous learning, and business partnership
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and connect business priorities to data-driven solutions
Build relationships across Data Solutions, Technology, Finance, Operations, and business teams
Champion a data-informed culture across the organization

Requirements

What you’ll need

University degree in Analytics, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Business, or a related quantitative discipline
10+ years of progressive experience in analytics, business intelligence, analytics engineering, data science, decision support, or related fields, including leadership responsibilities
Demonstrated success building, transforming, or significantly advancing enterprise analytics capabilities within a complex organization
Strong experience translating ambiguous business challenges into actionable analytical solutions, meaningful insights, and measurable outcomes
Deep expertise in SQL, Python, analytical data modeling, business intelligence platforms, and modern cloud data environments
Experience developing scalable analytical datasets, curated data products, KPI frameworks, semantic models, and enterprise reporting solutions
Strong understanding of modern data ecosystems, from source systems and data engineering through analytics delivery and business consumption
Experience applying advanced analytics, machine learning, predictive modeling, or AI-enabled solutions to business challenges
Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders while effectively leading highly technical teams
Experience building, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams
Experience within insurance, financial services, or another regulated industry is considered an asset
Experience with cloud data warehouses, lakehouse architectures, and modern self-service BI platforms
Knowledge of responsible AI practices, model governance, data quality, lineage, explainability, and operational controls
Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complexity and inspire action through data
Strategic and product-oriented mindset focused on sustainable, scalable solutions and long-term business value

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work arrangements with monthly financial allocations to support work-life balance
Generous starting paid vacation time, plus additional vacation days for every year of service
Paid volunteer day
Paid personal and wellness days
Educational assistance of up to $3,500 a year with manager approval
Flexible health and wellness account
Comprehensive drug and dental coverage
Up to 14% of combined contributions to the RRSP matching program
Family-friendly maternity/parental leave
Diversity, equity, and inclusion commitment
Reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process