Job Specifications
Senior Director, Enterprise Data Enablement
About Independence Pet Holdings
Established in 2021, Independence Pet Holdings (IPH) is a corporate holding company that manages a diverse and broad portfolio of modern pet health brands and services, including insurance, pet education, lost recovery services, and more throughout North America.
We believe pet insurance is more than a financial product, and we build solutions to simplify the pet parenting journey and help improve the well-being of pets. As the world’s largest insurer in the pet category, we operate with a full stack of resources, capital, and services to support pet parents. Our multi-brand and omni-channel approach includes our own insurance carrier, insurance brands, and partner brands.
IPH is an innovator in the pet insurance space and has been working on an industry-leading technology transformation initiative. We believe that our business can be enhanced by the efficient and effective use of data. IPH aims to disrupt the pet insurance space by bringing additional value to pet parents, veterinarians, and insurers through near real-time access to data, broader and more extensive use of data, and by generating actionable insights from this data. Using our new technology infrastructure, coupled with enhanced data access, we intend to streamline the claims process, improve veterinarians’ ability to care for pets, and make pet insurance—and by extension, veterinary medicine—better for pet parents and outcomes better for their pets.
Job Summary
Independence Pet Holdings (IPH) is seeking a Senior Director, Enterprise Data Enablement to serve as a senior leader within the IPH Data and Enterprise Analytics (IDEA) organization. Reporting to the Chief Data Officer, this role is accountable for enabling enterprise-wide adoption of modern data capabilities across IPH and its operating companies.
This executive will translate the enterprise data vision into scalable capabilities, governance standards, and cross-functional execution frameworks that materially improve underwriting, claims, marketing, customer engagement, and operational performance. Acting as a senior extension of the Chief Data Officer, this role partners with executive stakeholders to ensure data and AI investments are aligned to enterprise priorities and deliver measurable business value.
The Senior Director will operate across functional boundaries, influencing long-term architectural decisions, establishing enterprise data governance and AI oversight standards, and ensuring IPH’s data ecosystem supports sustainable competitive advantage in a regulated insurance environment. Decisions in this role will shape IPH’s enterprise data maturity, operating model, and enablement trajectory over a multi-year horizon.
This leader will oversee the enablement and modernization of data capabilities across insurers, underwriters, and operating companies—strengthening systems and processes related to data storage, processing, governance, analytics, and AI deployment. The role requires executive presence, strong judgment, and the ability to translate complex data concepts into clear business outcomes.
Primary Responsibilities
Enterprise Data Enablement
Establish and operationalize enterprise-wide frameworks that enable consistent, scalable use of data across IPH.
Translate enterprise data priorities into cross-functional execution roadmaps spanning underwriting, claims, finance, marketing, and customer operations.
Define and enforce standards for data governance, quality, metadata management, model oversight, and responsible AI deployment.
Serve as executive sponsor for enterprise data enablement initiatives impacting multiple business units.
Executive Partnership & Enterprise Influence
Partner with senior leadership across IPH and its operating companies to embed data-driven decision-making into core business initiatives.
Influence enterprise prioritization of data platform, analytics, and AI investments to ensure alignment with financial and operational objectives.
Represent the IDEA organization in executive forums, communicating progress, risk, and measurable value realization.
Act as a senior delegate for the Chief Data Officer in enterprise initiatives and executive discussions.
Data Platform & Architecture Modernization
Oversee modernization of IPH’s enterprise data ecosystem, including cloud platforms, data engineering frameworks, and AI enablement layers.
Ensure alignment between data architecture, cybersecurity, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
Guide enterprise interoperability standards across operating companies and third-party partners.
Drive scalable and secure data infrastructure supporting advanced analytics and AI use cases.
Organizational Leadership & Financial Accountability
Lead and scale enterprise data and analytics teams through subordinate managers and technical leaders.
Develop capability roadmaps, talent strategy, and succession planning aligned to enterpri
About the Company
Established in 2021, Independence Pet Holdings is a corporate holding company that manages a diverse and broad portfolio of modern pet health brands and services, including insurance, pet education, lost recovery services, and more throughout North America.
We believe pet insurance is more than a financial product and build solutions to simplify the pet parenting journey and help improve the well-being of pets. As a leading authority in the pet category, we operate with a full stack of resources, capital, and services to su...
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