VP/Director – Analytics Production Readiness & Assurance (APRA)

You will define, establish, and lead the Analytics Production Readiness & Assurance function. You will establish production standards, readiness criteria, data models, metrics, reporting, automation, and AI-enabled oversight. You will partner across Product, Analytics, Engineering, and Operations, drive accountability, capture decisions, and manage and develop junior technical associates and analysts.

Responsibilities

• Define the APRA operating model and roadmap
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to embed readiness and assurance into production workflows
• Translate domain standards into readiness criteria and measurable posture signals
• Drive accountability for agreed production standards
• Define and evolve configuration and metadata data models
• Compare deployed configurations against approved standards
• Design and operationalize APRA metrics and reporting
• Lead automation and AI-enabled analysis for oversight
• Frame readiness gaps and performance tradeoffs with evidence
• Establish decision capture practices
• Manage and develop junior technical associates and analysts

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience across analytics production, analytics platforms, data engineering, or related technical domains
• Experience leading major initiatives in complex environments
• Ability to operate with general direction and minimal oversight
• Experience partnering across Product, Analytics, Engineering, and Operations
• Familiarity with market and risk analytics across financial markets
• Technical fluency in data modeling, configuration frameworks, and metadata
• Hands-on capability using SQL and Python
• Ability to translate standards into technical specifications
• Experience developing people and scalable operating practices
• Experience with analytics engines, model integration standards, parameter frameworks, configuration registries, or certification pipelines is preferred
• Experience applying AI-enabled analytics or automation is preferred

Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus
• Healthcare
• Leave benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Strong retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Support for working parents
• Flexible Time Off
• Hybrid work with four days in the office and one day working from home