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We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.\nUltimately, weappreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment - one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providingtools and solutions that make it easier to get there.\nWho We Are\nWe believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life.\nToday, we’repart of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what’simportant to them.\nWe’reempowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good - for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.\nWhat We Do\nTransamerica is organized intothree distinct businesses. These include 1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors, 2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprisedof life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and 3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long termcare, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate, which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs.\nTransamerica employs nearly 7,000people. It’spart of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services groupservingapproximately 23.9 million customersworldwide.*For moreinformation, visit transamerica.com.\nJob Description Summary\nWe are seeking a highly strategic, hands-on Principal / Director of Investment Data Engineering & Visualization to lead the design, development, and evolution of our investment data platform and analytics capabilities.This is a unique opportunity for a leader who thrives at the intersection of investment management, data engineering, analytics, and product innovation. As both a visionary and builder, you will define the firm's investment data strategy while remaining close to execution-architecting platforms, delivering analytics solutions, mentoring engineers, and partnering directly with investment and executive leadership.\nYou will own the end-to-end investment data lifecycle, transforming complex financial and market data into trusted, scalable, and actionable insights that power investment decisions, portfolio management, client reporting, and business growth.\nIn a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, this role requires someone who is equally comfortable designing enterprise architecture, building proof-of-concepts, leading teams, engaging clients, and influencing company strategy.\nJob Description\nResponsibilities\nData Strategy & Leadership\nDefine and execute the vision, roadmap, and operating model for investment data, business intelligence, reporting, and analytics.\nBuild a scalable foundation for data-driven decision-making across investment, product, operations, and executive teams.\nEstablish data governance, quality, lineage, stewardship, and security standards.\nLead and grow a high-performing team of data engineers, analytics engineers, BI developers, and visualization professionals.\nEstablish and drive the enterprise reporting and visualization strategy, ensuring Power BI and other analytics platforms deliver actionable insights to executives, portfolio managers, analysts, clients, and operational teams.\nServe as the firm's thought leader for investment data architecture, analytics, reporting, and visualization innovation.\nInvestment Data Engineering\nArchitect and build cloud-native data platforms supporting current and future business growth. \nDevelop scalable pipelines and integration frameworks for: \nMarket data \nSecurity master and reference data \nPortfolio holdings and transactions \nPerformance and attribution data \nRisk analytics \nESG and alternative datasets\nPrivate market and alternative investment data \nDesign data lake, lakehouse, and warehouse architectures that balance flexibility, scalability, and governance. \nImplement robust monitoring, observability, and data quality controls. \nAnalytics, Visualization & Business Intelligenc e\nOwn the firm's investment analytics, business intelligence, reporting, and visualization strategy, with Power BI serving as a core enterprise platform.\nCreate best-in-class investment analytics, reporting, and visualization platforms that enable real-time decision making.\nDesign, develop, and oversee executive-grade dashboards, scorecards, and self-service reporting solutions for investment, risk, operations, and business performance.\nLead the development and governance of Power BI semantic models, datasets, reporting standards, KPIs, and visualization best practices.\nDeliver intuitive dashboards and interactive reporting tools for executives, investment teams, clients, and operational stakeholders.\nDevelop visualizations supporting: Portfolio performance, Asset allocation, Risk exposures, Attribution analysis, Trading activity, Capital flows, Investor and client reporting\nPartner with executives and business leaders to define KPIs, reporting frameworks, and decision-support analytics.\nEnsure reporting and visualization environments are scalable, secure, governed, and trusted as enterprise sources of truth.\nDrive adoption of self-service analytics capabilities through Power BI and modern visualization platforms while maintaining strong governance and data quality controls.\nEvaluate and implement emerging analytics, visualization, AI, and generative AI capabilities that improve business insight and decision-making.\nProduct & Innovation\nPartner with product and investment teams to transform data assets into differentiated products and capabilities. \nIdentify opportunities to leverage AI, machine learning, and generative AI to improve investment research, portfolio analytics, and operational efficiency. \nChampion automation and eliminate manual reporting and operational processes wherever possible. \nExplore unconventional approaches and emerging technologies that create competitive advantage. \nDevelop advanced analytics and visualization capabilities that transform complex investment data into actionable intelligence for internal and external stakeholders.\nBusiness & Stakeholder Partnership\nWork directly with executives, portfolio managers, analysts, and clients. \nTranslate business objectives into scalable data and analytics solutions. \nPresent findings, recommendations, and platform strategies to senior leadership and external stakeholders. \nSupport strategic initiatives, partnership discussions, customer engagements, and growth opportunities. \nQualifications\nBachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, Finance, Mathematics, or related field \n10 - 15 years of experience in data engineering, analytics, investment technology, or data platform leadership. \nExperience supporting asset management, wealth management, fintech, hedge funds, institutional investing, private markets, or capital markets. \nStrong understanding of: \nPortfolio management \nInvestment operations \nRisk management \nPerformance measurement and attribution \nSecurity master and investment reference data \nExpertise in: \nPython \nSQL \nCloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) \nModern data architecture \nData modeling and pipeline development \nAPI integration frameworks \nPower BI, including semantic models, DAX, enterprise governance, executive dashboard development, self-service analytics, and visualization best practices\nModern visualization and business intelligence platforms including Power BI, Tableau, ThoughtSpot, and similar technologies\nExperience leading business intelligence, reporting, dashboard development, and visualization teams in a data-driven organization.\nPreferred Qualifications\nMaster's degree in technical or quantitative discipline. \nCFA, CAIA, CIPM, FRM, or similar industry certifications. \nExperience with: \nSnowflake \nDatabricks \nMicrosoft Fabric \nAladdin \nBloomberg \nFactSet \nMSCI \nMorningstar \nExperience building customer-facing analytics products. \nBackground in startup, scale-up, or high-growth technology environments.\nLeadership Competencies \nBuilder mentality with an ownership mindset. \nBalances strategic vision with execution excellence. \nComfortable operating in ambiguity and rapidly changing environments. \nStrong executive presence and communication skills. \nAbility to influence across technical and business functions. \nProven track record of building teams, platforms, and processes from the ground up. \nPassionate about innovation and using data to solve complex investment challenges. \nSuccess Measures\nIn the first 12-18 months, this leader will:\nBuild and scale a modern investment data platform capable of supporting significant business growth. \nEstablish trusted, governed investment data across the organization. \nLaunch executive-grade portfolio, risk, and performance analytics dashboards. \nIncrease adoption of self-service analytics and reduce dependency on manual reporting. \nDeliver automation initiatives that improve operational efficiency. \nCreate a roadmap for AI-enabled investment intelligence and decision support. \nRecruit and develop a world-class data engineering and analytics team. \nPosition data and analytics as a strategic differentiator for the company. \nWorking Conditions\nHybrid Office Environment (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays)\nFrequent Travel 25 to 50%\nThis job description is not a contract of employment nor for any specific job responsibilities. The Company may change, add to, remove, or revoke the terms of this job description at its discretion. Managers may assign other duties and responsibilities as needed. In the event an employee or applicant requests or requires an accommodation to perform job functions, the applicable HR Business Partner should be contacted to evaluate the accommodation request.\nCompensation\nThe Salary for this position generally ranges between $173,000 - $215,000 annually. Please note that the salary range is a good faith estimate for this position and actual starting pay is determined by several factors including qualifications, experience, geography, work location designation (in-office, hybrid, remote) and operational needs. 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