Vice President of Data, Next Insurance
2+ days a week in office (Waltham, MA)
Online-based insurance broker for SMBs
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Online-based insurance broker for SMBs
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
2+ days a week in office (Waltham, MA)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build a simplified digital insurance experience that better serves small businesses.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 15+ years of experience in progressive data leadership roles, with at least 5 years of experience successfully leading multidisciplinary data teams (Data Science, Engineering, Analytics, and Visualization) across global locations
- Technical Acumen:
- Proven experience developing and scaling complex data infrastructure and platforms in high-growth or technology-driven organizations
- Deep understanding of modern data architecture principles and technologies (e.g., cloud data warehouses, ETL/ELT pipelines, ML platforms, and BI tools)
- Impact & Delivery: Strong track record of translating data insights and predictive modeling into tangible business outcomes and value
- Communication & Leadership: Excellent communication skills, executive presence, and the proven ability to influence and effectively present complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical executive audiences
- Education: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field (Ph.D. preferred but not required)
What the job involves
- Define, champion, and execute a comprehensive data strategy that supports critical decision-making across all business units, including Product, Engineering, Underwriting, Finance, Marketing, and Operations
- Develop and implement a company-wide strategy that advances business goals, improves data literacy, and drives measurable impact
- Establish a long-term roadmap for data architecture, tooling, and analytics maturity, ensuring scalability and alignment with NEXT’s strategic objectives
- Serve as a trusted thought partner to executive leadership, shaping how data is leveraged to drive growth, efficiency, innovation, and competitive advantage
- Foster a data-driven culture that values transparency, experimentation, and measurable outcomes
- Lead four global, multidisciplinary teams: Data Science & Analytics, Data Visualization, Data Modeling, and Data Infrastructure
- Build and mentor strong leaders, driving operational excellence, clarity, and accountability
- Lead the transformation of NEXT to have a world-class, modern data infrastructure, team, and processes that are scalable, reliable, and secure
- Oversee the design and evolution of data pipelines, architecture, and platforms to ensure accessibility, quality, and timeliness of insights
- Partner with Security, Engineering, and Governance to uphold data integrity and privacy standards
- Advance NEXT toward a self-service data model, empowering analysts and business users across NEXT to access and utilize data effectively for insights independently
- Strengthen data literacy and democratize access to insights across the organization, enabling smarter, faster, and more informed decision-making at every level
- Drive measurable outcomes through predictive modeling, advanced analytics, and experimentation that enhance product performance and operational efficiency
- Translate complex analytical findings into actionable strategies that inform executive decisions and accelerate company growth
- Serve as a key executive leader, engaging with C-level and senior leadership to shape technology, product, and business strategy through data-driven insights
- Champion data innovation and ensure alignment between data priorities and company objectives
Our take
Next Insurance serves small businesses by making it much simpler to take out an insurance policy without the headache associated with many providers. To begin trading any business needs to have some sort of insurance policy in place, traditional offerings can take weeks, often requiring tedious paperwork.
Next Insurance has opted to use AI, machine learning and transparent language to make the process much simpler, and it can take just five to ten minutes for customers to obtain a package that suits them.
While Next Insurance is facing established insurance companies such as Hiscox and State Farm, its partnership with Amazon Business Prime to insure its members in a move to target traditionally underserved insurance customers and more recently with LegalZoom, to simplify the insurance process, as well as its nearly half a million customers has the company well set to remain major player in the space.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2023
$265m
SERIES G
Mar 2021
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.1bn
Company HQ
Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Guy Goldstein
(Co-Founder & CEO)After 7 years in the Israeli Air Force, they worked at Mercury Interactive for almost 8 years, as well as roles at HP and Check, which they co-founded in 2007. Left this role at Intuit in July 2015 to co-found Next Insurance 6 months later.
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