Vice President, Head of Life Information Systems
at Fidelity Investments
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Lead the design and delivery of Fidelity's life insurance data platforms and information ecosystem, enabling analytics across the life insurance value chain. Define vision and architecture for cloud-based data platforms, partnering with senior business leaders to translate strategy into scalable, trusted data capabilities. Manage and develop highly technical data engineers and architects, balancing governance, security, cost efficiency, and regulatory requirements. This role sits within Fidelity’s life insurance technology organization and collaborates with analytics, product, underwriting, and reinsurance stakeholders to support decision-making.
Job Description:
The Role
Are you passionate about shaping how data and information power a life insurance business? As Vice President, Head of Life Information Systems, you will be defining and delivering the data platforms that enable insight‑driven decision‑making across Fidelity’s life insurance organization. This role is responsible for visioning, architecting, and implementing a modern, cloud‑based information ecosystem that supports analytics across the full life insurance value chain. You will be leading highly technical teams while partnering closely with senior business leaders to turn strategy into scalable, trusted data capabilities.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
Significant experience designing and delivering enterprise‑scale data and information systems, with a strong understanding of how data enables business performance in regulated environments.
You have led the creation of modern cloud‑based data platforms, including leveraging technologies such as Snowflake, to support analytics, reporting, and insight generation.
Comfortability in operating hands‑on with highly technical data engineers and architects, guiding complex architecture and implementation decisions, while also communicating clearly and effectively with senior business and technology leaders.
An understanding of how data supports diverse life insurance functions, including marketing and distribution, product development and effectiveness, underwriting, actuarial and finance, reinsurance, and policy acquisition and administration.
An experienced people leader with a track record of building and leading high‑performing, geographically distributed teams.
You value strong data governance, quality, and security, and balance innovation with reliability, cost efficiency, and regulatory requirements.
Ability to embrace environments with complexity and ambiguity and can translate business needs into clear technical direction and execution.
Experience leading enterprise data and information systems, preferably within life insurance or regulated financial services
Deep experience with modern cloud data platforms; Snowflake experience strongly preferred
Proven ability to lead and develop highly technical, globally distributed teams
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred
The Team
We are part of Fidelity’s life insurance technology organization, focused on enabling the business through trusted, scalable, and insight‑driven data capabilities. Our team partners closely with analytics, product, operations, finance, underwriting, and reinsurance stakeholders to support decision‑making across the life insurance lifecycle. We value collaboration, technical excellence, and continuous learning, and we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives strengthen our solutions and our culture.
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Information TechnologyMost roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.
Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.
Company overview
At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want! We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com. Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process.
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About Fidelity
Join us
At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a Best Place to Work in 2026. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.
Fidelity's working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).
We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.
Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.
Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.
At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.
Benefits that adapt to everything life sends your way
401(k) with company match
Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
16-week maternity leave & 12-week parental leave
Student loan assistance
Fidelity is invested in you
Committed to Professional Development
At Fidelity, we are constantly adapting to the changing needs of our customers, new technologies, and better ways of working. And we empower our employees to do the same, with an emphasis on developing skills and connections that will help propel you forward in your career while being able to make an impact for Fidelity’s customers around the world.
We offer a wide range of options for professional development including online, in-person, and mentor driven solutions. Special interest and networking groups are also part of our culture of empowerment, personal and professional enrichment, diversity and inclusion, and knowledge sharing.
Continuing Education & Training
- Assess, build, and align your development plan through resources like our skill-building classroom and online courses.
- Video-based training for technology, leadership, management & more.
- Ongoing skills development and coaching opportunities.
- Paid training with a facilitator who is dedicated to your onboarding and will track and evaluate your progress, giving you strategies to improve.
- A range of talent development programs to support career mobility.
Mentoring
- Utilize the skills of experienced leaders to enrich your career.
- Dedicated mentors to help you grow into new areas of Fidelity’s business as you develop new skills.
- An open atmosphere of knowledge sharing and collaboration.
- Opportunities to pay it forward, sharing the knowledge you develop and as you help others define how they want their career to take shape.
Our Commitment
Discover opportunities to build a fulfilling career within a supportive culture that celebrates individuality. We empower our associates to pursue career paths that align with their unique goals and personalities.
Giving back to our communities
Throughout Fidelity, you’ll find a genuine commitment to social responsibility – where we strive to make an impact for customers, while also making an impact on the world.
Fidelity Cares
- Provides associates with opportunities to actively volunteer and share their talents.
- Hosts numerous company-wide volunteer events (in-person and virtual).
- Partners with nonprofit organizations to support our local communities.
- More than 12,500 associates donate time annually – from interns to SVPs.
- Impact includes refurbishing schools, donating books and supplies, and teaching financial literacy.
Fidelity Charitable®
- Created to make it easy for people to support charitable organizations they care about.
- Helped deliver $14.9billion in donor-recommended grants to charity in 2024.
- Supported more than 433,000 unique charities around the world.
- Since its inception, more than $100 billion has been given to public charities.
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