Vice President of Data and Analytics

Description

The Vice President of Data & Analytics defines and leads the credit union’s enterprise data and analytics strategy to enable trusted reporting, actionable insights, and data driven decision making. This role ensures data assets are governed, secure, and aligned to business, regulatory, and member experience objectives.

Partnering with senior leaders, the VP translates strategy into measurable outcomes, advances analytics maturity beyond reporting, and guides the responsible adoption of advanced analytics and AI to improve performance, manage risk, and support sustainable growth.

Member Service Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30AM - 5:30PM

• Based upon business needs, our positions may require working flexible hours, including evenings and weekends.
  
  

This position in based in Anaheim Hills, CA with the opportunity to work a hybrid-remote schedule which consist of 2 days in-office and 3 days working remote from home.

Why Work at CU SoCal?

CU SoCal is one of the fastest growing credit unions and is more than just a place to work. It’s a place where people come before profit, a place where you can build a career that’s more than a job, and where the work you do has meaning and purpose. We offer competitive pay, great health benefits and a culture like no other!

CU SoCal is a Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award Recipient

In 2026, Credit Union of Southern California (CU SoCal) was once again honored with the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, marking our third consecutive win and ranking us among the top workplaces worldwide for outstanding employee engagement.

The CU SoCal culture fosters Building Better Lives for our Members, personal development, open communication, and genuine care for each other. We prioritize C.A.R.E. 4: professional competence, positive attitude, relationship building, and eager service to others. If you're passionate about making a difference and want to be part of a dynamic team, please submit your application today!

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in data, analytics, or business intelligence roles.
• 4+ years in people leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise data and analytics initiatives that support reporting, insight generation, and strategic decision making.
• Strong understanding of modern data and analytics architectures, including data warehousing, data modeling, and cloud-based data platforms.
• Experience establishing or operating within data governance frameworks, including data quality, stewardship, security, and access controls.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline, (economics, statistics, computer science, IT development or infrastructure).
• Proven experience with vendor management and onboarding new technologies or services.
• Experience in financial services, credit unions, or other highly regulated industries.
• Team oriented and collaborative working style, both with internal team members and leaders.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and code repositories.
• Ability to demonstrate the various ways in which generative AI (e.g. CoPilot, ChatGPT) can be injected into daily tasks.
  
  

Skills And Abilities

• Proficient in all applicable MS Office programs (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, etc.).
• Ability to clearly communicate insights and complex technology-related topics to a non-technical audience.
• Strong background in mathematics and statistics.
• Ability to work for long periods on highly detailed, precise work activity.
• Time pressures and tight deadlines.
  
  

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Defines and owns the credit union’s enterprise data and analytics strategy, roadmap, and operating model in alignment with business and technology priorities.
• Accountable for prioritizing and delivering enterprise reporting and analytics capabilities aligned to strategic business objectives.
• Establishes a scalable, secure, and well governed data foundation in partnership with IT, Information Security, and Risk to support reporting, analytics, and future advanced capabilities.
• Provides strategic oversight of data platforms, tools, and vendor relationships to ensure scalability, security, and cost effectiveness.
• Develops and maintains relationships with executive management and credit union leaders while staying current on regulations (GLBA, CCPA, FFEIC) and business priorities to provide prescriptive and predictive analytical solutions.
• Partners with executive leadership to translate business strategy into measurable outcomes, analytical use cases, and prioritized initiatives.
• Partners with cross-functional teams and third-party vendors to gather data requirements, create reporting solutions, and implement new data sources.
• Provides thought leadership on emerging data, analytics, and AI capabilities and evaluates their relevance and value to the credit union.
• Ensures analytics investments deliver measurable business value through clear success metrics, benefit tracking, and continuous improvement.
• Establishes effective operating models and delivery practices to ensure predictable, high-quality analytics delivery.
• Builds, develops, and retains high performing data and analytics talent through coaching, clear role definition, and succession planning.
• Complete understanding and active application the C.A.R.E. 4 Guide expectations and the Brand Communications Standards Accountability Philosophy.
• Must be able and available to work a “hybrid” schedule, per business operations requirement, as needed
• Additional duties and responsibilities, as assigned.
  
  

We support Pay Transparency and are a pay-for-performance organization that benchmarks base pay to the 50th percentile of market data.

Pay Scale: Min. $192,157 / Mid. $245,000 / Max. $315,848* per year

• Actual compensation will be based on geographical location, work experience, education and/or skill level.
  
  

CU SoCal is an equal opportunity employer. All decisions are based only on the individual’s qualifications/ability to perform the work. The above statements are intended to describe the essential functions, nature and level or work to be performed as of the document preparation date; they are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. CU SoCal reserves the right to modify this job description at any time, without notice.

We foster an environment and culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, and fulfill our mission of Building Better Lives.