Position
Associate Data Analyst
Company
MetLife
Location
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Job type
Full-Time
Job mode
Hybrid
Job requisition id
20106
Years of experience
0 to 3 years
Company description
MetLife is widely recognized across the globe as one of the most prominent and leading organizations operating within the expansive financial services sector, delivering unparalleled value to customers and stakeholders alike.
The organization has cultivated an extraordinarily strong presence across more than forty international markets, maintaining leading industry positions in critical regions including the United States, Latin America, the vast landscapes of Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
As an organization, MetLife provides a comprehensive and diverse portfolio of highly essential financial products, including life insurance, annuities, specialized employee benefits, and sophisticated asset management solutions designed for both individual consumers and large-scale institutional clients.
The company takes immense pride in being consistently featured on Fortune magazine's highly prestigious and competitive list of the "World's Most Admired Companies," a testament to its unwavering commitment to excellence, innovation, and ethical business practices.
Furthermore, MetLife has been remarkably honored to be recognized among the distinguished organizations on the Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™ list, highlighting its deeply ingrained dedication to fostering a supportive, inclusive, and highly engaging environment for all its employees.
A core component of the organization's overarching corporate philosophy is the meticulously designed "New Frontier" strategy, which serves as a guiding blueprint for building an incredibly advanced, AI-enabled, and fundamentally people-centered operational future.
Through this forward-thinking New Frontier strategy, the company is actively seeking dynamic individuals who bring a profound sense of curiosity, a high degree of adaptability, and an expansive growth mindset to help leverage artificial intelligence in serving customers more effectively.
Within the MetLife ecosystem, artificial intelligence is strictly viewed as a highly responsible, ethical partner that fundamentally supports and augments human judgment, enhances creative problem-solving, and drives continuous operational improvement across all departments.
The ultimate organizational purpose that drives every initiative at MetLife is profoundly simple yet incredibly impactful: to actively help colleagues, valued customers, local communities, and the world at large strategically create a much more confident and secure future.
Every single employee within the organization is powerfully united by this shared purpose and strictly guided by a set of foundational core values that dictate daily operations and long-term strategic planning.
These deeply held core values include a commitment to "Win Together" through seamless collaboration, a moral imperative to "Do the Right Thing" in all circumstances, a focus on "Deliver Impact Over Activity," and a mandate to consistently "Think Ahead" to anticipate market shifts.
MetLife has strategically established a state-of-the-art Global Capability Center (MGCC) strategically located in India, explicitly designed to dramatically scale and effectively mature the organization's enterprise-wide Data & Analytics, technology, and core operational capabilities.
The establishment of this highly advanced center in India is an absolutely integral component of the broader Global Technology and Operations division, functioning with a primary focus on actively protecting and building upon MetLife's valuable intellectual property.
The highly skilled Data & Analytics team based in the India center meticulously mirrors the structure, function, and high standards of the overarching Global Data & Analytics team, ensuring complete alignment in strategic objectives and operational methodologies.
The primary objective of this specialized data team is to consistently drive measurable, highly significant business value through the meticulous curation of trusted data sources, the deployment of scaled analytical capabilities, and the generation of deeply actionable, real-time insights.
The complex operating model of this division consists of highly specialized, business-aligned data officers who directly support and collaborate with critical global markets including the United States, Japan, and Latin America.
This collaborative and matrixed structure is further enabled and powerfully supported by enterprise-level Centers of Excellence (COEs) that specialize in advanced disciplines such as complex data engineering, rigorous data governance, and innovative data science.
By actively promoting maximum reusability of technological assets and continuously driving a culture of bold experimentation and relentless innovation, the MGCC ensures that MetLife remains exceptionally well-prepared and exceptionally "future-ready" in a highly competitive digital landscape.
The organization fundamentally believes that helping to build profound trust, fostering genuine inclusion, and creating sustainable, long-term value are the ultimate benchmarks of success in the modern financial ecosystem.
Working at MetLife means joining a deeply inspired, forward-looking community of professionals who are actively working to completely transform and redefine the next entire century of the global financial services industry.
Profile overview
The Associate Data Analyst position, operating specifically with a focus on Alteryx capabilities, plays an absolutely critical, foundational role within the comprehensive, end-to-end data and analytics operational lifecycle at MetLife.
This highly dynamic and technologically demanding role requires the successful candidate to consistently demonstrate a profound expertise and deep technical proficiency in the strategic design, development, and implementation of sophisticated automation processes.
A primary mandate for this specific analytical profile is the continuous creation and optimization of highly efficient, self-service data workflows utilizing the Alteryx Designer platform to streamline complex corporate data operations.
Operating fundamentally as an individual contributor, the chosen candidate will be expected to take deeply personal ownership of their assigned technical projects while working collaboratively under the ongoing guidance, mentorship, and strategic direction of highly experienced senior colleagues.
On a day-to-day basis, the professional assuming this role will be deeply involved in meticulously building out entirely new Alteryx workflows from scratch, specifically tailored to automate highly repetitive, manual, and time-consuming data processing tasks.
Beyond simple data processing, these highly advanced workflows will be critically responsible for executing complex data transformations, ensuring that raw, unstructured information is meticulously converted into highly structured, easily readable, and immediately usable formats for downstream consumption.
The successful analyst will also be heavily tasked with ensuring the seamless integration of deeply disparate, highly varied data sets sourced from a multitude of different internal and external platforms across the broader MetLife enterprise architecture.
A critical, ongoing responsibility of this position will involve the proactive identification, rigorous troubleshooting, and rapid resolution of any highly complex workflow performance issues, bottlenecks, or systemic failures that may arise during routine or scheduled data processing cycles.
When technical issues or performance degradation occur within the Alteryx environment, the analyst will be fully expected to conduct highly detailed, comprehensive root cause analyses to definitively pinpoint the underlying technical malfunctions and implement permanent, highly robust solutions.
This position requires an exceptionally high degree of cross-functional, daily collaboration with a wide variety of highly diverse, globally distributed partners spanning multiple different departments including Business Operations, Information Technology, and specialized Data & Analytics capability teams.
The analyst will actively interface and continuously partner with highly specialized internal groups, including the dedicated Data Governance team, to ensure that all automated workflows strictly adhere to enterprise-wide data privacy, security, and compliance standards.
Collaboration will also extend deeply into the Data Quality divisions to proactively ensure that all integrated and transformed data strictly maintains the highest possible levels of accuracy, completeness, and overarching reliability before being utilized for critical business decisions.
The professional in this role will frequently engage in detailed, highly technical discussions with the Data Modeling and Data Architecture teams to ensure that all newly developed Alteryx workflows align perfectly with the overarching structural blueprints and strategic architectural vision of the enterprise.
Furthermore, the outputs, curated datasets, and streamlined workflows generated by this specific position will actively and directly support the highly advanced, predictive modeling efforts undertaken by the enterprise Data Science capability teams.
The analyst will clearly and actively contribute to the ongoing success of the Business Intelligence (BI) and specialized Insights groups by consistently providing them with exceptionally clean, highly organized, and readily accessible automated data pipelines.
By successfully automating these highly complex data integration and transformation tasks, the analyst directly empowers the broader organization to drastically reduce operational overhead, significantly minimize the potential for human error in data handling, and dramatically accelerate the overall speed of vital information delivery.
The position inherently demands a highly proactive, deeply inquisitive mindset, as the analyst will be continuously encouraged to actively explore completely new methodologies, discover previously untapped Alteryx features, and relentlessly optimize existing legacy processes for maximum possible efficiency.
Under the umbrella of the Global Capability Center, this highly specialized role is intricately tied to the broader organizational mission of transforming the Indian operations hub into a central, driving force for technological innovation, analytical excellence, and overall digital transformation.
As a vital member of the expansive Data & Analytics team in India, the analyst will clearly and directly contribute to the stated objective of dynamically mirroring the highly sophisticated, incredibly complex operations of the Global D&A team based in the United States and other primary markets.
This specific position is distinctly classified as a Global Grade 9 role within the internal MetLife corporate structure, accurately reflecting the specific level of technical complexity, required professional autonomy, and overarching operational responsibility expected from the successful candidate.
The analyst will ultimately report directly to a highly seasoned professional holding a Global Grade 11 or higher, ensuring a clear, highly structured, and deeply supportive managerial reporting line designed to facilitate continuous professional development and rapid skills enhancement.
Operating within the highly complex "OSTG" environment, the analyst must be fully prepared to comfortably navigate deeply intricate organizational structures, highly sophisticated technical ecosystems, and rapidly evolving business requirements with an exceptional degree of agility and professional grace.
The individual selected for this role will continuously function as a critical bridge between highly complex, raw technical data and the highly specialized, polished analytical insights required by executive leadership to drive highly effective, market-leading corporate strategies.
Ultimately, the overarching goal of this specific profile is to tangibly, measurably, and consistently enhance the overall technological maturity, data processing speed, and analytical capabilities of the entire MetLife organization through the masterful, highly strategic application of Alteryx automation technologies.
The successful candidate will effectively become a highly valued, incredibly essential component of MetLife's relentless, ongoing journey toward fully realizing a truly modernized, incredibly efficient, highly scalable, and fundamentally data-driven operational future.
Qualifications
A completely non-negotiable, strict foundational educational requirement for gaining entry into this highly technical position is the successful, formal completion and verifiable attainment of a comprehensive Bachelor’s degree from an accredited, highly respected academic institution.
This required undergraduate academic qualification must be specifically focused within the highly rigorous disciplines of computer science, advanced information technology, or a substantially equivalent, highly quantitative, and technologically demanding educational field of study.
From a professional experience standpoint, the ideal candidate must possess an established track record demonstrating anywhere from absolutely zero up to approximately three or more full years of highly relevant, direct, and hands-on professional experience within a complex corporate or highly technical environment.
Because this role specifically caters to a very wide spectrum of experience levels, it is highly suitable for both incredibly bright, recently graduated freshers looking to rapidly launch their careers, as well as young professionals who have already gained a few initial years of foundational corporate data experience.
The absolute, core technical pillar of this particular role demands a highly robust, deeply ingrained, and demonstrable working proficiency in the utilization of the Alteryx Designer platform for highly complex data manipulation and workflow automation.
Candidates must explicitly demonstrate their proven ability to fluently navigate the highly complex Alteryx user interface, strategically utilize a very wide array of specialized data manipulation tools within the platform, and logically construct entirely error-free, highly efficient automated workflows.
In addition to complete Alteryx mastery, the candidate must possess a highly advanced, deeply comprehensive, and exceptionally fluent command of SQL (Structured Query Language) for the purposes of executing complex queries, extracting specific datasets, and aggressively managing relational database structures.
The successful professional must consistently demonstrate the distinct ability to independently write, thoroughly debug, relentlessly optimize, and successfully execute highly complex, multi-layered SQL scripts across a wide variety of different enterprise-grade database management systems.
A deep, fundamental, and highly practical working knowledge of Microsoft Excel is absolutely mandatory for this position, extending far beyond basic data entry to encompass highly advanced formulas, complex pivot tables, and sophisticated data analysis techniques.
To further complement the required advanced Excel skills, the candidate must possess a strong, demonstrably practical proficiency in the strategic application of VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) to meticulously script highly customized, incredibly efficient macros that seamlessly automate highly repetitive spreadsheet tasks.
While not strictly mandatory for immediate hiring, possessing a highly developed, practical working knowledge of the highly popular Power BI platform is considered an extremely strong, highly preferred asset that will significantly elevate a candidate's application above others.
The ability to proactively leverage Power BI to meticulously design, rapidly develop, and seamlessly deploy highly interactive, visually compelling, and deeply insightful business intelligence dashboards is highly valued and deeply desired by the hiring committee.
Furthermore, possessing a strong, foundational understanding and demonstrated practical experience writing highly efficient, fundamentally clean code in the Python programming language is also explicitly listed as a highly preferred, highly advantageous "good to have" technical skill.
Experience utilizing Python specifically for advanced, highly complex data science applications, sophisticated statistical analysis, or aggressive, large-scale data manipulation will be viewed incredibly favorably during the rigorous candidate evaluation and interview process.
Another highly preferred, deeply beneficial technical capability involves holding previous, demonstrable experience working hands-on within the broader, highly integrated Microsoft Power Platform ecosystem, beyond just standard Power BI applications.
The ideal candidate should continuously demonstrate a deeply ingrained, highly natural analytical mindset, coupled with an exceptionally strong, proven ability to proactively deconstruct incredibly complex, highly convoluted business problems into highly logical, completely solvable technical components.
Exceptional, highly refined verbal and written communication skills are absolutely paramount for this role, as the analyst must be thoroughly capable of clearly, concisely, and effectively articulating highly complex technical concepts to a wide variety of completely non-technical business stakeholders.
The candidate must consistently exhibit an exceptionally strong, detail-oriented approach to all assigned tasks, ensuring absolutely meticulous accuracy and the highest possible standards of quality control in every single data workflow they design, develop, or actively maintain.
A highly adaptable, deeply flexible working style is an absolute necessity, completely enabling the successful candidate to rapidly, effectively, and calmly pivot their strategic focus in direct response to rapidly shifting business priorities, changing market conditions, or unforeseen technical challenges.
Ultimately, the organization is deeply committed to exclusively hiring deeply passionate, highly driven individuals who maintain a continuous, insatiable thirst for ongoing learning, a proactive dedication to continuous technical self-improvement, and a genuine, profound desire to actively contribute to the ongoing, incredible success of the global MetLife team.
Additional info
This highly sought-after, incredibly dynamic position is permanently based out of the state-of-the-art, highly modern MetLife Global Capability Center, strategically and conveniently located in the rapidly growing technological hub of Noida, situated within the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
The assigned working schedule for this specific role is strictly designated as a standard, full-time commitment, explicitly requiring the selected professional to consistently dedicate their complete standard working hours entirely to fulfilling the highly complex responsibilities of the position.
In direct alignment with modern, highly progressive corporate workplace strategies, this specific role operates under a highly flexible, deeply accommodating hybrid work arrangement, intelligently combining the collaborative benefits of regular in-office presence with the deep focus and tremendous convenience of remote work.
It is critically important for all potential applicants to explicitly note that formal corporate relocation assistance is emphatically not available for this specific requisition, meaning any required relocation expenses to the Noida area must be entirely self-funded and completely managed by the candidate.
The position was officially and formally posted to the internal and external MetLife career portals on the specific date of August 23, 2026, and actively remains open for highly qualified candidates to submit their comprehensive applications for immediate consideration.
By actively choosing to join the diverse, highly talented MetLife team, the successful professional will immediately become a deeply valued, highly integral part of a truly global workforce that is profoundly dedicated to continuously providing deeply essential financial security and profound peace of mind to millions of customers.
The organization continuously places a tremendously strong, highly visible emphasis on the continuous, ongoing professional development, long-term career growth, and active upskilling of every single employee within the enterprise.
MetLife actively, relentlessly fosters a deeply inclusive, highly supportive, and completely equitable corporate culture that fundamentally respects, genuinely celebrates, and actively leverages the incredibly diverse backgrounds, unique perspectives, and highly varied life experiences of its entire global workforce.
The company explicitly maintains a highly rigorous, deeply comprehensive equal opportunity employment policy, steadfastly ensuring that all highly qualified applicants receive completely fair, completely unbiased, and totally objective consideration for employment entirely without regard to any protected personal characteristics.
As a deeply ingrained, fundamentally core component of the overarching "New Frontier" strategic vision, MetLife is aggressively and continuously expanding its advanced technological capabilities, highly sophisticated infrastructure, and fundamentally digital-first operational footprint across the entire globe.
This newly created, highly specialized analytical position explicitly represents a truly exceptional, tremendously exciting opportunity to directly and meaningfully contribute to a highly ambitious, completely transformative global strategy within one of the absolute largest, most respected insurance organizations in the world.
Employees within this specific division are continuously and heavily encouraged to actively challenge the established organizational status quo, consistently propose highly innovative, technologically advanced solutions, and aggressively drive deeply meaningful, incredibly positive operational changes.
The organization strongly, actively promotes the ongoing maintenance of a highly healthy, completely sustainable work-life balance, fundamentally recognizing that employee overall well-being, mental health, and physical health are absolutely critical drivers of sustained, long-term professional success and overall corporate productivity.
The highly advanced Noida facility is meticulously designed to foster a deeply collaborative, incredibly energetic, and fundamentally highly innovative working environment, proactively equipped with state-of-the-art, highly modern technology and exceptionally comfortable, deeply ergonomic workspaces.
Through its deeply held, fundamentally core value of "Do the Right Thing," the organization consistently, aggressively maintains the absolute highest possible standards of corporate ethics, strict regulatory compliance, and deeply ingrained professional integrity in every single aspect of its global business operations.
MetLife is also incredibly deeply committed to making a profoundly positive, highly measurable, and truly lasting impact on the local communities in which its employees actively live, work, and operate, actively supporting a very wide array of different philanthropic initiatives and dedicated corporate social responsibility programs.
The highly successful candidate chosen for this specific role will be immediately granted extensive, unfettered access to a vast, highly comprehensive suite of advanced internal training resources, dedicated mentorship programs, and ongoing continuous education opportunities designed to rapidly accelerate career trajectory.
Performance within this highly dynamic role is actively, continuously evaluated based strictly on the demonstrable, tangible impact delivered, fundamentally reflecting the organization's deeply held core value of consistently prioritizing and rewarding "Impact Over Activity."
Prospective candidates who possess a truly genuine, deeply held passion for advanced data analytics, a profoundly strong, proven aptitude for complex technological problem-solving, and a deeply sincere desire to fundamentally reshape the very future of the global financial services industry are actively, enthusiastically encouraged to apply immediately.
Ultimately, a long-term, highly successful career at MetLife definitively offers the deeply unique, highly sought-after opportunity to work alongside some of the absolute brightest, most talented minds in the industry, collaboratively building a significantly more resilient, vastly more secure, and deeply confident future for literally everyone across the globe.
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