Business Data Lead

The National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited; Stratford-upon-Avon; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance and financial services company in the UK is seeking a Business Data Management Lead to shape data management within its Data Centre of Excellence. The role involves delivering best practices, driving data governance, and collaborating with stakeholders to improve data accessibility. With an attractive salary of up to £90,000 and a range of benefits, this is an excellent opportunity to influence data strategy in a respected institution that values inclusivity and staff welfare.

Benefits

Annual bonus up to 25%

Contributory pension scheme up to 20%

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Private medical insurance

Employee Volunteering

Discounts on insurance policies

Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary

Qualifications

• Current experience in a business-facing role working with multiple senior stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate to stakeholders at varying levels of data literacy.
• Strong networking skills that ensure business engagement.
• Experience of transforming and embedding effective data management practices.
• Experience of leading, supporting and developing a team.
• Experience of leading steering groups.

Responsibilities

• Shape data management within the Data Centre of Excellence.
• Deliver best practice and improvements across various business areas.
• Champion data change to achieve business outcomes.
• Ensure creation of easily accessible, trusted data products.
• Drive the implementation and improvement of data management framework.

Skills

Business-facing role experience

Stakeholder communication

Networking skills

Data management practices

Team management

Leading steering groups

Job description

About the role

• Opportunity to shape data management within our growing Data Centre of Excellence team
• Lead activity to deliver best practice and improvement across a range of business areas
• Proactively champion data change to achieve business outcomes.

Join our new Data Centre of Excellence. It's an exciting time to join NFU Mutual as we continue to shape and grow our Data Centre of Excellence to support key strategic programmes and deliver our data strategy. We're focused on making the right data accessible to the right people across the business and on creating a data literate organisation, so our people get the most value from data. It's about harnessing the power of data to improve experiences for our people, our customers and our business. You can play a key role in this journey.

As the Business Data Management Lead, you'll help us ensure we achieve our objective of creating a marketplace of easily accessible, ready-to-use, trusted data products. You'll deliver incremental value through the development and execution of our data products, embed standards and drive improved quality, to enable data-driven decisions throughout NFU Mutual. You'll drive the implementation, adoption, and continuous improvement of NFU Mutual's data management and governance framework. You'll also be key to understanding the data requirements of the business and will lead on a range of strategic data domains, including for example Customer, Claims, Finance etc. You'll play a pivotal role in embedding our Data Ownership Framework, working with senior leaders to embed accountability for data within all parts of the organisation. Using your exceptional communication and influencing skills you'll collaborate with key business stakeholders, the Data Product build team, data, change and risk teams across the business and architecture colleagues.

Continually growing your own knowledge and the knowledge of your team, this is your opportunity to influence and shape data management within our Data Centre of Excellence. This is a great opportunity in a highly visible role to not only be part of the change, but to help lead change and improvement for the future. This role is based in our Tiddington Head Office, just outside Stratford-Upon-Avon. We understand how important a positive work-life balance is, so, to help you give your best, we offer great facilities when you want to be in an office environment and support you to work up to 80% of your hours from home.

Pro-active, forward thinking and naturally curious, you have a clear business focus, are able to provide direction and deliver through ambiguity, and can confidently engage with stakeholders at all levels. To join our team, it's essential that you have:

• Current experience in a business-facing role working with multiple senior stakeholders
• Ability to communicate to stakeholders at varying levels of data literacy
• Strong networking skills that ensure you gain business engagement
• Experience of transforming and embedding effective data management practices within an insurance, financial services, or regulated industry.
• Experience of leading, supporting and developing a team
• Experience of leading steering groups.

You must also have experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Data Management
• Data Governance
• Data Modelling

Insurance Business Domain Knowledge and Data Visualisation experience is also desirable.

We're one of the UK's leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we've put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being "a great place to work" and our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2025 award was not only awarded with Distinction but also named us as the first UK-based company to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace for ten years in a row. We are also the only Insurer to feature in the LinkedIn Top 15 Companies 2025 list of 'Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK', the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024 and 2025. We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.

At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees. We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

Benefits and Rewards

• Salary – Up to £90,000 dependent on experience
• Annual bonus (up to 25% of salary)
• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
• Private medical insurance + options to add family members
• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs
• Health and wellbeing plan – cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
• Employee Volunteering – volunteer in the community for one day each year
• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.
• Salary sacrifice employee car scheme – subject to eligibility

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