Data Manager

Aviva; York; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Data Manager to join their dynamic team. This role offers the opportunity to drive improvements in data discoverability, accessibility, and quality while collaborating with diverse teams. You will manage data holistically, resolve data-related issues, and promote innovative data management tools. With a focus on continuous improvement, you will play a crucial part in redefining data foundations and enhancing business capabilities. This organization values inclusivity and offers flexible working arrangements, making it a great place for those who want to make a meaningful impact in the insurance sector.

Benefits

Bonus Opportunity - 10% of Annual Salary

Generous Pension Scheme

29 Days Holiday Plus Bank Holidays

Up to 40% Discount on Aviva Products

Free Aviva Shares through Matching Share Plan

Paid Volunteering Days

Flexible Benefits

Supportive Policies including Parental Leave

Wellbeing Support and Tools

Qualifications

• Experience in data roles like product management, analysis, and data science.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage data quality and accessibility to enhance efficiency and growth.
• Collaborate with teams to define and prioritize data requirements.

Skills

Data Product Management

Data Analysis

Data Modelling

Data Science

Collaboration Skills

Communication Skills

Agile Methodologies

Problem-Solving Skills

Leadership Skills

Education

Degree in Data-related Subject

Professional Data Qualifications (e.g., CDMP)

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Data Manager

Salary: £45,000 - £65,000

Are you someone who is passionate about data and thrives in a dynamic environment?

The insurance industry is evolving in an age of rapid technological advancements. As an organisation, Aviva is investing to strengthen data, machine learning and analytics as a distinctive capability. The Insurance, Wealth and Retirement (IWR) business is excited to be investing in data to enhance its core capabilities, ways of operating, and modernisation of technology. As part of this, we are redefining our data foundations with exciting opportunities for experienced Data Managers to join us and deliver changes to the way we understand our data, allowing us to realise more business value.

Key Responsibilities:

Data Managers collaborate with a variety of teams to ensure data discoverability, accessibility and quality are improved to help improve the efficiency and growth of data capability in Aviva IWR.

1. Manage data holistically through activities such as generating and improving metadata, building data quality rules, implementing data access rules, working with data models and cataloguing data artefacts.
2. Identify and resolve data-related issues, ensuring the timely and accurate delivery of data products, while monitoring and reporting on data management activities using metrics to understand the success of initiatives and drive continuous improvement.
3. Collaborate with Data Product Owners to define and prioritise data requirements, ensuring they align with business goals and objectives.
4. Support other data professionals in their knowledge of data management by promoting the team through a culture of inclusion and collaboration.
5. Drive the adoption of innovative data management tools and technologies to improve data capabilities and support ambitious business growth.

Skills & Experience:

1. Work experience in data roles such as data product management, data analysis, data modelling or data science, preferably in a large-scale and complex data environment. Possessing a degree in a data-related subject area and/or professional data qualifications, such as CDMP, is beneficial.
2. Excellent collaboration and communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to work closely with technical data professionals, business users, and senior leaders, across different functions and domains.
3. Firsthand experience of agile methodologies and tools, such as Scrum, Kanban, Jira, and Confluence.
4. Outstanding problem-solving skills and evidence of making data-driven decisions.
5. Strong leadership and advocacy skills with a focus on encouraging a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

What you’ll get for this role:

1. Starting salary between £45,000 - £65,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
2. Bonus opportunity - 10% of annual salary. Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
3. Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
4. 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days.
5. Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts.
6. Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme.
7. Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave.
8. Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work.
9. Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others.
10. We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools.

Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here.

We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Matthew Drew a call on 0121 368 5652 or send an email to [e-mail].