Data Quality Lead - Issue Resolution

Arch Insurance (UK) Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Arch Insurance (UK) Limited is seeking a Data Quality Manager in Greater London. The role involves end-to-end management of data quality issues, mentoring offshore teams, and extensive collaboration with data stakeholders. You should possess strong analytical skills and a deep understanding of the specialty insurance market. A bachelor’s or master’s degree in a related field is required, along with over 5 years of relevant experience. You will produce governance reports and drive improvements in data quality standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in data quality, data analysis, MDM, or similar roles.
• Experience leading or mentoring junior or offshore analysts.
• Demonstrable success resolving cross functional data issues end to end.

Responsibilities

• Oversee triage and resolution of data quality issues.
• Guide offshore Data Quality Analysts and oversee their work.
• Act as primary point of contact for UK-based data owners.
• Collaborate with IT to ensure data fixes are implemented.
• Drive improvements in data quality standards.
• Produce governance reporting for management.

Skills

Critical data flows understanding

Clear communication

Analytical mindset

Stakeholder confidence

Organised and structured

Root-cause analysis

Guiding offshore teams

Data governance understanding

SQL proficiency

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a highly analytical discipline

Professional certifications in business analysis and data management

Tools

Data quality tooling

SQL

Excel

Job description

Our culture emphasizes collaboration, expertise and innovation to promote progress for clients, employees, investors and communities. We Enable Possibility℠.

Responsibilities

• End to End Ownership of the Data Quality Issue Lifecycle: Oversee triage, root-cause analysis, assignment, resolution, and closure of data issues. Ensure SLAs are met, blockers escalated, and stakeholders updated. Maintain a clear and transparent view of issue status and ageing.
• Lead and guide offshore Data Quality Analysts: Provide daily direction, prioritisation, and quality oversight. Review offshore work outputs to ensure accuracy and consistency. Coach analysts to improve investigation quality, documentation clarity, and prevention thinking.
• Work directly with stakeholders across the business: Act as the primary point of contact for UK-based data owners, SMEs, and operations teams. Run workshops or playback sessions to explain issues, remediation plans, and expected changes. Translate technical findings into clear business terms.
• Partner with IT and Operations to deliver fixes: Collaborate with technology teams to validate technical defects and ensure production fixes are implemented correctly. Align with Operations to embed new processes that prevent recurrence. Support change assessments where fixes intersect with projects or system releases.
• Drive structural data quality improvements: Identify recurring issue patterns and propose prevent- rather-than- correct actions. Contribute to data rule definitions, quality controls, validation logic, and monitoring dashboards. Recommend updates to data standards, lineage, and ownership models.
• Reporting and governance: Produce weekly/monthly DQ reporting for management. Ensure all issues are documented to an audit-ready standard. Support Data Governance forums with insights on emerging risks and thematic trends.

Skills / Competencies

• Deep understanding of critical data flows and business processes within the speciality insurance market including the London Market.
• Ability to produce clear and concise reports and documentation for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical mindset with proven ability to diagnose complex data issues.
• Excellent communication skills — able to simplify technical topics for business colleagues.
• Stakeholder confidence: comfortable leading conversations and challenging assumptions constructively.
• Organised and structured, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent issues.
• Skilled in root-cause analysis methods (e.g., 5 Whys, Fishbone, data lineage mapping).
• Ability to guide offshore teams and ensure consistent quality of work.
• Understanding of data governance, data controls, and regulatory data expectations.
• Proficiency with SQL, Excel, and data quality tooling (DQ dashboards, issue-tracking, profiling tools).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a highly analytical discipline.
• Nice to Have: Professional certifications in business analysis (e.g. ISEB) and data management (e.g. DAMA).

Experience

• 5+ years in data quality, data analysis, MDM, or similar roles.
• Experience leading or mentoring junior or offshore analysts.
• Demonstrable success resolving cross functional data issues end to end.
• Experience within specialty insurance and the London Market.
• Exposure to root cause analysis, issue management tooling, and data governance practices.