Group Data Management Specialist




Salary: Circa £65000




Location: Bristol, Norwich, Eastleigh and York




Contract: 6 Months FTC



Are you someone who is passionate about improving data at scale and influencing how teams adopt data standards?



If you enjoy shaping domain-level data quality, metadata and governance, this could be the perfect next step.




A bit about the job:



We're looking to recruit a number of Data Management Leads to lead adoption of enterprise data capabilities across broader or more complex domains within Aviva's Markets and Functions.



You'll play a pivotal role in how domains implement Group Data standards - influencing prioritisation, shaping remediation plans and supporting colleagues to embed new ways of working.



You will work closely with Product Owners, SMEs, architects and engineers to define key data attributes and Critical Data Elements (CDEs), drive remediation activity, monitor domain-level quality thresholds and ensure governance is effective.



This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll make a visible impact on data quality, risk management and AI/analytics readiness.



You'll be leading the adoption of metadata, data quality, access management and classification across your domain, while reviewing data quality results, agreeing remediation priorities and validating improvements.



You will shape definitions, thresholds and governance for key data attributes and critical data elements, and provide challenge, oversight and guidance to ensure alignment with Group Data standards.



In addition, you'll lead stakeholder workshops, prioritisation sessions and training, as well as mentor and support more junior Data Associates




Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Proven experience in data management, data quality, or data analytics roles, with exposure to financial services, insurance, or other highly regulated industries.


• Awareness of the Data-as-a-Product approach and enterprise data lifecycle, with experience leading domain-level adoption of metadata, data quality, lineage, and access controls as data moves through products, platforms, and processes.


• Ability to influence decisions, explain data concepts simply and support behaviour change, along with Strong stakeholder management and facilitation capability


• Confidence coordinating remediation activity and managing risks/issues


• Familiarity with data tools such as Collibra, BigID, Immuta or Snowflake

What you'll get for this role:



Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow - applies to our colleagues too. Here's what we offer:

• Salary: Circa £65,000 (depending on location, skills and experience).

• Bonus opportunity 10% of annual salary - Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's.

• Generous pension scheme e.g. if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14%

• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days

• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it

• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts

• 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

• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer's leave

• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work

• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others

• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

• Take a look to learn more. Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be.

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 at least 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'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Kirthi a call on 02045922145 or send an email to kirthi.kanikireddy@aviva.com