Data Governance Lead
- Full-time
- Working Hours: 35 hours per week
- Salary: Competitive
- Department: Technology
Company Description
Here at esure, we’re no strangers to change. As one of the industry leaders in the insurance business, striving to become a world class digital insurer, we’re getting ready for more. It’s creating great new opportunities for innovative and talented industry professionals to join us at a pivotal point in our development.
It’s an opportunity you simply don’t want to miss. You can expect our investment in you to include a highly competitive package, career and development opportunities and flexible benefits built around you and your lifestyle.
Job Description
The Day to Day:
- You’ll manage data as a strategic asset and ensure its aligned with Data governance
- Acting as the central point of contact within the business for Data governance
- Promote Data democratization with alignment to Data governance
- Co-ordinate activities for Data cataloguing, lineage, quality, retention and least privileged to protected data sets
- Manage Data governance initiatives with reporting metrics
- Collaborate with Data (engineers, scientists, stewards) and work closely with Privacy and Security practitioners.
- Perform continuous risk assessments of Data stores, usage and where necessary develop risk mitigations
- Participate and lead Data governance working group and advise of policy improvements and exceptions
- Proactively promote and manage Data governance awareness campaigns throughout the business
- Where appropriate support data breach processes and running playbook based Data breach drills
Qualifications
We'd Love You to Bring:
- Significant Data management experience
- Experience of working with a range of senior stakeholders
- Strong understanding of Security and Privacy by design
- Computer science degree or related experience
- Experience of Data Quality strategies
- Familiarity of working with Data Protection Officer
Essential
- Experience of working closely with Data platform engineers, Data scientists, privacy practitioners and security architects
- Strong experience of SQL
- Recent hands-on technical experience
- Comprehensive data security protection knowledge
Soft skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to influence cross functional teams who are not within your reporting line
- Ability and willingness to move with purpose and strong sense of urgency
Bonus points
- Awareness of Data Leakage prevention strategies
- A recognised data management or data quality certification
- Familiarity with GDPR, Data Management Maturity models
- Experience of supporting Digital and Marketing initiatives
- Familiarity with Meta data tools e.g., DataHub, Amundsen or similar Professional growth
We are committed to continual learning; the individual would be supported to grow in missing disciplines:
- Data Management Professional (CDMP)
- Privacy CIPP/E and CIPM
- CompTIA Security+ or CISSP
Additional Information
Benefits
- 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
- 25% discount on esure & Sheila’s Wheels insurance (10% for immediate family) or a guarantee to beat any other insurer’s renewal quote on both home and car insurance
- 15% Discount on esure and Sheila’s Wheels Travel Insurance
- Management Bonus
- Festive Bonus
- Flu Jabs and Eye Care - Free flu jabs every winter, free eye tests every two years and £50 towards VDU glasses
In light of the current Covid-19 pandemic, we want to emphasise to all applicants that the safety and wellbeing of our candidates and colleagues is esure Group’s number one priority. All interviews will be conducted remotely via a video conference platform to ensure that everyone involved is adhering to the social distancing guidance.