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Data Governance Analyst

esure Group
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Company Description

Ready to join a team that's leading the way in reshaping the future of insurance? Here at esure Group, we are on a mission to revolutionise insurance for good!

We've been providing Home and Motor Insurance since 2000, with over 2 million customers trusting us to keep them covered through our esure and Sheilas' Wheels brands. With a bold commitment for digital innovation, we're transforming the way the industry operates and putting customers at the heart of everything we do. Having completed our recent multi-year digital transformation, we're now leveraging advanced technology and data-driven insights alongside exceptional service, to deliver personalised experiences that meet our customers ever-changing needs today and in the future.

Job Description

Join our data team to help craft and build innovative machine learning and AI services. You'll work alongside scientists, engineers, architects, and analysts, embedding strong governance from the start. Partnering with our governance lead, you'll help set enterprise-wide standards in collaboration with risk, compliance, and privacy teams-shaping how we deliver responsible, high-impact innovation.

What you'll do:

  • Provide data governance and management advice across the business
  • Collaborate with data owners, stewards and other members of the data community to achieve desired outcomes in a pragmatic way
  • Design, & implement effective processes and controls that ensure data is managed throughout its lifecycle from creation/acquisition, through its use, transfer & storage to retention and destruction
  • Be a key voice at oversight forums and ensure all inputs and outputs from these are delivered in a timely manner
  • Curation & development of our data artefacts and knowledge (eg. data flows, catalogues, data dictionaries, asset registers, lineage etc)
  • Support governance team on data governance management and training, awareness & comms to ensure key messages are understood and data literacy matures
  • Own the delivery of key data governance deliverables and outcomes ensuring requirements of DPO, privacy, legal and infosec teams are met
  • Collaborate with our AI team todevelopand implement standard methodology for the rollout of GenAI products
  • Work with architects on best design for data products


Qualifications

What we'd love you to bring:

  • A passion for incorporating standard methodology and collaborating with various partners to improve the culture around data
  • Great interpersonal skills and collaborative mindset
  • Hands-on experience with modern cloud data warehouses such as Databricks/Snowflake, ideally on AWS
  • This role will be hands-on and you will be responsible for implementing process and reporting around governance, as such, proficiency in SQL based data manipulation and python is needed
  • Exposure to tooling such as Unity Catalog a plus
  • Familiarity with CICD practices, using Git, Jenkins or similar technologies.
  • A curiosity about the AI landscape and evolving technologies around guardrails and content filtering. You will get exposure to myriad GenAI services we already have in production
  • A solid understanding of structures and unstructured data management preferred
  • Experience with data profiling and data quality assessment tools


Additional Information

What's in it for you?:

  • Competitive salary that reflects your skills, experience and potential.
  • Discretionary bonus scheme that recognises your hard work and contributions to esure's success.
  • 25 days annual leave, plus 8 flexible days and the ability to buy and sell further holiday.
  • Our flexible benefits platform is loaded with perks to choose from, so you can build a personal toolkit to support your health, wellbeing, lifestyle, and finances.
  • Company funded private medical insurance for qualifying colleagues.
  • Fantastic discounts on our insurance products! 50% off for yourself and spouse/partner and 10% off for direct family members.
  • We'll elevate your career with hands-on training, mentoring, access to our exclusive academies, regular career conversations, and expert partner resources.
  • Driving good in the world couldn't be more important to us. Our colleagues can use 2 volunteering days per year to support their local communities.
  • Join our internal networks and communities to connect, learn, and share ideas with likeminded colleagues.
  • We're a proud supporter of the ABI's 'Make Flexible Work' campaign and welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. Our hybrid working approach also puts you in the driving seat of how and where you do your best work.
  • And much more; See a full overview of our benefits here Reward and benefits / Esure Group PLC


We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered. We celebrate individuality and create spaces where unique backgrounds and experiences can come together. We believe that diverse perspectives drive innovation, in turn enabling us to better serve our customers, community and build a stronger organisation. Our commitment to inclusion extends to every part of our business, from hiring practices to professional growth opportunities, ensuring equal access and support for all.
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