Data Governance and Privacy Office Manager

Aviva
Norwich
1 month ago
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Data Governance and Privacy Office Manager

This is a great job for someone who has deep understanding of governance and privacy principles, including data ownership, stewardship, metadata management, and data lifecycle control.


A bit about the job:

We are seeking a permanent, full-time Data Governance & Privacy Office Manager to join our Data Governance and Protection team. In this pivotal role, you will provide critical support to the Head of Data Governance & Privacy, ensuring Aviva Investors complies with Data Protection regulations (including GDPR) and maintains robust Data Governance and Data Quality frameworks aligned to group standards. You will lead the design and deployment of these frameworks, foster a culture of data stewardship and accountability, and champion data literacy and privacy awareness across the organisation. Working closely with senior stakeholders, technology teams, compliance, and business units, you will embed policies and processes that enable continuous improvement. Additionally, you will oversee MI and reporting processes, ensuring effective compliance tracking and delivery of our data privacy and governance strategy in line with relevant legislation, standards, and frameworks.


Skills and experience we’re looking for:

  • Experience in the asset management industry.
  • Expertise in data governance and regulatory compliance.
  • Experienced in communicating and presenting with the ability to articulate complex ideas and concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
  • You will already hold or be studying for a recognised Data Protection qualification.
  • Experienced in and strong knowledge of data protection principles.

What you’ll get for this role:

  • Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
  • Eligibility for annual performance bonus.
  • Family friendly parental and carer’s leave.
  • Generous holiday entitlement plus bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days.
  • Up to 40% discount for Aviva products.
  • Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it.
  • Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars.
  • Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme.
  • 21 volunteering hours per year.

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.


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, send an email to .



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