Data Management Specialist

Role Description

Are you looking to progress your career with Data? If you are passionate about an organisation exploitation of data, this may be a role just for you.

The purpose of this role is to work within Data Governance, Management and Quality (DGMQ) Team to effectively drive the key data governance capabilities to our business customers:
Business Glossary, Metadata, Reference Data, Lineage and Quality Management. You are an experienced data professional with strong business acumen. Demonstrate strong communication and stakeholder management skills to effectively present data stories and highlight the value of Data Governance and Quality in generating meaningful business insights.

We're looking for someone who can work collaboratively within our team to find sustainable, automated solutions to data problems. You'll be the right fit if you have a curious, open mind and an enthusiasm for innovation. We're at a really exciting time in Data Governance and Enablement and this would be a great opportunity for anyone looking to expand their skillset and evidence their development in data.

As Allianz we're one of the largest general insurers in the UK, which means we have lots of IT and data legacy to work with, but we are on a transformation journey harnessing Cloud capabilities and cutting-edge data software. This is a great chance to leverage our data management tools, extensive data resources, and industry expertise to create real business value.

Pay:
Circa £55,000 per year.

Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

• Lead and perform analysis and develop foundational data management products to deliver a comprehensive end to end business offering (Business Glossary, Metadata Management, RDM, Data Lineage, Data Quality, etc).
• Deliver on our data management strategy enabling data products that will support the organisation to provide great outcomes for our customers
• Build relationships and collaborate with stakeholders around the business in helping to create data driven solutions to business problems.
• Drive a better understanding of the value of data with stakeholders and customers and contribute to improvements in data management, quality and governance.
• Work autonomously, take ownership of work streams, and communicate the value of Data Governance to Business or Technical teams to support lasting change toward a data-driven workforce.
• Support the definition and implementation of data management concepts, frameworks and associated best practices across business processes and technology enabled change.
• Create or enhance processes and standards, continuing to improve the organisation's data maturity both within the data teams and business areas.
• Drive adoption of the Data Ownership framework, Data Catalogue and Data Quality processes in Allianz UK
• Support the cataloguing of data stores with Informatica's IDMC, enabling harvesting of technical metadata, use and set up of custom scans and custom data lineage.
• Support the hands‑on analysis of datasets through data quality profiling and monitoring tools and customer dashboards.
• Troubleshooting hurdles that limit the business adoption of data processes and tools.
• Be the benchmark for our team members in innovation, problem solving and sharing best practices

• Knowledgeable and experienced in more than one area of area of data governance/management (Metadata, MDM/RDM, Modelling, Business Analysis in a data space etc) with an enthusiasm to learn about others.
• Experienced and comfortable in delivering presentations to different stakeholders. Amending the content and tone to reflect the audience's objectives and data maturity.
• Prior use of the Informatica governance toolset (i.e. AXON or IDMC) would be highly desirable although full training will be provided. Any experience you have in enriching, improving or documenting data processes for sustainability is welcome.
• Proficient in working across cross functional teams that support Data products and applications. Comfortable with engaging with business leaders and operational teams on the subject…