Data Governance Specialist

Admiral is on an exciting journey to mature its Data Management across the business, so we are looking for a Data Governance Specialist to help support the implementation of these Data Management activities.

You will play an important role in delivering Data Governance capabilities, working within the small but focussed Data Governance Team, supporting the Data Governance Business Partners and the Data Governance Manager.

The Data Governance team sits within the Data Enablement Services Department in Admiral.  Data Enablement Services work closely together to achieve a common goal of improving Admirals data maturity. With the design phase of the Data Management strategy completed we are now in the position to begin the implementation and embedding of core data governance activities. This is an exciting time to join the team, where you will play a key role.

Main Duties

• Support the Data Governance Business Partners in implementing the Data Management Strategy that supports and enables the achievement of overall business ambitions and outcomes.
• Support key business stakeholders and accountable role holders in defining and evolving the Data Accountability Framework.
• Embed a culture and methods of data management by design into processes, working practices and behaviours, bringing transparency and auditability to all data processes
• Through effective engagement and partnering with colleagues across the business, embed a culture of safe, responsible, and ethical use of data, whilst maintaining appropriate freedom to innovate and experiment.
• Support maintain and monitor a road map of data governance enhancements, developing maturity levels in line with business appetite.
• Participate in a range of Governing Fora, ensuring topics of strategic and operational importance are identified and addressed.
• Provide support to senior business stakeholders, and support colleagues across Data Enablement Services and the wider business who engage in Data Governance activities.
• Support projects with the delivery of the Data Governance Change process and be comfortable communicating your findings to audiences of varying seniority, translating complex data stories into clear narratives when needed.
• Support the embedding of data related policies and standards across the business.

Skills and Qualifications Required:

Essential:

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex data governance concepts to diverse audiences in a clear, engaging and actionable way.
• Strong influencing and relationship‑management skills, including the ability to build trust quickly and foster collaborative problem‑solving with business and technical stakeholders.
• Pragmatic and practical approach, with the ability to tailor data governance principles, standards and frameworks to different contexts and audiences.
• Strong motivational and storytelling skills, creating compelling narratives that drive understanding, engagement and adoption of data governance practices.
• Experience supporting the implementation of data governance and data management strategies, frameworks, policies, standards, guidelines, metrics and roadmaps.
• Broad understanding of data management and governance disciplines, including data quality, metadata management, data architecture, tools and technology.
• Experience delivering tangible business value through data governance solutions.

Desirable: 

• Creative and innovative thinking, with the ability to reframe data governance in new ways to encourage adoption.
• Experience or awareness of change management principles and best practice.
• Experience working with data management platforms such as Collibra and/or Informatica.

Admiral: Where You Can

We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive business. It's a place where you can Be You, and show up as you are. We’re committed to fostering a people-first culture where everyone is accepted, supported, and empowered to be brilliant. You can, Grow And Progress at a pace and direction that suits you, Make A Difference for our customers and each other, and Share in Our Future with all colleagues eligible for up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service.

Everyone receives 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave.

We’re proud of our people-first culture. In fact, we've been recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years! We’re fully committed to making sure your progression is not slowed or halted by barriers related to race, gender, age, sexuality or any of the protected characteristics.

Our fantastic benefits make sure our colleagues have a great work-life balance; You can view some of our other key benefits here.

Disability Confident Leader

As a Disability Confident Leader, for candidates with a disability or long-term health condition, that opt into the Disability Confident scheme, we’ll invite a fair and proportionate number of applicants that meet the essential requirements of the role to the first stage of our selection process.

If you need any adjustments or support with your application or during the recruitment process, just let us know. Please do email us or contact us on 07796212438. This number is dedicated to supporting candidates that require reasonable adjustments or support during the application process.

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