Head of Data Enablement

Head of Data Enablement

National salary £100,000 - £120,000,

London salary £130,000-£140,000

We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Data Enablement to join our senior leadership team. This role is perfect for someone eager to Build future-focused Data Engineering capabilities in with our tools and people to drive the execution of our strategic vision. You'll play a pivotal role in empowering our team to achieve their goals and deliver impactful results!

A bit about the job:

The Head of Data Enablement will lead our enterprise data engineering technology teams in building and maintaining a robust, scalable, and secure data platform ecosystem. This role is pivotal in ensuring data availability, integrity, discoverability, and operational excellence across the enterprise. The successful candidate will develop automation, reusable components, and technical capabilities enabling Aviva Data Engineering Teams to deliver at pace.

Additionally, you will:

• Develop and execute a comprehensive data enablement strategy that aligns with the organisation's goals
• Lead and mentor a team of highly skilled data engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
• Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of a consolidated data platform
• Optimise the build and consumption of capabilities within the function
• Manage the integration of data sources and technologies into our data lakehouse
• Ensure high levels of data availability and integrity focussing on governance practices
• Implement best practices to streamline data workflows and improve platform efficiency

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Proven experience in a senior data engineering or data management role
• Strong knowledge of enterprise data technologies, including AWS Data services, Snowflake, Cloud DBT, AWS Managed Apache Airflow, Attacama, Immuta, and Collibra
• Excellent leadership, communication, collaboration and team management skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Experience with cloud-based data platforms and services

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.  And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.  We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• National salary £100,000 - £120,000, London salary £130,000-£140,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity -25% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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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.

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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, please give Tawana Chin a call on 07789 624461 or send an email to tawana.chin@aviva.com.