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Job Title: Data Governance Analyst - Metadata
Target Start Date: ASAP
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
Salary Range: Up to £60k
Location: Eastleigh, Hybrid working with travel to Ageas offices when required (2 days a month)
About the Role
Data Governance Analyst - Metadata: At Ageas, we are continuing to build a strong data-driven culture, and we are looking for a Data Governance Analyst - Metadata to join our growing Data Governance team. This role sits within our metadata pillar, where you will help deliver and evolve metadata services that enable trusted, well-managed, and discoverable data and AI products across the organisation.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work with leading tools such as Collibra and Databricks Unity Catalog, developing strategic data capability that directly contributes to business decision-making and data and AI enablement. Operating in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, you will play a hands-on role in supporting delivery, coaching stakeholders, and helping translate data governance solutions into clear business value—while developing your expertise in a highly visible and evolving team.
This is a rare opportunity to join a growing team during a period of large-scale business transformation and innovation, offering strong development and progression while shaping how data and AI is governed and valued across Ageas.
Main Responsibilities
- Support the successful planning and delivery of the metadata roadmap, whilst taking on and owning deliveries within it.
- Develop new capabilities within Collibra and Unity Catalog to enhance the maturity of data governance tools, with a focused objective on helping to maximise tooling capability and value for the organisation.
- Work with Data Owners and Stewards to enable data delivery and quality governance outcomes through new and enhanced tooling capability.
- Promote metadata tooling value by demonstrating features and capabilities to Data Owners and Data Stewards.
- Identify improvements and process automation capabilities in data processes through development and application of metadata tooling.
- Coach business stakeholders on the importance and value of business context in metadata management, whilst connecting business context to technical metadata management processes and platforms
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Skills and Experience Required
- Data Governance Knowledge: Strong understanding of data governance best practice and purpose and value of metadata management. DAMA qualification desirable.
- 2 years' experience in a data governance role within the Financial Sector.
- Tooling Experience: Hands-on experience with Collibra or similar tooling (Informatica, Atacama, Alation etc) and an awareness of Databricks Unity Catalogue.
- Business Communication: Ability to explain technical concepts in simple, value-led terms that are easily understood by non-technical stakeholders.
- Adaptability: Thrives in changing environments and evolving requirements.
- Growth Mindset: Ambitious, eager to learn, and build technical expertise and skill in data and AI governance. Take an active interest in data and AI technological advancements and be passionate about developing new and automated data and AI governance processes and techniques that compliment AI enabled analytics.
Benefits
Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy at Ageas:
- Flexible Working: Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it's within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares. We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.
- Supporting your Health: Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities - Mindfulness.
- Supporting your Wealth: 50% off esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance, Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
- Supporting you at Work: Well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.
- Supporting you and your Family: Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks' full pay.
- Benefits for Them: Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.
- Get some Tech: Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.
- Getting around: Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.
- Supporting you back to work: Return to work programme after maternity leave.
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About Ageas
We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers.
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