Data Engineering Delivery Manager

Data Engineering Delivery Manager

Location: Bristol or York

Salary: Circa £70,000

This is a great job for someone who enjoys bringing clarity to complex work and thrives in an environment where priorities shift and teams collaborate closely. You’ll enjoy this role if you get energy from helping engineering squads work smoothly together, improving workflows, and creating processes that make life easier for everyone involved.

It’s ideal for someone who has experience supporting technology or data teams and wants to play a central role in how we deliver at scale. If you like balancing structure with flexibility, removing blockers, and helping people stay focused on what matters most, this role will feel like a natural fit. And if you care about building strong relationships and enabling high‑quality delivery, you’ll feel right at home here.

A bit about the job

You'll join our Data Engineering function, helping us plan, prioritise, and deliver work across several engineering squads. This role exists to bring visibility, flow, and focus to our delivery pipeline, making sure the right work is done at the right time. You’ll partner closely with Engineering Managers, Product Owners and business teams to coordinate roadmaps and keep delivery on track.
 

Your work will help the Head of Data Engineering balance competing demands and maintain high‑quality execution across our portfolio.
Most importantly, you’ll make sure our teams have the clarity, context, and support they need to succeed.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Strong experience leading delivery in a technology, data, or engineering environment. With a good understanding of engineering workflows and deliverables
• Familiarity with data products and Data Mesh, with exposure to portfolio management tools (like Jira or Azure DevOps) and an understanding of data governance, data quality frameworks.
• Confidence prioritising work in complex Enterprise settings with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with experience running cross‑team Agile or hybrid processes.
• A disciplined approach to managing risks, dependencies, and delivery‑focused reporting.

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.

• Starting salary Circa £70,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 12% 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
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
• 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 at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Chloe Nettley a call on 07795207964 or send an email to chloe.nettley@aviva.com