Data Governance Lead

Data Governance Lead

Salary: National £65,000 – £75,000

About the Role

We’re looking for a Data Governance Lead to embed robust, practical governance across a major enterprise platform—ensuring data is trusted, well-controlled, and compliant from design through to delivery. In this role, you’ll champion governance by design, drive clear data ownership and quality standards, and provide strong oversight of controls while partnering closely with delivery, architecture, risk, and security teams. You’ll lead governance forums, support informed senior decision-making, and simplify processes to enable faster, safer outcomes. Bringing experience in complex data environments, you’ll combine a solid understanding of data quality, controls, and compliance with a pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset, and the confidence to influence, challenge, and align stakeholders at all levels.

What you’ll do

• Embed governance by design across projects and platforms
• Drive data ownership, quality, and control oversight
• Partner with delivery, architecture, risk, and security teams
• Lead governance forums and support senior decision-making
• Simplify governance processes to enable faster, safer delivery

Skills and experience we’re looking for

• Experience in data governance or data management in complex environments
• Strong stakeholder skills—able to influence and challenge
• Solid understanding of data quality, controls, and compliance
• Pragmatic approach balancing risk and delivery pace

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 £65,000 – £75,000 for National based (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity 10% 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’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Harjot Kaur a call on 07353138456 or send an email to harjot.kaur@aviva.com