Data Manager

Job Description

Data Manager

• Play a key role in shaping the future of Pricing within a purpose-led organisation


• Lead a high-performing data engineering team supporting complex, high-volume pricing models


• Hybrid working: 80% homeworking and 20% based in Stratford-upon-Avon

About the role

Working in Pricing at NFU Mutual is genuinely different. With no external shareholders, our focus is firmly on delivering fair, sustainable outcomes for our customers, supporting communities, protecting livelihoods, and enabling our UK-wide Agency Network to thrive.

We’re now at the heart of one of the most significant transformation programmes in our history. Pricing is central to that journey, and this role offers a unique opportunity to shape how data underpins pricing capability for the future.

As Data Manager, you’ll sit at the intersection of business-as-usual delivery and strategic transformation. You’ll lead a core team of 3–4 Managers, with wider oversight of a broader data capability (circa 6–7 indirect reports), ensuring high-quality, reliable data is delivered to support pricing decisions across the organisation.

Your team won’t be producing reports, they enable them. From data extraction and engineering through to feeding advanced pricing models and analytics, your focus will be on building robust, scalable data foundations that empower others to deliver insight.

In addition to your business-as-usual responsibilities, you will be instrumental in advancing major strategic initiatives. These include leading the evolution and migration of the pricing platform, spearheading commercial transformation programmes, enriching and integrating external data, and strengthening the overall data capability within Pricing.

You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders across Pricing, IT, and the wider business, building strong relationships to ensure successful delivery within a highly Agile, change-driven environment.

About you

You’re a people-first data leader who brings both technical credibility and the ability to inspire and align others. You’re comfortable leading in a collaborative, non-hierarchical environment, this isn’t a top-down culture, and success comes from bringing people with you.

You’ll enjoy developing teams, setting clear direction, and creating an environment where individuals feel motivated, supported, and accountable for delivery.

You’ll also be confident operating in complex, high-volume environments, where pricing and data are deeply intertwined.

You’ll bring:

• Proven experience leading and developing data engineering teams (including both direct and indirect reports)


• A strong background in data engineering, with hands-on experience across modern data platforms


• Demonstrate knowledge of SQL server, Azure and enterprise level MI solutions such as Power BI or Cognos. Experience with R, Python, other RDBMS, Tableau etc. will also be considered


• Experience supporting complex pricing or data-driven decision environments


• A track record of delivering within Agile, transformation-led programmes


• General insurance experience, preferably in a pricing, MI or IT is also essential

At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.

We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

Benefits and Rewards

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:

• Up to £90,000 depending on experience


• Annual bonus (up to 25% of salary)


• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution


• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme


• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities


• Private medical insurance + options to add family members


• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets


• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs


• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more


• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year


• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme


• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary


• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.


• Salary sacrifice employee car scheme - subject to eligibility

Working at NFU Mutual

We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services organisations, and for over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us, so we’re proud to be recognised as “a great place to work”.

Our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2025 award was not only awarded with Distinction, but it also marked us as the first UK based company to earn a Gallup Exceptional Workplace award for ten consecutive years. We’ve also been consistently recognised by Glassdoor. We appeared in the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK list in 2023, 2024 and 2026 — and in 2026, we were the highest ranked insurance business in the UK, highlighting our strong employee experience and the positive feedback our people share on the platform.

Additionally, we were named in the LinkedIn Top 15 Companies 2025 list of “Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK”, and we’ve been certified as a UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.

We offer a supportive and empowering culture where people are inspired to perform, given opportunities to grow, and recognised and rewarded for their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable—so we’re successful now and in the future.