
Head of Enterprise Data Management
Job Description
Head of Enterprise Data Management
- Shape and lead an enterprise-wide data management and data quality strategy that enables confident, evidence-led decision-making.
- Partner with senior leaders across the organisation to embed trusted, fit-for-purpose data at the heart of strategic change.
- Build, develop and inspire high-performing data teams while creating sustainable, future-ready capabilities.
About the role
As Head of Enterprise Data Management, you will play a pivotal role in strengthening how data is managed, governed and trusted across the organisation. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will set the strategic direction for data management and data quality, ensuring data assets are reliable, well-controlled and deliver meaningful business value. This is a highly influential leadership role, combining strategic vision with practical delivery to support long-term organisational objectives.
In this, you will lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of the organisation’s data management and data quality strategy, ensuring alignment with broader business goals. You will establish and embed robust governance frameworks, chairing and guiding senior data forums to drive accountability, manage risk and promote enterprise-wide consistency.
A key part of the role involves developing and maintaining a clear, prioritised roadmap spanning people, process and technology, enabling sustainable delivery of data capabilities over time. You will work collaboratively with architecture, technology, delivery and change teams to ensure data management best practice is embedded into programmes and transformation activity.
Alongside this, you will oversee the creation of trusted, self-service data assets and performance measures that support accurate reporting and insight. As a people leader, you will motivate, coach and develop a diverse team, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement and professional growth, while managing resources and third-party partners effectively.
This role is hybrid, based in our Head Office in Tiddington, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
About you
You are an experienced data leader with a strong track record of delivering enterprise-wide data management and data quality initiatives. You bring a strategic mindset, balanced with the ability to translate vision into practical, measurable outcomes. Comfortable operating at senior levels, you build credibility quickly and influence with clarity, using insight and evidence to shape decisions. You value inclusive leadership and create environments where people feel supported, challenged and able to do their best work. With a solid technical foundation, you are equally adept at navigating complexity, leading change and communicating with impact across diverse audiences.
In addition, you must also demonstrate experience of:
- Data strategy and enterprise data management
- Data governance and quality frameworks
- Stakeholder engagement and influence
- People leadership and team development
- Change leadership and prioritisation
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:
- Salary up to £130,000, depending upon skills and experience
- Annual bonus (up to 33% of salary)
- Company car or car allowance (£7,500)
- 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 for you and your 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.
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 2026 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 eleven 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 Companies 2026 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.
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