Job Description
Position: Strategic SME (Data Enablement) 12 Month Fixed-Term Contract
Location: City of Edinburgh
Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.
Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long‑term investment and savings solutions.
Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.
We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.
Strategic SME (Data), Life Technology 12 Month Fixed-Term Contract
We are seeking a Strategic SME (Data) to join our Life Technology Strategy team on a 12‑month fixed‑term contract. This is a highly collaborative and strategic role, responsible for leading the development and delivery of the Life Data Strategy in close partnership with business stakeholders and Group‑level data teams. You will ensure that our data vision, platforms, and practices are fully aligned with both Group and business requirements, enabling the organisation to unlock value from data and support future innovation.
You will work across all aspects of data, bringing deep expertise in data platforms, information architecture, data modelling, data fabrics, and the future possibilities for data in a rapidly evolving AI world. Your focus will be on building the data foundations and capabilities that enable advanced analytics and AI, while ensuring robust process modelling and information flows across the organisation.
A key part of your role will be to work closely with Strategic Consultants, providing expert advice, validation, and challenge to ensure that data considerations are fully embedded in strategic objectives and technology initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead the development and execution of the Life Data Strategy, ensuring alignment with Group and business objectives.
• Collaborate closely with business partners, Group data teams, architects, and technology leaders to shape and deliver a unified data vision.
• Act as a key liaison between Life Technology and Group Data, ensuring consistency, compliance, and shared best practices.
• Support Strategic Consultants by providing subject matter expertise, validating data‑related aspects of strategy objectives, and ensuring data is a core enabler of strategic initiatives.
Data Enablement & Modernization
• Advise on the design and evolution of data platforms, information architecture, and data models to support strategic and operational needs.
• Assess and recommend modern data techniques, including data fabrics, data mesh, and emerging approaches to data management.
• Ensure data foundations are robust, scalable, and future‑ready to enable advanced analytics and AI.
Process Modelling & Information Flow
• Support process modelling and optimisation, ensuring data flows and information architecture are aligned to business processes and strategic goals.
• Work with business and technology teams to map, document, and improve data‑driven processes.
Thought Leadership & Best Practice
• Stay at the forefront of modern data thinking, bringing new ideas and best practices to the organisation.
• Act as a trusted advisor on data strategy, data platforms, and the future of data in a digital and AI‑enabled world.
Stakeholder Engagement & Influence
• Build strong, influential relationships across business, technology, and Group functions, advocating for data enablement and strategic alignment.
• Educate and influence stakeholders on the importance of data foundations and their role in enabling business and technology outcomes.
What Success Looks Like
• Deliver a Connected Life Data Strategy that is fully aligned with Group and business requirements, and enables strategic outcomes.
• Enable Data‑Driven Transformation by ensuring the organisation’s data platforms, architecture, and models are robust, scalable, and ready for the future.
• Advance Collaboration by building…
Location: City of Edinburgh
Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.
Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long‑term investment and savings solutions.
Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.
We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.
Strategic SME (Data), Life Technology 12 Month Fixed-Term Contract
We are seeking a Strategic SME (Data) to join our Life Technology Strategy team on a 12‑month fixed‑term contract. This is a highly collaborative and strategic role, responsible for leading the development and delivery of the Life Data Strategy in close partnership with business stakeholders and Group‑level data teams. You will ensure that our data vision, platforms, and practices are fully aligned with both Group and business requirements, enabling the organisation to unlock value from data and support future innovation.
You will work across all aspects of data, bringing deep expertise in data platforms, information architecture, data modelling, data fabrics, and the future possibilities for data in a rapidly evolving AI world. Your focus will be on building the data foundations and capabilities that enable advanced analytics and AI, while ensuring robust process modelling and information flows across the organisation.
A key part of your role will be to work closely with Strategic Consultants, providing expert advice, validation, and challenge to ensure that data considerations are fully embedded in strategic objectives and technology initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead the development and execution of the Life Data Strategy, ensuring alignment with Group and business objectives.
• Collaborate closely with business partners, Group data teams, architects, and technology leaders to shape and deliver a unified data vision.
• Act as a key liaison between Life Technology and Group Data, ensuring consistency, compliance, and shared best practices.
• Support Strategic Consultants by providing subject matter expertise, validating data‑related aspects of strategy objectives, and ensuring data is a core enabler of strategic initiatives.
Data Enablement & Modernization
• Advise on the design and evolution of data platforms, information architecture, and data models to support strategic and operational needs.
• Assess and recommend modern data techniques, including data fabrics, data mesh, and emerging approaches to data management.
• Ensure data foundations are robust, scalable, and future‑ready to enable advanced analytics and AI.
Process Modelling & Information Flow
• Support process modelling and optimisation, ensuring data flows and information architecture are aligned to business processes and strategic goals.
• Work with business and technology teams to map, document, and improve data‑driven processes.
Thought Leadership & Best Practice
• Stay at the forefront of modern data thinking, bringing new ideas and best practices to the organisation.
• Act as a trusted advisor on data strategy, data platforms, and the future of data in a digital and AI‑enabled world.
Stakeholder Engagement & Influence
• Build strong, influential relationships across business, technology, and Group functions, advocating for data enablement and strategic alignment.
• Educate and influence stakeholders on the importance of data foundations and their role in enabling business and technology outcomes.
What Success Looks Like
• Deliver a Connected Life Data Strategy that is fully aligned with Group and business requirements, and enables strategic outcomes.
• Enable Data‑Driven Transformation by ensuring the organisation’s data platforms, architecture, and models are robust, scalable, and ready for the future.
• Advance Collaboration by building…
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Strategic SME; Data Enablement position is now open for candidates interested in the IT Engineer & Developer Jobs sector. This role in Edinburgh offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in IT Engineer & Developer Jobs is a plus.
