Metadata Lead

Job Title : Metadata Lead

Target Start Date : ASAP

Contract Type : Permanent, Full Time

Salary Range : Competitive

Location : Eastleigh, Hybrid working with travel to Ageas offices when required.

Closing Date for applications : Friday 3rd July

Metadata Lead: At Ageas, we are on a mission to unlock the full value of our data, and we are looking for an experienced Metadata Lead to play a pivotal role in making this a reality. This is a unique opportunity to take ownership of our enterprise metadata capability, shaping how data is discovered, governed and trusted across the organisation.

As the Metadata Lead, you will own the vision and roadmap for our metadata tooling landscape, including Collibra and Unity Catalog, ensuring they operate as a cohesive ecosystem. Working closely with Data Owners, Stewards, IT and the wider data community, you will translate technical and regulatory needs into scalable, business-focused solutions while driving adoption, value realisation and continuous improvement.

This is an exciting opportunity for a metadata leader ready to drive real business value through data.

Main Responsibilities as Metadata Lead

• Design, own and deliver the metadata roadmap.
• Lead Collibra and Unity Catalog configuration, rollout, and value realisation plans.
• Use metadata tooling and processes to enable the effective delivery of Data Governance & Data Quality outcomes with key stakeholders.
• Promote metadata tooling purpose and value through data forums, workshops and demos to maximise output and value from business tooling investment.
• Use metadata tooling capability to optimise and automate data governance processes and support major data migration and business integration programmes, underpinned by focussed and measurable performance metrics.

Skills and experience you need as Metadata Lead

• Metadata Expertise: Collibra specialist with strong data cataloguing and lineage knowledge, as well as strong Databricks Unity Catalog experience.
• Delivery Leadership: Experience designing and executing against delivery roadmaps that are underpinned by purposeful outcomes and value.
• Communication: Ability to translate technical solutions into clear and understandable business outcomes and value.
• Governance Focus: Excellent understanding of Data Governance/Data Quality best practice and strong experience of using metadata tooling capabilities to deliver business value.
• Coaching: Experience developing junior data governance and data quality stakeholders, ability to set a vision and delivery path that junior members of the team can execute against, and strong influencing skills that enable Data Owners and Stewards to be effective.

Benefits you can enjoy at Ageas

Flexible Working: Smart gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it's within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments. We also offer all our vacancies part time/job shares. We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.

Supporting your Health: Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities -Mindfulness.

Supporting your Wealth: 50% off esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance, Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.

Supporting you at Work: Well being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.

Supporting you and your Family: Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non pregnant parent/co adopter at 8 weeks' full pay.

Benefits for Them: Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.

Get some Tech: Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.

Getting around: Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.

Supporting you back to work: Return to work programme after maternity leave.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We're a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience.

We have a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and professionalism.