Data Management Lead in Slough

Nest is an award-winning workplace pension scheme, the largest in the country. Set up by the government to give every worker in the UK somewhere to save. Nest’s goals by 2030 are to be managing assets of £100 billion for more than 18 million members. This scale creates huge opportunities for Nest to do things differently.

As part of this, Nest Invest provides investment advice and investment management services to Nest Corporation. The Nest Invest Technology and Data team supports the systems, data flows and third-party services that enable effective delivery across the Investment function.

As Data Management Lead, you will lead the day-to-day operation, implementation and ongoing development of a data platform and service that supports the business needs across Nest Invest. You will play a central role in shaping and overseeing this data capability as a data-as-a-service offering, ensuring that data is delivered in a reliable, controlled and business-aligned way to support allocation decisions, reporting, oversight and self-service across the organisation.

You will help ensure that platform delivery, support, maintenance and change activity are understood, prioritised and progressed in line with business objectives. The role requires coordination across stakeholders to manage demand, support service performance, and maintain a clear focus on priorities, data governance, access, control and usability. You will support the governance, planning and continuous improvement of the platform and its associated service model across the data lifecycle including business intelligence views. You will also help drive the continued evolution of the platform, including expanded data coverage, improved integrations, reporting capabilities, and future use cases such as AI-enabled solutions.

The role holder will combine business engagement, service provider oversight and delivery leadership to ensure that the platform remains dependable, scalable and responsive to changing organisational needs.

• Experience in a data, technology or tech delivery role within an investment management business or wider regulated financial services environment, pension fund or Asset Owner experience is beneficial but not required.
• A strong understanding of how data platforms, data flows and third-party services support investment and operational processes.
• Experience of coordinating work and managing backlogs across business users, technology teams and external partners.
• Experience of supporting structured delivery activity, including requirements gathering, prioritisation, testing, release planning and stakeholder communication.
• A good understanding of investment data across areas such as operations, reporting, risk and performance.
• Experience of data quality management, issue resolution and cross-functional delivery.
• Familiarity with structured and iterative delivery practices, including backlog management, delivery tracking and the removal of blockers.
• Experience of using Agile tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence or similar.
• Experience of working with Snowflake or similar data platforms would be advantageous.
• Experience working with third party service providers, managing engagement, prioritisation and change requests.

Set up by the government to give every worker in the UK somewhere to save, Nest’s first-class responsible investment practice and governance are the backbone of what we do, supported by all the functions you’d expect to find in a thriving business. We’re committed to creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self and offer an inclusive and flexible working environment.

To apply or for an informal discussion, please contact Alex Smith.

The Investment directorate (Nest Invest) is responsible for investing members’ contributions in order to grow their retirement pots over the long-term. The responsibilities of the team include:

• Asset allocation and portfolio risk management
• Manager selection and monitoring
• Responsible investment
• Investment communications
• Fund administration
• Investment technology and financial modelling
• Contributing to the development of the investment proposition

From December 2019, the Nest Investment team was seconded into Nest Invest Ltd (Nest Invest), the investment subsidiary of Nest Corporation. Nest Invest is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). For the role holder, this means working in a regulated entity, and being required to adhere to certain rules and behaviours included in the FCA’s Code of Conduct (COCON), specifically the individual Conduct Rules defined by the FCA.

Everyone's personal situation is different. To make the most out of hybrid working, we've introduced different ways of working, which include (subject to role requirements):

• hybrid of office (Canary Wharf, London) and home working (there will be an expectation to attend the office, once - twice a week, or more, as required)
• reduce or vary working hours
• reduce or vary the days worked
• work compressed hours
• job share

Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles and we particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnicity, LGBTQ+, and disabled candidates. We are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of their age, belief, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, pregnancy or caring responsibilities, socio economic background, sex, sexual orientation, religion or race or any other legally protected status. We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought and other forms of neurocognitive variation.

As a Level 2 Disability Confident organisation, we’re part of the guaranteed interview scheme. This means should you meet the minimum criteria for this role, you will automatically be put forward for an interview.

Please note that this advert may close early if we receive a sufficient number of satisfactory applications.