Senior Data Modeller - Insurance (AI & Data)
18 days ago
London
Senior Data Modeller - Insurance (Consulting) Base Salary: £110,000 + bonus + benefitsLocation: Hybrid (London)Sector: Consulting - Insurance, Data & AI ArchitectureEmployment Type: Permanent Shape the data foundations powering next-generation insurance The insurance sector is rapidly evolving, and consultancies are at the forefront-helping clients modernise legacy ecosystems, embrace decentralised data models, and build domain-driven data products that unlock analytics, automation and AI. As a Senior Manager in our consulting practice, you will lead the design of strategic, business-focused data models for major insurers. Your work will define the structures, standards and architectures that enable transformation across underwriting, pricing, claims, finance and risk. This is a role for a technical leader who understands both the insurance domain and the broader consulting landscape-someone who brings clarity to complexity, influences senior decision-makers, and drives delivery through diverse, multi-disciplinary teams. What you'll be doing • Drive data design for large-scale insurance programmes, from conceptual modelling through logical/physical layers, tied directly to business priorities., • Develop a unified language for data-dictionaries, vocabularies, taxonomies and ontologies that allow teams to interpret data consistently., • Shape data and analytics architectures collaboratively with solution and enterprise architects., • Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, helping them navigate design choices and achieve measurable business outcomes., • Build strategic roadmaps for Data & AI capabilities, supporting predictive analytics, BI, AI/ML and GenAI., • Lead workshops to capture requirements, validate design decisions and align business/technology stakeholders., • Manage teams across consulting disciplines, fostering an inclusive and supportive culture while developing emerging talent., • Contribute to consulting growth: support pre-sales, RFI/RFP responses, proposals and thought leadership., • Establish governance and design authorities, ensuring the right controls, patterns and principles are followed., • Oversee delivery of one or more workstreams, ensuring commercial success and high-quality client outcomes.What you'll bring (Essential), • Consulting experience, including client-facing delivery, stakeholder engagement and pre-sales support., • Expertise in the Insurance sector, ideally in one or more: Underwriting, Pricing, Claims, Risk, Finance, or Asset/Investment Management., • Strong stakeholder management, including working closely with executive-level or C-suite audiences., • Hands-on data modelling capability across conceptual, logical and physical layers., • Deep understanding of data management-data quality, MDM, reference data, metadata, governance and analytics/BI., • Experience defining architecture patterns and applying structured methodologies., • Proven ability to document and standardise data semantics, including taxonomies and vocabularies., • Experience collaborating with Business and IT, translating objectives into actionable designs and roadmaps., • Workshop leadership, including requirements gathering and model review sessions., • Experience partnering with enterprise/solution/data architects across business units or regions., • Consulting resilience-thriving in fast-paced project environments., • Go-to-market experience, including RFP responses and proposal development., • Commitment to an inclusive team environment where people are recognised and supported.Desired, • TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification., • Certifications/exposure to Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake, or similar enterprise data platforms., • Experience with Data Mesh or domain-oriented data product operating models., • Familiarity with governance platforms: Collibra, Informatica, etc., • Experience working with global/offshore teams., • Understanding of GDPR, IFRS 17, Solvency II or other regulatory frameworks., • Experience setting up and running design authorities., • Exposure to both waterfall and agile environments.What's on offer, • £90,000 - £110,000 base salary + bonus + benefits., • Hybrid working in London, with client-site engagement as needed., • A career in a consultancy that values impact, integrity, inclusion, collaboration and leadership., • Opportunities to shape solutions across some of the most complex and impactful data transformations in the UK insurance market.