Data Delivery Lead - Data Retention

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.

The Role: Data Delivery Manager

We’re looking for a Data Delivery Manager to support the delivery of a large, complex, multi-year Data Retention transformation. You will drive delivery across defined workstreams spanning Group, Life, Technology, Data, Risk and Legal — helping to establish a unified and sustainable approach to data retention and scalable data products. You will translate programme objectives into executable delivery, working with third-party providers and internal teams to assess systems against M&G data retention policies and coordinate the implementation of required remediation solutions.

This role is suited to a hands-on delivery leader who can operate effectively and independently within a broader programme structure, bringing clarity to complex data and regulatory requirements while coordinating delivery across multiple stakeholders. You will lead analysis and implementation of retention rules within your scope and provide clear, data-driven reporting into programme governance, ensuring senior stakeholders have confidence that data is managed, controlled and retired safely and transparently.

Through your work, you will contribute directly to strengthening operational resilience, reducing our risk profile and supporting the data foundations that underpin customer trust and future digital strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of data retention solutions across internal and third-party systems, from initial requirements assessment through to solution implementation.
• Work with key third-party providers to review their systems by documenting retention requirements and assessing this against current practice, identifying gaps and areas of non-compliance.
• Define and oversee the implementation of data retention rules in collaboration with third parties, ensuring alignment with policy and regulatory expectations.
• Partner with business areas to review retention requirements related to internal systems and data, ensuring practice is in compliance with data retention policies.
• Work with business and technology teams to design and implement required rules to ensure compliant data retention and deletion practices.
• Lead analysis activities including data discovery, classification and definition of data retention requirements and proposed retention rules.
• Translate policy and regulatory requirements into clear delivery plans, business rules and technical requirements.
• Provide clear, concise and data-driven reporting to senior management on delivery progress, risks and outcomes.
• Ensure appropriate governance, documentation and audit trail is maintained for all data retention activities.
• Manage dependencies and coordinate delivery across business, technology and third-party stakeholders.

Essential

Experience and Capability

• Proven experience in a delivery management or data delivery role within large-scale data or regulatory programmes.
• Strong understanding of data retention, data lifecycle management or data governance principles.
• Experience working with third-party vendors to deliver technology or data outcomes.
• Ability to translate policy and regulatory requirements into implementable solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across business and technology teams.
• Experience working with complex data landscapes across multiple systems.
• Strong analytical capability, including experience defining and implementing data rules.
• Experience operating in regulated environments with governance and reporting requirements.

Desirable

• Experience in financial services or other regulated industries.
• Familiarity with data retention regulations such as GDPR.
• Experience with enterprise data platforms or data management tooling.
• Exposure to data classification, lineage or metadata management.
• Experience working in agile or hybrid delivery environments.

Job Level: Manager/Expert

What we offer:

At M&G, we’re committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:

• As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18%, with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions. We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan, together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.
• Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy – to balance your work and personal commitments.
• Our market leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - as supporting families is a core aspect of our inclusive culture.
• Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with family options - for peace of mind.

To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering, visit Life at M&G

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions.

If you need assistance or an alternative means of applying for a role due to a disability or additional need, please let us know by contacting us at: [email protected]