Senior data & ai governance specialist

Senior Data & AI Governance Specialist

Location: Sydney/Melbourne – Type: Permanent, full time – Hybrid role, flexible working options available.

This senior role plays a key part in shaping QBE's data foundations to support AI and advanced analytics. You will drive improvements in data quality, governance and metadata, ensuring the organisation has trusted, scalable, and AI‐ready data to support better decision‐making.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives to improve data quality, metadata management, and data governance practices across the organisation.
• Define and implement data quality rules, standards, and frameworks to support AI and analytics outcomes.
• Develop and enhance semantic models, ontologies, and metadata structures to enable AI readiness.
• Partner with business and technical stakeholders to solve data challenges and embed best practices.
• Improve adoption and usability of data governance tools through scalable, self‐service approaches.
• Support integration and optimisation of platforms such as Ataccama, Collibra, and Databricks.

About You

You are a forward‐thinking data professional with a passion for enabling high‐quality, trusted data at scale. You combine strong technical expertise with a collaborative mindset and are excited by the opportunity to shape how data supports AI and business outcomes.

Key Requirements

• Strong experience in data governance, data quality, or metadata management.
• Hands‐on experience with tools such as Collibra, Ataccama, or similar platforms.
• Understanding of modern data environments (e.g. Databricks) and data architecture concepts.
• Ability to work across business and technology stakeholders to deliver practical outcomes.
• Interest in AI and how data underpins advanced analytics and emerging capabilities.
• 7+ years' experience in data roles within a regulated environment (financial services preferred).

Benefits

• Hybrid Working – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance work/life balance.
• Free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice.
• 18 weeks' gender‐equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super.

Equal Employment Opportunity

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates. We are an international insurer and reinsurer offering a diverse portfolio of commercial, personal and specialty products, as well as risk management solutions.

Application Closing Date

28/06/2026 11:59 PM