Data & AI Management & Analytics Manager (M/F)

Job description

A French leader in online motor insurance since 1992, Direct Assurance, part of the AXA Group, also offers home, motorcycle, and health insurance. Today, more than two million customers trust us for our suitable pricing and personalized claims handling. In a highly competitive insurance market, Direct Assurance designs solutions to meet customers’ needs while protecting their purchasing power. We make customer experience a priority by offering a range of products that is simple, clear, and effective.

If you are looking for a friendly, dynamic, digital, innovation-focused environment at a growing company, join us. You will enjoy growing with us, innovating with us, and earning our customers’ love.

YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Within Direct Assurance’s Data & AI team in the IT and Innovation Department (D2I), as Data & AI Management & Analytics Manager you will ensure the coherence of our data assets, lead data governance, and strengthen Data Management standards and practices with high technical and operational expectations. You will also lead a team of Analytics Engineers delivering analytics to meet the business needs of different support functions.

Your responsibilities

Lead the Data Managers community – Chapter Lead, Data Governance

• Define, maintain, and expand Direct Assurance’s data ecosystem with the Data Architect, including domains, subdomains, data products, and use cases, and its associated governance.
• Formalize and document data best practices, including guides, templates, checklists, procedures, and reference materials.
• Build shared data glossaries and clarify data ownership.
• Accelerate KPI harmonization, including definitions, calculation rules, data sources, and shared use.
• Organize and facilitate Data community meetings, including agendas, facilitation, minutes, and action tracking.

Provide internal Data & AI Management advice

• Advise project teams on appropriate data use, including source selection, quality, and business relevance.
• Guide teams on data modeling with the Data Architect across domains and products.
• Oversee application of governance rules in Data & AI projects and products.
• Support Product Managers and Data Managers in incorporating governance requirements into their roadmaps and backlogs.

Contribute to Data/AI risk management and compliance

• Work with the Data Protection Officer (DPO) to strengthen data-privacy procedures within data governance.
• Identify, assess, and document the main risks related to (1) data quality, (2) data use in AI models, and (3) data protection and confidentiality.
• Help define remediation and action plans for identified data risks.
• Help prepare internal and external audits by providing history, context, and past decisions; track implementation of actions and report to the relevant governance bodies.

Deliver analytics products

• Manage a team of 3 Analytics Engineers responsible for creating analytics products—dashboards, ad hoc analyses, and cubes—for different business departments using shared Data Factory assets.

YOUR PROFILE

• Higher-education qualification at master’s level (Bac+5), ideally from an engineering school.
• At least 5 to 6 years of experience as a Data Manager, with mastery of key Data Management topics such as Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Ownership, Data Products, and Data Mesh.
• Insurance-sector experience is essential.
• Fluent English is essential.
• Proven team-management experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and significant project-management experience.

WHY JOIN US?

We believe that to take good care of our customers, we must first take good care of our employees. We offer many benefits, including:

• A comprehensive compensation package with fixed salary, variable pay, bonuses, profit-sharing and incentive payments, the option to acquire AXA shares, and attractive savings plans.
• Flexible working arrangements, with up to 3 remote-work days per week depending on the role, meal vouchers for remote-work days, and possible contributions toward purchasing a monitor or ergonomic chair.
• Support for work-life balance: 28 days of paid annual leave, 14–16 RTT days depending on the year, part-time arrangements, and paid leave for events such as the start of the school year or a move.
• Opportunities to support causes that matter to you through associations such as AXA Atout Cœur, AXA Compétences Solidaires, and AXA Prévention.
• Much more: extensive skills and career-development opportunities, employee works council, concierge services, special offers, and support during personal hardship. The list is long.

In line with our commitments, we celebrate every new hire by supporting global reforestation: we plant one tree for every hire. Ready to apply?

YOUR WORKING ENVIRONMENT

AXA’s purpose is to act together every day for human progress by protecting what matters in more than 50 countries. We support nearly 95 million customers at every stage of their lives, a mission that gives our more than 145,000 employees and agents around the world a reason to feel good about getting up in the morning.

At AXA, we value our differences and welcome people from diverse backgrounds. In addition to pursuing an active inclusion policy, we act every day as a responsible corporate citizen on social and environmental causes. If these ambitions speak to you, join one of the leading insurance groups and help us change the world.

We make employee experience a priority. We offer professional-development pathways aligned with the insurance sector’s digital transformation to enrich your skills. We are committed to celebrating our successes. The welcoming atmosphere we share comes from the diversity of the people we recruit. We offer many benefits, including leave, part-time work, and remote work. Our offices provide a modern environment with relaxation spaces such as table football and a cafeteria, as well as services such as a fitness area and childcare places, to support a positive employee experience.

We are committed to fighting discrimination and supporting diversity and equal opportunity. All our jobs are open to people with disabilities. If you are interested in this position and motivated by the opportunity to contribute significantly to the company’s development in an innovative and dynamic environment, join us.