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Senior Manager, Quality Engineering – Data

@ Aviva
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Markham, Ontario, Canada
$115k-$160k/yrHybridFull Time
Responsibilities:lead quality, define tests, embed automation
Requirements Summary:10+ years in Quality Engineering focusing on data platforms and data quality; leadership of large-scale data/QA programs; strong data architecture, ETL/ELT, and automation experience; cloud data platforms (Snowflake) and data governance knowledge; Agile delivery and distributed teams; insurance/regulated data experience is a plus.
Technical Tools Mentioned:Snowflake, ETL/ELT, CI/CD, Automation, Data Quality Tools
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Job Description

Individually we are people, but together we are Aviva. Individually these are just words, but together they are our Values – Care, Commitment, Community, and Confidence.

The Senior Manager, Quality Engineering – Data will lead and coordinate all aspects of Data Quality Engineering across Aviva’s enterprise data ecosystem. This role will own end‑to‑end quality for Aviva’s various Data Platforms, while continuing to ensure stability, accuracy, and reconciliation across technologies for BAU and various enterprise transformational initiatives.

Responsibilities will be primarily program and platform related, supporting critical data initiatives spanning ingestion, transformation, analytics, reporting, and downstream system feeds. You will work closely with Program Delivery Leads, Enterprise Data Services, Engineering, Analytics, Finance, and Business Stakeholders, as well as Quality Engineering leaders and engineers across onshore, nearshore, and offshore teams.

This role is pivotal in Aviva’s QA to QE transformation, shifting data quality left, embedding automation and controls into pipelines, and providing transparency into data quality, risk, and readiness through dashboards and metrics.

As Aviva continues to modernize, data platforms and analytics are core to how we operate. We are investing in modern cloud technologies, AI ready platforms, and strong engineering practices to enable growth, efficiency, and regulatory confidence. You’ll work on exciting, diverse programs with broad exposure across IT and business teams, and you’ll have significant scope to influence how data quality is designed, measured, and sustained across the enterprise.

What you’ll do

Data Quality Engineering Leadership:

  • Provide overall leadership for Data Quality Engineering from a platform and program perspective, covering Snowflake, Enterprise Data Hub and more.

  • Define, socialize, and implement Data QE strategies and test plans aligned to Aviva’s delivery and governance frameworks.

  • Establish end-to-end ownership of data quality, consolidating testing for upstream, downstream, analytics, and financial/regulatory feeds under QE accountability.

  • Lead quality validation ensuring data integrity, transformation accuracy, metadata consistency, and lineage.

  • Ensure robust data reconciliation including validation of synchronization processes, reports, and downstream feeds.

  • Continuously look for opportunities to increase efficiency by automation and using AI

Data Quality Frameworks & Metrics:

  • Define and operationalize enterprise data quality rules, profiling, anomaly detection, and benchmark frameworks.

  • Embed data quality checks directly into ETL / ELT pipelines and CI/CD, enabling early detection and prevention of defects.

  • Provide transparency through quality dashboards, metrics, trend analysis, and risk reporting for senior partners.

Shift Left & Automation‑First:

  • Drive shift left, test early practices, embedding data quality validation in design, development, and pipeline stages.

  • Lead adoption of automation first testing, including reconciliation automation, API‑level validation, and repeatable data validation frameworks.

  • Establish Test Data Management (TDM) strategies, including masked production data, synthetic data creation, and PII‑safe data handling

Operational Excellence (DataOps / SRE approach):

  • Work with engineering and platform teams to define service health indicators, quality gates, and readiness criteria for data platforms.

  • Ensure mature defect triage, incident response, and root cause analysis processes are in place for data quality issues.

  • Support audit readiness through traceable evidence, controls, and documentation for data quality and testing practices.

Leadership:

  • Lead, coach, and develop Data QE Leads and Engineers across onshore, nearshore, and offshore delivery models.

  • Act as the resolution point for all data related quality risks, issues, and blockers.

  • Provide regular status updates and quality insights to delivery, business, and IT leadership.

What you’ll bring

  • 10+ years of hands-on experience in Quality Engineering, with a strong focus on data platforms and data quality.

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

  • Demonstrated experience leading large-scale data or platform programs from a QA/QE perspective.

  • Strong understanding of data architectures, ETL/ELT pipelines, analytics, and reporting.

  • Extensive experience with data testing, including ingestion validation, transformation accuracy, reconciliation, and downstream feed testing.

  • Proven ability to define and operate data quality frameworks, metrics, and dashboards.

  • Deep experience with automation, CI/CD, and DevOps concepts as they apply to data pipelines.

  • Working experience with cloud data platforms, with Snowflake strongly preferred.

  • Experience supporting legacy data platforms (EDH / DWH) alongside cloud migration programs.

  • Strong understanding of Agile delivery and Scrum teams.

  • Experience managing distributed teams (onshore, offshore, nearshore).

  • P&C insurance domain experience and exposure to financial or regulatory reporting data considered a strong asset.

What you’ll get

  • The salary band for this position ranges from $115,000 to $160,000. Please note that individual salary is determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills and experience, as well as internal equity.

  • Compelling rewards package including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness, and volunteer opportunities.

  • Outstanding Career Development opportunities.

  • We’ll support your professional development education.

  • Competitive vacation package with the option to purchase 5 extra days off per year.

  • Employee driven programs focused on gender, LGBTQ+, origins, diversity, and inclusion.

  • Corporate wellness programs to support our employees’ physical and mental health.

  • Hybrid flexible work model.

This job advertisement is for a new vacancy which has been posted both internally & externally.

Aviva Canada may use AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools to assist us throughout the recruitment process to screen, assess or select applicants for a position.

Aviva Canada welcomes applications from all qualified individuals and has a process in place to provide accommodations for persons with disabilities at all stages of the hiring process and during employment. If you require an accommodation during the interview or hiring process, please contact your Aviva Talent Acquisition Partner so that an appropriate accommodation can be arranged.

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