Primary Details

Time Type: Full timeWorker Type: Employee

• Sydney, NSW (flexible)

• Fixed Term Contract role (12 months)

• Hybrid role, happy to talk flexible working

The opportunity

Join our team as a Senior Governance Specialist where you’ll play a pivotal role in elevating data governance maturity and fostering a culture of data integrity across QBE. This role is ideal for a governance expert with a strong background in regulatory compliance, policy formulation, and governance process design, ready to engage with business leaders, drive policy adoption, develop maturity and ensure consistent application of standards in data and AI.

Your new role:

In this role you will work closely with the Data Governance manager and other key stakeholders including data stewards, risk managers, senior management and business units to drive the development and adoption of policy and governance processes, policy formation, awareness and education and driving cultural change and quantifying effectiveness.

Primary Responsibilities will include:

• Work with the Data and AI Governance Manager to implement processes and tools to improve maturity in data management and responsible use of AI across the organization.

• Play a key role in embedding clear guidelines, rules, and standards for data and AI usage.

• Partner with internal customers to identify business objectives and propose initiatives to improve business performance.

• Facilitate and support business data stewards in undertaking data management processes.

• Provide insight on the impact of regulatory and operational change on Governance requirements.

• Drive cultural change into all parts of the organisation.

• Keeps abreast of developments, trends and best practices in data and AI governance and management.

Your story so far

To succeed, you’ll need a strong grasp of the value, importance and use of data in financial services, as well as distribution of accountability through an organisation, governance processes, associated registrar and secretariat functions, establishing metrics and driving continuous improvement.

Required skills and experience:

• Knowledge and understanding of data governance principles and practices, including policy development, lifecycle management, stewardship, and data roles and responsibilities.

• Critical thinking to coach others in making data driven decisions, backed with strong problem-solving skills to address data-related issues and challenges.

• Good verbal and written skills to effectively communicate with senior management, data stewards and other teams on data principles and driving cultural change.

• Proficient in preparing and conducting training sessions across the breadth of levels / roles within an organization.

• Strong business acumen to understand QBE’s businesses and how data governance aligns and is used to support the same.

• Familiarity with potential applications, methods and risks associated with analytic models, machine learning and artificial intelligence, including generative AI.

• Experience in the insurance industry will be a plus.

• Ability to adapt to evolving business needs and to keep abreast with changing principles and industry regulations.

• Collaborating with others to establish and embed policies and promote cultural change.

About QBE

We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage. We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We’re proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities. With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too? Your career at QBE — let’s make it happen!

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

• ‘Hybrid Working’ – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance

• Life Leave, supporting the life events we all experience, leaving your annual leave for rest

• Free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice

• 18 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super

• Voluntary super contributions and company matching

• Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums

• A range of discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services

Rewards & Recognition

We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• 2025 Winner of Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award at the Insurance Business Australia Awards for our Respect@QBE program

• 2023 Most Inclusive Workplace at the Australian HR Institute (AHRI) Awards

• 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice

• 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards

• Platinum employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion

• Ranked in the top ten in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2025 for medium sized program as voted by graduates

• Family Friendly Workplace accredited employer since 2021

Apply now

APPLY NOW and let’s make it happen!

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QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networks please contact us at recruitment@qbe.com

Skills:

Collaboration Tools, Communication, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Data Management Software, Data Quality Assessments, Data Stewardship, High Accuracy, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Metadata Management, Regulatory Compliance, Research Analysis, Risk Management, Stakeholder ManagementApplication Close Date: 10/12/2025 11:59 PM

How to Apply:

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.