Senior BI Engineer
About the Role
We have a new opportunity for a proactive and technical Senior BI Engineer to join our highly skilled Data team.
As a leading UK life and pensions mutual insurer with a proud history dating back to 1843, we exist to help people live financially confident lives – protecting their income while they work and maximising it when they stop. Today, over one million members and customers trust us to look after their futures, families and finances.
Joining us means becoming part of a team that puts our members, customers and advisers at the heart of everything we do.
We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues can thrive. We are proud to have built a workplace where our colleagues feel welcomed, respected, supported and valued – reflected in our recognition as one of the Financial Times UK’s Best Employers in 2025 and 2026.
We celebrate individuality and believe our differences make us stronger, so bring your true self and help shape the future of LV=.
You will lead stakeholder engagement and deliver cloud-based BI solutions by transforming raw data into actionable insights to enable more effective strategic and operational decision-making.
This role is offered on a permanent basis with a requirement for regular presence in our Bournemouth office.
Key Responsibilities
•Lead the BI workstream for change portfolios, providing technical expertise and design guidance to ensure solutions align with the data strategy and comply with design standards.
•Utilise cloud technologies and programming languages to develop and maintain centralised data platforms that support the business’s operational and strategic needs.
•Ensure all BI processes and reports are accurately and appropriately documented and that all data governance and quality processes are followed and continuously improved.
•Collaborate with stakeholders to translate data requirements into actionable requests or build solutions.
•Plan and coordinate the prioritisation of data requests to meet business needs in the most appropriate and controlled manner.
•Manage and review the work of developers, mentoring and sharing best practices.
•Contribute to the development and improvement of technical data standards and ensure the development of data products are compliant.
About You
•Extensive experience in BI development and business intelligence and proficient in SQL, Python, DAX, Power Query (M Language)
•Demonstrated understanding of data warehousing, data modeling (Star Schema, Snowflake), and ETL/ELT processes
•Strong business-facing skills with expertise in business modeling and translating processes into data models, combined with advanced performance tuning for large datasets
•Demonstrated ability to apply tools and processes for data security, quality, and accuracy, while implementing best-practice data management, governance, and quality standards
•Proven experience of taking a development lead on work streams within a data centric or technical project
•Exceptional communication skills with the ability to manage stakeholders and translate technical data to a non-technical audience
•Ability to work in an agile, fast-paced environment whilst prioritising tasks to stay responsive to business needs
•Experience of proactively building and maintaining relationships both externally and internally
•Collaborate with end users to review testing outcomes, provide recommendations, and address data quality feedback
Desirable
•Previous experience of working in the insurance/financial services sector
Rewards & Benefits
This role is a Band C in the LV= Structure.
At LV= Life and Pensions, you’ll go above and beyond to do the right thing for our customers. We’ll reward your hard work with an attractive, competitive salary and benefits package, which includes:
•30 days holiday.
•The opportunity to buy or sell up to five days of holiday.
•An annual bonus scheme based on company and personal performance.
•Single-cover private medical insurance (with the option for you to upgrade to family cover).
•Flexible benefits, including a cycle to work scheme, personal accident insurance, critical illness cover and dental insurance.
•Competitive pension scheme - LV= Life and Pensions will double-match the amount you pay, up to 14% (subject to National Minimum Wage requirements).
•Group Life Assurance of four times your basic pay to your dependents (you’ll have the option to increase this to 8 x cover).
•Group Income Protection, if you enrol into the pension scheme and reach 5 years of service.
•Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) service for support when you need it.
•Virtual GP service.
•Shared parental leave.
•Up to 20% discount on our life products for you and your immediate family.
Please note all salary sacrifice benefits are subject to National Minimum Wage requirements i.e. you are unable to select any benefits that would reduce your base pay below the minimum wage threshold.
Please note that we are unable to offer Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship for this role. Therefore, you must ensure that you are eligible to work in the UK without our sponsorship for your application to be considered.
We’re proud of our inclusive culture at LV= and, as an equal-opportunity employer, we continually work to remove unconscious bias from our recruitment process. We value our colleagues for what they bring to our team regardless of any protected status or characteristics they may have. Talk to us about flexible working as part of your application; if it’s right for you, our members and customers, and our business, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen.