Project Manager Data Business Analyst

Wakam is a B2B2C digital insurer designing embedded and white-label insurance products for over 80 partners across Europe. Powered by our proprietary Play&Plug technology platform, we offer API-based solutions and manage fully cloud-native insurance programs.

Operating in 32 countries, Wakam is a European leader in digital and embedded insurance, with a business model driven by transparency, technology, and impact.

We are also a mission-driven company, dedicated to "enabling transparent and impactful insurance" for all our partners.

Join Wakam's Data & Analytics function, working hand-in-hand with our PMO and business teams to deliver data-centric solutions that power underwriting, claims, policy admin and partner operations. You'll sit at the crossroads of strategy, delivery, and governance—turning business needs into robust, compliant, and scalable data products. 

As a Project Manager Data Business Analyst, you will own the end-to-end delivery of data initiatives—from discovery to go-live—while driving best-in-class governance and execution. In this role, you will:

• Lead business analysis to translate business needs into clear, testable technical specs for data solutions. 

• Manage full project lifecycles (initiation → closure): plans, timelines, milestones, critical path, RAID, and reporting. 

• Run project governance: steerco prep, status reporting, escalation, stakeholder comms across all levels. 

• Coordinate cross-functional squads and capacity planning to protect scope, quality, and velocity. 

• Own vendor/outsourcing relationships: contracts, SLA performance, compliance with data governance. 

• Manage budgets & risks: estimates, tracking, variance analysis; risk identification, mitigation, contingencies. 

• Deliver with Agile when relevant (sprint planning, dailies, reviews, retros) and handle change control. 

• Onboard new MGAs/TPAs and continuously improve data quality & lead-time toward straight-through processing. 

• 5 years + experience as a Data Business Analyst Project Manager  delivering data-centric solutions in insurance. 

• Certifications welcome: BCS/IIBA (BA), CSM/PSM (Agile); strong Kanban/PM tooling proficiency. 

• Depth in requirements, process mapping, stakeholder mgmt, and converting needs into deliverables. 

• Resource/capacity planning; vendor management (procurement, contracts, SLAs). 

• Risk, quality, and change management across complex programs. 

• Data governance & compliance (GDPR, insurance standards) and solid data tech literacy (DBs, ETL, BI, analytics). 

• Insurance data model expertise (underwriting, claims, policy admin; delegated authority/bordereaux). Snowflake nice-to-have; familiarity with Polaris or COTS bordereaux tools a plus. 

• A strategic project thinker with a methodical, documentation-first approach. 

• Proactive problem-solver who anticipates risks and drives mitigations. 

• Strong facilitator & influencer, comfortable guiding decisions and building consensus. 

• Data-driven, KPI-oriented, and adaptable across waterfall, agile, or hybrid delivery. 

• Collaborative leader with resilience under pressure and excellent written/oral communication—able to translate technical topics for business audiences and operate across cultures/time zones. 

Make outsized impact in a European insurtech leader: deliver high-visibility data programs, shape best practices, partner with top insurers/MGAs/TPAs, and work with modern tooling (from cloud data stacks to agile PM). You'll enjoy real ownership, cross-functional collaboration, and a culture that rewards autonomy, innovation, and results.

We believe in keeping recruitment human and efficient. Here's what to expect:

1. Initial interview with Talent Acquisition Partner

2. Deep-dive technical interview with our Head of Operations UK

3. Team interview with the Data Team

4. Final interview in our London Office with Head of People UK & Head of Operations UK

Apply Now and Join the Insurance Revolution
Let's build resilient and impactful insurance together.

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