Address- Be at the forefront of Data & Analytics technology and innovation
- Permanent role with flexible working arrangements
- Salary – 151,114 + Super + Benefits
About the role:
Leading the Advanced Analytics team, you’ll be helping us to secure WA’s water future. Your team will gather and analyse data from 7 business units and 50 different functions. Under your leadership, they’ll help optimise the operations of our water, wastewater, drainage, and customer engagement in the most cost-effective and sustainable approach.
The way you apply a data and scientific lens to business tactics and strategy will help to minimise tension between change, cost, performance, and innovation. How you manage the data analytics product lifecycle will give you a deeper understanding of people and common problems, balancing various priorities so everyone experiences a positive outcome.
Your team will gather and analyse data that develops the way our business thinks and works. You believe in finding a better way because you’ve applied mathematical models to complex issues before and you’ve developed solutions that changed people’s hearts, minds and lives.
Your approach to leadership is without question. You’ll be inspiring your team to solve problems with data through building data roadmaps, suggesting recommendations to stakeholders, while developing proof of value and managing your portfolio of live data products.
Your experience with setting a clear direction, performance goals and building a committed team of people will ensure everyone’s on the right tracks. As will your approach to providing supportive and constructive feedback, which will support a valued culture of learning, continuous improvement, and shared accountability.
What the role will offer:
Working in the heart of Perth’s best cosmopolitan hub, our Leederville office is only a skip, hop and a jump from the Leederville train station.
In this role, you can make time for what is important with our great flexible work arrangements. Enjoy working from home or maybe flexible start and finish times.
Other benefits include but limited to:
- Two well-being days each year to do whatever you need to do to feel good
- Access to long service leave pro rata after 3 years of service
- Generous co-contribution superannuation up to 13%
- Purchase additional leave of up to 4 weeks
- Employee Assistance Program
About you:
There are a few things that we’ll look for in your CV;
You’ll have a degree in data science, computer science, management information systems, or a related field. Throughout your career you will have gained extensive experience with client / business relationship management as the functional go-to person with multiple business partners from a data analytics or equivalent perspective.
You’ll have experience leading a team, and be experienced in data product management, agile project delivery or customer experience functions working within an innovative product development environment.
What the role will involve
- Lead and manage a technical team of Data Science and Advanced Analytics specialists to develop, maintain and support operational data products ensuring their continued relevance and value to business.
- Liaise with key stakeholders to identify and prioritise strategic and tactical business needs in relation to Advanced Analytics and data science.
- Manages the data product lifecycle from idea to production to ensure that business decisions are continually optimised through the leverage of data.
- Manage the team’s capacity across new product development, enhancements, production maintenance and support, enablement, and continuous improvement to optimise the value of the team’s delivery pipeline for the Corporation.
- With support from your team, provide technical leadership and mentoring to the business within subject matter expertise and innovation through the introduction of new technology.
- Identify, align and implement Data Science and Advanced Analytics emerging trends, methods and practices.
Apply: If you are interested in the above opportunity, please submit a covering letter and resume that best demonstrates your ability to meet the requirements of the role.
As part of the recruitment process you may be required to complete pre-employment screening which may include a medical, qualification check, police clearance and Australian working rights check.
Applications close 24 March 2024
We reserve the right to withdraw this ad prior to the closing date.
Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace:
Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community.
We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Applicants with disability who require adjustments, or alternative methods of communication in the recruitment process, can contact a Recruitment Officer at ***********@watercorporation.com.au or 9420 2000.
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