Senior Data Manager

• Operational Analytics Lead
• Excellent Leadership Opportunity within Local Govt Opportunity (contract)
• PR/Australian citizenship mandatory
• Experience managing Data team in a complex environment
• Proficiency in data, statistical and visualisation tools such as PowerBI, SQL, R, Python and with Excel, SharePoint, Shiny, Databricks and GIS.

Your new company

You will be working for an Insights and Analysis team within local government organization that is committed to making a positive impact on the lives of Australians. The organization is dedicated to providing high-quality services to the public. The Insights and Analysis team in the Data branch is responsible for providing key internal and external stakeholders with meaningful insights to support major strategic, planning and investment decisions for the municipality.

The Operational Analytics Lead plays a critical role in developing and driving a holistic view of enterprise insights to support a data-lead culture and uplift organisational performance. The position is responsible for collaborating and contributing to the successful delivery of enterprise reporting and analytics projects and provides the opportunity for interaction with high profile stakeholders across the organisation including branch directors, General Managers and the CEO’s office.

Your new role

As an Application Developer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining software applications that support the organization's mission. You will work closely with other developers, project managers, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality software solutions.

The responsibilities of the leadership role include but are not limited to:

• Leading, guiding and managing the team to foster a performance based culture and drive accountability and excellence in outcomes through coaching, mentoring and empowering team members and direct reports to develop and perform at a high level, and as an effective team.
• Efficiently and effectively manage the teams budget
• Steering the evolution of Operational Analytics to support an enterprise-wide data-driven approach to decision making.
• Developing evidence-based data models and visualisations to provide operational performance insights and data which enhance performance accountability reporting of Council’s services.
• Promoting the Data, Analytics and Insights capability and Operational Analytics capability across the organisation
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders to identify opportunities to uplift operational analysis and provide insights.
• Supporting the continued adoption of analytics including the undertaking of research into the opportunities offered by machine learning and artificial intelligence.
• Participating in stakeholder engagement activities, including workshop co-facilitation, in order to develop a deeper understanding on the needs of internal customers.
• Communicating complex data insights across the organisation, including preparing documentation for the CEO.

What you'll need to succeed

• Leadership capability including leading by example and consistently working towards a constructive culture.
• Demonstrated experience in leading a team to achieve high performance outcomes with coaching skills to develop team capabilities, team cohesion and the ability to effectively manage conflict and under performance.
• Proven experience effectively managing issues within a highly political and complex environment.
• A relevant tertiary qualification in ICT, data science/business analytics, mathematics or economics/econometrics, or demonstrated relevant, equivalent professional experience in data analytics.
• Experience in working with a range of data visualisation tools and software interfaces to create and maintain outcome focused, insightful and story-telling performance reporting dashboards.
• Proficient skills in data analysis and interpretation, including experience in using data, statistical and visualisation tools such as PowerBI, SQL, R, Python or other similar tools. Proficiency with Excel, SharePoint, Shiny, Databricks and GIS.
• Partner collaboration capabilities, including a solid track-record in establishing and nurturing partnerships in a complex environment.
• Experience working in an agile environment, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional and multi-disciplinary teams. Desire to work in a structured manner enabling continual, incremental improvement and a test-and-learn mindset.
• Advanced communication (written and verbal) skills including the capacity to liaise effectively with internal and external stakeholders, and the ability to build and manage relationships that facilitate the delivery of CoM’s services.
• Experience in project/program management

What you'll get in return

In return for your hard work, you will receive:

• A competitive salary: You will receive a competitive salary package based on your skills and experience.
• Work on an influential role as a Leader of Data Team.

Call to Action

If you are an experienced Data Lead/Manager looking for an exciting new challenge, we want to hear from you! Please apply now with your resume or email me at ***********@hays.com.au