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• Contract start 19 June 2023 to 12 months.
• Australian Citizen, Richmond VIC, Geelong VIC or Surry Hills NSW role.

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Overview

The EL2 Director, Data Platforms is a senior leadership position within the Analytics, Data and Actuarial Group and is primarily responsible for oversight, maintenance, development and success of the Agencys Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), and will lead the design, development and operational management of EDW and associated reporting and analytics platforms.

The Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) is a critical business system, enabling every NDIA Division and multiple external stakeholders to be data driven. Supporting decisions from real-time operational through to significant policies, the breadth, quality, reliability and timeliness of data in the EDW is of fundamental importance to the efficient running and overall effectiveness of the NDIS.

The NDIAs data landscape is far from static, but continually evolving and growing, and there is always a full pipeline of new development and enhancements projects. Many of these developments are in collaboration with Data & Analytics colleagues with specific responsibilities for different internal and external customers. Data Platforms team members are expected to work inside agile, muti-disciplinary squads.

The Director, Data Platforms has authority and responsibility to set strategic direction, determine design and delivery standards, manage risks and seek opportunities across a broad and often complex set of priorities and multiple stakeholders.

The Director, Data Platforms must balance the need for high quality, timely daily operations, the delivery of bespoke new developments for internal customers, solution consistency and efficiency as well as the continued evolution of the platform and data capability as a whole.

Every application requires to address selection criteria as part of application submission.

Essential Criteria

1. Excellent understanding of data platform architectures, technologies and development methodologies and the ability to explain to non-technical audiences

2. Strong communication and negotiation skills

3. Ability to collaborate effectively with IT teams, analytics professionals as well as senior business leaders

4. Experience building and leading teams, including mentoring, empowering and developing expertise

5. Experience with automating and scheduling daily, weekly and monthly operational processes and monitor processes for performance and quality to agreed service levels