Manager Data Engineering and Governance

2 weeks ago


Perth, Western Australia St John WA Full time

St John WA is a well renowned not-for-profit organisation whose vision and purpose is to serve humanity and build resilient communities.

With over 130 years of experience, the culture at St John WA is underpinned by a strong team spirit, camaraderie and the collaboration of employees and volunteers working together to change lives, while creating a powerful sense of belonging, where our people want to work.

This combined with over 2800 permanent team members, 6000 volunteer team members and annual revenues of $500 million, makes St John WA the industry leader in the provision of pre-hospital care and related products in Western Australia. Each year we attend in excess of 275,000 people across the state, treat 350,000 patients at our primary health centres and teach over 330,000 people life-saving first aid skills.

A Job to be proud of:

The newly established Business Intelligence, Planning and Improvement department aims to improve delivery, coordination and alignment of services across the organisation. We provide a 'one stop shop' for enterprise-wide analysis, reporting, improvement and decision support, as well as program planning, delivery, change and governance through a collaborative and localised partnership model.

You'll be part of a highly skilled, committed and collaborative management team that together provide crucial and highly valued services to the rest of the organisation.

This role is responsible for the leadership and management of a team of highly technical data engineers.

What you'll do:

  • Accountable for managing the architecture, development and maintenance of the organisation's data platform, data warehouse and batch and streaming data pipelines, which are used in the creation and delivery of data analytics products and services.
  • Work closely and collaboratively with the other managers in the department to establish, improve and implement processes, tools and frameworks for successful delivery and management.
  • Lead the development and implementation of an organisation-wide Data Governance Framework and Strategy – defining processes, roles, policies, and standards for the creation, use and protection of the organisation's data resources.
  • Contribute to enterprise-wide data architecture design and build.
  • Work closely with Digital Services and Information Technology and other internal and external stakeholders.
  • Manage vendors and delivery of services supplied.
  • Raising the organisational capability to successfully leverage data as an asset, to maximise the impact of analytics products and services.
  • Managing day-to-day operations of a highly technical team of data engineers, including task allocation, scheduling, and decision making.
  • Manage to an agreed budget, timeframes and scope.
  • Ensure function performance, relevant KPIs and/or business metrics are managed and reported on
  • Promote a harmonious workplace to foster an emotionally safe, positive and productive workplace culture.

What you'll need:

  • Significant experience in data engineering and data governance, preferably in a large and complex organisation with multiple stakeholders.
  • Significant experience and demonstrated success in delivering major data engineering projects to tackle complex issues across a multi-discipline organisation.
  • Proven track record in leading high performing teams.
  • Experience in data migration and cloud technologies.
  • Experience contributing to enterprise data strategy and high-level capability planning.
  • Tertiary qualification within a relevant field, with a proven track record of continuous professional development.

Are you ready to change lives?

To apply for this exciting opportunity please select "Apply Now". Applications must include a comprehensive CV, and a cover letter of no more than two (2) pages, that clearly outlines:

  • Why this opportunity interests you and your motivation to apply.
  • An example of a relevant initiative that you have managed with organisation-wide impact.
  • Your ability and experience in establishing and leading a team and your approach to team management.
  • An example where you have established or improved processes, tools or frameworks within a team that you have managed.

For further information or questions please contact Talent Sourcing Consultant Jenna Childs on

Applications close Sunday 26th May 2024 at 6 pm.

We actively encourage applications from people of all ages, genders, nationalities, abilities, and cultural backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, members of the LGBTIQ+ community, and all other suitable applicants.

Please note that St John will not accept recruitment agency applications for this position.

St John reserves the right to select a shortlist from the applications received. The selection process employed will be at the discretion of St John.


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