Data Domain Lead

About the role:

As a senior team member, you will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of data initiatives and projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives, on-time delivery and high-quality outcomes. This role acts as the bridge between the data delivery team and technology, data operations and capabilities teams ensuring seamless coordination and timely resolution of challenges.You will understand data development methodologies and work closely with technical leads to ensure adherence to technical standards and support continuous improvement in the delivery of data services. This role will also include the day to day people lead tasks for a handful of team members. As part of this, you will be responsible for ensuring the welfare of the team members alongside their day to day workload.

This role is offered as a 12 months fixed term contract with potential permanency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Successfully manage, measure and report the timely delivery of data solutions to projects, programs and value-streams. Ensure that deliverables are of high quality and meet the intended business outcomes.
• Ensure high quality delivery including planning, execution, stakeholder management, dependency management and operational risk management (delivered and delivery).
• Collaborate with the Data strategy and capabilities teams and program delivery resources (including Project Managers and Program Directors) to manage project schedules, milestones, deliverables and dependencies.
• Provide direction and leadership to data delivery resources, which may include data engineers, data analysts, data governance analysts and other technical roles. Ensure that team members are clear on their tasks and objectives.
• Manage ongoing quality control and participate in quality issue resolution for delivery resources.
• Facilitate effective communication between the delivery team, the Senior Leader, Data Strategy & Capabilities, technical leads and business stakeholders ensuring that everyone is aligned on priorities and progress.
  Ensure that all development, data management and security standards and procedures are adhered to during delivery. Work with technical leads to ensure that any technical challenges of delivery are addressed promptly.

About you:

You have proven experience in leading a team of skilled professionals to work together to deliver data products meeting high standards, ensuring delivery pipelines are executed in an agile, efficient and scalable manner. You are an effective communicator and work collaboratively with the Data Strategy & Capabilities team to ensure the alignment of delivery to business value, design standards and development practices.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Demonstrated knowledge and skills in project management techniques, tools and methodologies covering all phases of project life cycle, ideally in a data-related field. Experience with Agile or Scrum methodologies is highly desirable.
• Ability to manage and align expectations of multiple stakeholders encompassing technical, business and senior management.
• Proven experience leading teams, including cross-functional or technical teams. Ability to motivate and guide teams, resolve conflicts and manage performance.
• Solid understanding of cloud and data technologies, including familiarity with data warehousing, ETL, data migration and analytical tools. Awareness of data management, governance and compliance requirements.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Works effectively within a team environment and fosters positive relationships with team members and stakeholders.
  Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools including JIRA and Confluence.

Why you'll love working with us:

People First Bank – our new brand – says exactly what we're all about: people. We're committed to supporting and growing our team and creating an outstanding work environment.

You'll have access to financial and lifestyle benefits to support your success and individuality:

• Flexibility and hybrid working arrangements.
• Enhance your salary with discounts on banking, health insurance, and shopping across Australia.
• Advance your career with training, study support, and project opportunities.
• Competitive leave benefits that empower employees to take time for themselves and loved ones.
• Wellbeing support with our Employee Assistance Program, wellbeing leave, mental health app, and mental health ambassadors' program.
• Make a difference with paid volunteering, Workplace Giving, and diverse community initiatives.
• Be recognised for your contributions through our peer-driven recognition program.

A bit about People First Bank:

In March 2023, People's Choice and Heritage Bank merged to form Heritage and People's Choice Limited - Australia's leading mutual bank. We are now on an exciting journey to bring together our products, services, and technology under a single brand - People First Bank.

We have over 700,000 members and 1,900 employees, with dual head offices in Adelaide and Toowoomba, an Australian-based contract centre and branches across five states.

With a vision 'To deliver positive change through banking', People First Bank serves members and contributes to the community, while offering an inclusive, flexible work environment. We're big enough to make an impact; but agile enough to influence and do interesting work.

Apply online now:

If this sounds like you, this could be the next step in your career. Click 'Apply' now and submit your application, including a cover letter and current resume by 1 st October 2025 .

We are committed to diversity and inclusion and support candidate requests for adjustments to enable everyone to equitably participate in our selection process.