Lead – Data Products

Company Description
Lendi Group is a market-leading digital platform business that is focused on revolutionising the entire property journey. It operates Lendi - Australia's original and #1 digital mortgage brand - and the iconic Aussie franchise.

Powered by an advanced AI proprietary platform, a national network of 1,300 brokers, 230 retail stores, a team of experienced buyer's agents, integrated property search and conveyancing, Aussie is supporting customers at every step of their property journey to find, buy and own with more confidence than ever before. Lendi Group's loan book is more than $100b and it was named Australia's Aggregator of the Year for 2024.

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Why Join Us?

• Innovation at Our Core – We challenge the status quo and push boundaries to create better solutions.
• Work with the Best – Collaborate with some of the brightest minds in fintech, financial services, and strategy.
• Make an Impact – Contribute to meaningful projects that shape our business and the future of property finance.
• Grow & Evolve – Develop your skills and advance your career in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment.

As the Lead – Data Products, you will be responsible for the strategy, delivery, governance, and lifecycle management of Lendi Group's core curated and governed data assets. This includes key foundational products such as out Customer and Property Bureaus and gold-layer data products that support analytics, AI/ML, reporting, and operational use cases.

You will oversee the development of certified semantic models in PowerBI, management of data transformation pipelines in dbt Cloud, and work closely with data engineers, analysts, and data scientists to ensure consistency, quality, and reusability across the enterprise.

You will also be accountable for leading the AI Native transformation roadmap for the Data Supergroup, including initiatives that enable agentic workflows, automation, and intelligent data products. Additionally, you will own the enterprise PowerBI capability within the Microsoft Fabric platform, including platform maintenance, evolution of reporting architecture, and the strategic roadmap for expanding reporting assets in close partnership with the Analytics & Data Science Lead and Business Performance Lead.

This role is central to Lendi's transition to an AI Native organisation, providing trusted, scalable data products that serve as the foundation for intelligent automation and next-generation insight delivery.

Job Description
Data Product Ownership

• Define and lead the roadmap for Lendi's curated data product portfolio.
• Own the design, evolution, and lifecycle of key silver/gold layer assets including customer, broker, property, and performance domains.
• Ensure semantic and transformation logic reflects accurate, governed business definitions.

Technical Enablement & Platform Oversight

• Oversee the build and optimisation of dbt Cloud pipelines that transform raw data into reusable, production-grade datasets.
• Guide the development and management of certified PowerBI semantic models within the Microsoft Fabric platform, including DAX metrics, RLS, and standardised hierarchies.
• Lead PowerBI maintenance and run operations, while setting the roadmap for scalable, governed, and AI-augmented reporting products.

AI Native Roadmap & Transformation

• Lead the Data Supergroup's AI Native roadmap, delivering enablers for automation, agentic data use, and intelligent decisioning.
• Partner with platform, analytics, data science, and governance leads to identify and deliver AI-ready datasets and use cases.
• Embed AI/ML readiness and GPT-enablement into curated data products and reporting suites.

Data Governance & Quality

• Drive enterprise-wide data governance, metadata standards, and lifecycle practices.
• Ensure trust, quality, discoverability, and reusability across all data products.
• Champion shared definitions, metric consistency, and regulatory compliance.

Collaboration & Data Activation

• Serve as the primary bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders across Product, Distribution, Growth, and Finance.
• Translate business needs into high-impact data product solutions.
• Partner with Analytics & Data Science to productionise model inputs and enrich analytical use cases.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in data product, analytics engineering, or BI leadership roles.
• Proven experience with dbt Cloud, SQL, and PowerBI semantic model development.
• Experience managing PowerBI within enterprise platforms like Microsoft Fabric.
• Strong understanding of Medallion architecture and production-grade data modelling practices.
• Proven experience leading data governance frameworks and enterprise data stewardship.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver AI/ML-enabling data products and support intelligent automation.
• Ability to translate complex business needs into structured data products.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience in financial services, fintech, or large-scale multi-channel environments (including retail and partner ecosystems) highly desirable.

Additional Information
Lendi Group teams operate across Australia and the Philippines. Bringing together diverse expertise, innovative technology and a customer-first approach, our teams work seamlessly to simplify the property journey, helping Australians find, buy and own property with confidence.

Benefits
We support our people in a variety of ways, but a few of the benefits that our people rave about include:

• A vibrant, relaxed, yet professional culture.
• Hybrid working arrangement designed to support work-life balance, while fostering meaningful connection and collaboration.
• A holistic wellbeing programs offering 24/7 support, including medical, mental health, and financial wellbeing services to enable our workforce to thrive at home and work.
• Generous paid Parental Leave: we celebrate our growing Lendi Group family with 18-26 weeks leave for primary carers and up to 4 weeks for secondary carers.
• An additional week's Loyalty Leave each year after reaching 3 years' service.
• Wellness initiatives with a strong focus on psychological safety.

We're committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive community at Lendi Group. We believe that a team reflecting the world around us leads to greater innovation, stronger collaboration, and a more engaging workplace.

Our culture is guided by our 3 core values: We Are Stronger United; Act Like You Own It; and Keep Home Loans Human. Our values are part of our core DNA that helps Lendi Group to attract, engage and evolve the right talent and build best-in-class products.

This is an opportunity to shape the future of a fast-growing, purpose-driven company that's transforming the homeownership journey.

Ready to contribute to Lendi Group's next chapter? Apply now and be part of something big