Senior Lead Data Delivery

Senior Lead Data Delivery
Location: Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane
Type: Permanent, full time
The opportunity
The role sits in QBE's AUSPAC (Australia & Pacific) division's Data Partnering, Strategy and Performance team in the Chief Data and Analytics Office, part of AUSPAC's Enterprise Operations. Reporting to the Head of Data Partnering, Strategy, and Performance, you will design data pipelines and products, manage cross-functional teams, and leverage technologies like data lakehousing, ETL, and Generative AI to meet business and governance objectives.
Your new role
This role supports AUSPAC's transformation by streamlining Data & Analytics engagement and aligning solutions with business needs. As Senior Lead – Data Delivery, you will oversee data product delivery in a business domain, working with the Senior Lead – Data Partnering and stakeholders to translate requirements into actionable workflows.
Key responsibilities

Relationship Management: Build networks across teams to encourage collaboration, communication, and innovation. Strengthen relationships with Technology and shared services to address constraints and deliver solutions that meet business objectives.
Project Planning: Collaborate with Senior Leads to understand demand, create project plans, estimate resources, and track progress, adjusting as needed based on funding and commitments.
Supply Management: Oversee project execution, coordinate delivery resources, align activities with priorities, and keep stakeholders informed on progress and adjustments.
Product & Service Delivery: Lead programs from inception to maintenance, managing progress, risks, and dependencies. Translate stakeholder objectives into technical requirements, monitor backlogs, and ensure alignment with service level agreements.
Working Relationships: Partner with Data & Analytics, Technology, and service teams throughout the lifecycle of product design, delivery, and maintenance. Work closely with Senior Leads to meet business needs.
Strategy & Planning: Contribute to Data & Analytics strategies, monitor program status, and support capability growth across AUSPAC.
Activities: Attend project meetings, author assessments, manage risks, maintain project plans, and ensure quality and compliance with standards and policies.

About you
To be successful in this role, you will have:

Proven experience in leading end-to-end delivery in complex data environments, including data warehouses, data lakes, application development, data science, and machine learning.
Skilled at translating business needs into technical solutions, with strong communication abilities and a deep understanding of data and analytics solutions from start to finish.
Extensive stakeholder management experience, with a consultative approach to managing expectations, navigating complex challenges, and driving alignment across diverse business functions.
Experience in leading the end-to-end lifecycle of data & analytic products and services.
Expertise in delivery, including understanding technical requirements and collaborating with delivery teams to drive execution.
Demonstrated experience in data & analytic product and service delivery, with strong skills in data & analytic solutioning and backlog management.
Strong communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels across business and shared service functions.
Experience working in agile environments, with the ability to lead teams, balance competing priorities, and adapt quickly to changes.
Familiarity with a broad range of data & analytics technologies and applications, and a passion for staying current with best practices and industry advancements.
Preferable – experience in the insurance industry or a regulated business environment, with an understanding of the unique data challenges and opportunities in such contexts.

About QBE
We can never really predict what's around the corner, but at QBE we're asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage. We're an international insurer that's building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.
And our people will be at the centre of our success. We're proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities. With more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we're big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.
We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too? Your career at QBE — let's make it happen!
Benefits
We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

'Hybrid Working' – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance.
Our 'Thriving at our Best' wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice.
18 weeks' gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super.
The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching.
Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums.
Additional leave and support through QBE's Family Domestic Violence First Responder Network.
Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners.

Rewards & Recognition
We value our employee's experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice.
2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards.
Platinum employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion.
Ranked 3rd place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2024 for medium sized program as voted by graduates.
Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020 (HBF Direct Advice for Dads).
Family First accredited employer since 2021.

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Skills: Analytical Thinking, Coaching, Communication, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Data Science, Data Security, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Performance Management (PM), Presenting with Impact, Risk Management, Statistical Analysis, Strategic Management, Team Management.
Application Close Date: 28/11/2024 11:59 PM
How to Apply:
To submit your application, click "Apply" and follow the step by step process.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.
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