It’s a strange thing to say, because us humans are capable of incredible things. And at Medibank, we know our greatest potential lies in the people who work with us.

We strive to make real, fundamental change, driven by a simple purpose: to create the best health and wellbeing for all of Australia.

****This is a 12 month fixed term contract role & candidates must be based in Victoria

About the Role ,

We are seeking an experienced Delivery Lead to lead a major enterprise Data Modernisation Program focused on the migration of an existing AWS-based data platform to a modern Lakehouse architecture leveraging cloud-native technologies.

This is a highly visible role that sits at the intersection of delivery leadership, data engineering, architecture, and business stakeholder management. You will be responsible for driving execution across multiple workstreams, ensuring successful delivery of a complex data platform transformation while managing risks, dependencies, vendors, and stakeholder expectations.

The successful candidate will bring deep experience delivering large-scale data and analytics programs and will be comfortable leading highly technical teams through complex cloud-based transformations.

Key Responsibilities:

Delivery Leadership

- Lead the end-to-end delivery of a large-scale data modernisation program.
- Drive planning, execution, governance, and reporting across multiple delivery streams.
- Manage program risks, dependencies, issues, and delivery milestones.
- Establish and maintain Scaled Agile delivery practices and delivery governance frameworks.
- Ensure successful execution of migration waves, cutover activities, and transition to the target platform.
- Manage program budgets, resource plans, and financial forecasts, ensuring alignment with approved funding, delivery objectives, and business outcomes
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to support organisational readiness, adoption, operational transition, and successful onboarding to the target platform.
- Partner closely with engineering teams, architects,



product owners, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.
- Manage delivery across external vendors, systems integrators, and professional services partners.
- Track contractual deliverables, knowledge transfer activities, and key delivery outcomes.
- Provide clear, concise reporting and executive-level updates.
- Data Platform Transformation
- Coordinate delivery of data platform migration activities, including validation, testing, cutover planning, and legacy platform decommissioning.
- Support evaluation and implementation of modern cloud data platform capabilities.
- Ensure robust delivery controls across data quality, governance, security, and compliance requirements.
- Drive adoption of DataOps, automation, and modern delivery practices to improve delivery quality and operational efficiency

What We're Looking For:

- Proven experience leading delivery for Data Engineering, Data Platform, or Analytics teams, rather than general software delivery teams.
- Robust experience delivering large-scale data modernisation and cloud migration programs, including migration from legacy data platforms to modern cloud-based lakehouse architectures.
- Demonstrated experience planning and executing complex data migrations, including:
- Data validation and reconciliation
- Cutover planning

Strong understanding of AWS data platform services and cloud-native data architectures, including:

- Redshift
- EMR
- Glue
- MWAA
- Kinesis
- S3
- Experience delivering programs involving Databricks or comparable modern cloud data platforms. with a strong understanding of modern data platform architectures, governance, security, and operational considerations.





Strong knowledge of:

- DataOps practices
- Data quality frameworks and controls
- Infrastructure-as-Code approaches
- Experience managing systems integrators, technology vendors, and qualified services partners.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to engage effectively across technical teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership.

Strong delivery discipline with demonstrated capability in:

- Governance
- Experience operating in highly regulated environments where data security, privacy, governance, and compliance are critical.

Highly Regarded:

- Experience evaluating or implementing modern cloud data platforms.
- Exposure to enterprise-scale data governance and security frameworks.
- Experience within financial services, healthcare, insurance, or similarly regulated industries.
- Understanding of modern lakehouse architecture patterns and cloud-native data platforms.

Imagine working with us

We understand that work means different things to everyone... We know happy, healthy people make great teams, and great teams put more heart into each customer and patient interaction. And that’s why we’re reinventing work.

Imagine a workplace that helps you and your family thrive. Where connection, personal development and health and wellbeing are front of mind. To learn more about our benefits go to

For you, work should help you Live Better. It should bring you fulfillment and joy. And with Medibank, it could.

Inclusion and Accessibility

We believe in everyone's potential and strive to make Medibank inclusive for all because different perspectives make us better. We encourage applications from everyone, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, neurodivergent candidates, LGBTQIA+ community including transgender and gender diverse candidates and candidates with a disability.

Medibank proudly recognised as Best Enterprise Organisation, 2026 AFR BOSS Best Places to Work

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📌 Delivery Lead Tech. Reinvented (Melbourne)
🏢 Medibank
📍 Melbourne