Manager, Analytics Delivery
Ongoing / Permanent
Location: Parramatta with flexible working arrangements
Salary: $154,231 – $178,369 + Super + flex leaves
Overview
NSW Department of Education, a role to educate and inspire lifelong learners across early childhood to vocational education.
The Manager, Analytics Delivery will lead end‐to‐end delivery of data products, analytics solutions, and strategic initiatives that deliver measurable business value.
Responsibilities
Lead multidisciplinary teams, influence senior stakeholders, remove delivery barriers, and ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with organisational priorities.
Combine solid project and program management capabilities with stakeholder leadership to drive the successful delivery of complex, cross‐functional data initiatives.
Candidate Profile
You are a proactive and autonomous delivery leader who thrives in complex environments.
You can confidently influence without direct authority, negotiate priorities across multiple stakeholders, and translate technical delivery into meaningful business outcomes.
Qualifications and Experience
Proven leadership of multidisciplinary teams spanning data engineering, analytics, visualisation, testing, architecture, and business stakeholders to drive end‐to‐end data product delivery
Track record of leading enterprise‐wide data, analytics, business intelligence, or digital transformation projects, ensuring alignment with strategic business outcomes
Working knowledge of Azure Data Lake platform, SQL Data Warehouse, Power BI, and Microsoft Fabric, including data ingestion, storage, and visualisation capabilities
Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, master data management,



and compliance requirements to ensure secure, high‐quality analytics solutions
Experience in risk management within Agile data analytics environments, with the ability to identify and mitigate delivery impediments proactively
Solid knowledge of dimensional modelling and solution architecture principles
Hands‐on familiarity with release planning and management processes, collaborating closely with Release Engineers to ensure smooth deployment cycles
Strong capability to influence and engage senior stakeholders, facilitate collaboration, and negotiate priorities across competing demands
Comprehensive knowledge of project and program management methodologies, including PMBOK/PMP, Agile, Scrum, and hybrid approaches, to govern delivery frameworks effectively
Experience managing project governance artefacts such as RAID registers, delivery roadmaps, benefits realisation tracking, financial management, and executive reporting
Advanced commercial acumen managing budgets, forecasting, vendor contracts, and performance to deliver value within financial constraints
Excellent communication skills to articulate strategic impacts, delivery risks, and business value clearly to both technical teams and executives
Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Azure DevOps, Jira, and Confluence




Demonstrated ability to foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and delivery excellence across teams
Knowledge of and commitment to implementing the Department's Aboriginal Education Policy and upholding the Department's Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people
Essential Requirements
Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline and/or equivalent industry experience
Certification in project management (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, Agile Certified Practitioner)
A valid working with children checks
Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the value of public education
Benefits
Flexible working arrangements
35 hour working week
Competitive salary sacrificing, employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
Flex Leave entitlements, generous holidays & leave conditions
Opportunities for advancement and mobility across the Department to support your career growth
EEO Statement
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people.
If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment.
For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education's Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.
Closing date: Tuesday 4th August **** at 11:59pm.
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📌 Manager, Analytics Delivery (New South Wales)
🏢 NSW Department of Education
📍 New South Wales