Job Description

Exclusive chance to lead GRDC's flagship analytics program and define how a $30B industry uses data to drive grower profitability.

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Exclusive opportunity to lead GRDC's flagship analytics program and define how a $30B industry uses data to drive grower profitability.

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About Grains Research and Development Corporation

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HorizonOne is proud to be partnering with the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), one of Australia's leading research investment organisations dedicated to driving innovation and long-term sustainability across the grains industry.

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Through collaboration with growers, researchers, government and industry partners, GRDC invests in research, development and extension (RD&E;) initiatives that enhance productivity, profitability and resilience for Australian grain growers and contribute to the future of Australian agriculture.

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The Opportunity

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This role sits at the intersection of research investment, data strategy and agricultural innovation, providing strategic leadership across GRDC's data, analytics and AI investment portfolio.

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Working with universities, technology providers, researchers and industry partners, the role oversees GRDC's flagship Analytics for the Australian Grains Industry (AAGI) initiative while helping define the future direction of data-enabled research and innovation for the Australian grains sector.

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- Shape GRDC's long-term investment strategy for data, analytics and AI
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- Lead governance and delivery of nationally significant analytics investments and partnerships
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- Drive grower impact through advances in biometrics, geospatial analytics, machine learning, digital agriculture, autonomous systems and emerging AI applications
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The Role

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- Lead GRDC's flagship Analytics for the Australian Grains Industry (AAGI) partnership, providing governance oversight, milestone approval, delivery assurance and stakeholder management across university,



industry and research partners
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- Develop and oversee GRDC's investment strategy for data, analytics and AI capabilities, including biometrics, machine learning, machine vision, bioinformatics, geospatial systems, digital agriculture and emerging AI applications
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- Drive the development and implementation of GRDC's Data and Analytics Framework, including data governance, interoperability, standards, infrastructure investment and capability development across the grains RD&E; system
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- Develop investment and business cases that clearly articulate grower value, adoption pathways and measurable impact for Australian grain growers
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The Ideal Person

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You are an experienced data and analytics leader with qualifications or substantial experience in a quantitative discipline such as statistics, data science, econometrics, biometrics or applied analytics.

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You've likely progressed from hands-on technical work into leading large, complex programs. You are commercially minded, technically credible, and know how to manage brilliant specialists while keeping the work anchored to real-world outcomes.

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You bring:

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- Demonstrated experience leading data or analytics programs at scale including governance, investment, delivery, and stakeholder management across complex, multi-partner environments)
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- The commercial acumen to translate highly technical work into business cases, influence outcomes without direct authority, and drive analytical capability uplift across an organisation
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Desirable: experience in agricultural research, RD&E; investment, or university research partnerships.

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Salary / Rate

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This role is being offered as a fulltime labour hire contract for an initial 12 months with a potential 12 month extension.

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Remuneration is negotiable and will reflect the seniority and complexity of the role

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- Location: Canberra or Adelaide
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- Flexibility to work from home up to two days per week
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📌 Manager, Data & Analytics Platforms (Canberra)
🏢 HorizonOne Recruitment
📍 Canberra