At LeavePlus, our purpose is simple but significant, to support and protect the long-term wellbeing of construction workers and the vitality of the construction industry. Every day, we work to ensure workers receive the benefits and entitlements they deserve, and data led decision making guides our teams to make the best choices with the information modelled and insights produced by the Data and Insights team. As Head of Data and Insights, you’ll lead our enterprise data, analytics and insights capability, transforming trusted data into intelligence that explains our transformation program decisions, influences strategy, and delivers measurable value. You’ll set the vision, strategy, governance and roadmap for data and analytics, building a capability that goes beyond reporting what happened to producing insights explaining why, anticipating what’s next and identifying where we can make the greatest impact. Partnering across Product, Digital, Technology and the broader business, you’ll champion advanced analytics, modelling, automation and data products that deepen our understanding of the scheme and industry, improve outcomes for employers and workers, and provide trusted insight to leaders, executives and the Board. This senior leadership role will be an opportunity to stride into a role with the mandate to elevate how data is used across LeavePlus and will lead the transformational data decision-making to shape the future of advanced analytics, modelling and responsible AI. Additional Benefits
• Salary increase annually built into our current Enterprise Agreement
• 6 Rostered Days Off per year + additional end-of-year closure days
• Thrive in a digital-led environment led by the latest technology

What you'll do
• Lead the Data & Insights team, turning data into insights to improve decision-making, member outcomes and scheme performance.
• Deliver the data elements of the transformation, building on established foundations and adding value from new data
• Embed enterprise data governance, strengthening data ownership, stewardship, quality, privacy, security and lifecycle controls.
• Elevate reporting and analytics, delivering trusted dashboards,



visualisations and insight products while enabling safe self-service and greater data literacy.
• Advance modelling and forecasting across industry, fund and operational data to strengthen scheme monitoring and future-focused decision-making.
• Shape advanced analytics and responsible AI/ML, identifying valuable use cases and ensuring appropriate validation, monitoring and governance.
• Oversee actuarial analysis, ensuring high-quality insights support strategic and operational decisions.
• Partner across Product, Digital and Technology, aligning data priorities and capability needs while maintaining clear platform ownership and accountability.
• Own the Data Management Policy and the enterprise and stewardship model. What you'll bring
• Proven senior leadership of multidisciplinary data, analytics or AI teams
• Enterprise data leadership, with demonstrated experience shaping data strategy, governance, analytics in a complex or regulated environment.
• Strong commercial and business partnering skills, with evidence of successfully translating organisational priorities into data and insight to drive better decisions and measurable outcomes.
• Deep data and analytics expertise spanning advanced analytics, data science, AI/ML, reporting, data governance and responsible data use.
• Executive-level communication, with the ability to turn complex data, modelling and technical concepts into compelling insights and clear recommendations for the Executive and Board.
• Modern data platform experience, influencing architecture, integration, governance, adoption and lifecycle decisions in partnership with Digital and Technology teams.
• Strong governance and risk judgement, with practical knowledge of data quality, privacy, security, model assurance and regulatory controls.
• Strategic delivery capability,



including ownership of roadmaps, budgets, vendors and enterprise-wide data and analytics initiatives.
• Quantitative and modelling capability, ideally including forecasting, risk, scheme or actuarial analysis and experience partnering with qualified actuaries.
• A data-led change mindset, with the influence and credibility to lift data literacy, encourage self-service and embed better use of insight across the organisation.

What you'll need
to have
• Demonstrated success leading specialised, high-performing teams
• Advanced knowledge across data strategy, analytics, data science, applied AI/ML, governance and responsible data use
• Relevant tertiary qualification in data, analytics, statistics, mathematics, computer science, actuarial studies or a related discipline, or equivalent senior leadership experience.
• Senior leadership experience across data, analytics, insights or data science, including strategy, governance, AI/ML, multidisciplinary teams, budgets and vendor partnerships.
• Strong quantitative and modelling experience, ideally across forecasting, risk, scheme analysis or business decision-making.
• Actuarial or regulated analytics exposure is highly regarded, including working with qualified actuaries, model assurance or regulated analytical advice. If you feel drawn to transformation environments and leading with impact energises you then please step forward. This will be the perfect fit if you’re a strategic, people-centred data leader who combines deep technical credibility with commercial thinking. If you're comfortable balancing innovation with strong governance and understand advanced analytics, AI, modelling and actuarial concepts within regulated environments, please express your interest in this role On a side note, of course we embrace innovation, including the use of AI tools to support your application. However please ensure your application remains an honest reflection of your skills, experience, and achievements. Every application is reviewed by one of our valued talent consultants, because we believe great hiring starts with genuine human connection.

📌 Head of Data and Insights (Melbourne)
🏢 LeavePlus
📍 Melbourne