Delivery Lead, Data Science & AI Hub — Hybrid

Halcyon Knights; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Halcyon Knights is seeking an experienced EL1 Delivery Lead to join the Data Science Hub, delivering AI, ML and analytics initiatives across multiple squads. You will coordinate diverse teams, manage priorities and dependencies, and ensure delivery from problem discovery through to PoC and handover.

The role focuses on enabling effective delivery, agile practices, governance, and alignment between business objectives and technical delivery in a large government/enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience delivering complex data, analytics, AI, or digital initiatives within large organisations or government.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with technical leads, data scientists, AI engineers, business analysts and stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of Agile, hybrid and fit-for-purpose delivery methodologies, including sprint ceremonies and backlog management.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and governance documentation, including executive reporting and business cases.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate delivery of multiple data science, AI, ML and analytics initiatives across multidisciplinary teams.
• Coordinate delivery plans, priorities, dependencies, risks, issues and resources across concurrent projects.
• Partner with leads to align delivery approaches with technical requirements and business outcomes.
• Lead discovery workshops and scoping activities to define problems, options, success measures and PoC proposals.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, showcases, retrospectives and backlog refinement.
• Support portfolio planning, delivery reporting, governance artefacts, business cases and executive submissions.
• Manage stakeholder engagement across technical teams, business areas, governance and executives.
• Ensure compliance with agency governance, privacy, cyber security, data access and AI assurance.
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery practices and team collaboration.
• Demonstrate experience delivering data science, AI, ML, analytics or automation initiatives.
• Familiarity with model development lifecycles, MLOps, responsible AI and cloud-based AI delivery.
• Experience managing PoCs, pilots or prototypes and transitioning to operations.
• Prepare executive reports, governance artefacts and delivery roadmaps.

Job description

Halcyon Knights is seeking an experienced EL1 Delivery Lead to join the Data Science Hub, delivering AI, ML and analytics initiatives across multiple squads. You will coordinate diverse teams, manage priorities and dependencies, and ensure delivery from problem discovery through to PoC and handover.

The role focuses on enabling effective delivery, agile practices, governance, and alignment between business objectives and technical delivery in a large government/enterprise setting.