EL1 Delivery Manager

Talent; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent is seeking an experienced Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of strategic data assets and analytics products for a federal government organisation. Based in Surry Hills with hybrid on-site work, you will manage a multidisciplinary team and align business requirements with technical solutions to support better decision-making.

You will oversee delivery roadmaps, backlogs, and stakeholder engagement, using Agile methods and tools such as Jira, MS Project, and PMBOK/PRINCE2 principles to

Qualifications

• Led data teams and delivered data/analytics change programs.
• Managed technical specialists to deliver robust solutions on schedule.
• Strong planning across discovery, design, build, implementation of data products.
• Experience in Agile and hybrid delivery environments; Jira used to plan and track progress.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement to influence outcomes and resolve delivery challenges.
• Familiarity with data management frameworks such as DMBOK.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical business analysts, data engineers, data analysts and testers to deliver high-quality data solutions.
• Manage delivery scope, schedules, resources, dependencies, risks and issues.
• Develop and maintain delivery roadmaps aligned with program milestones.
• Manage and prioritise development backlogs based on business value and feasibility.
• Work with business stakeholders to define clear requirements and maintain documentation and traceability.
• Review business and technical designs against requirements and data governance, privacy, security and quality standards.
• Coordinate design and testing across CRM, data and integration platforms.
• Report progress, risks and issues to senior stakeholders and governance forums.

Skills

Data team leadership

Agile delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Jira

MS Project

PRINCE2

PMBOK

SQL

Python

AWS

Azure

Snowflake

Databricks

Data governance

Privacy & security

Job description

Delivery Manager – Data & Analytics

12-month contract | Potential 12-month extension

Surry Hills | Hybrid – minimum 3 days onsite per week

Australian Citizenship Required

We are seeking an experienced Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of strategic data assets and analytics products for a federal government organisation. Working within a Data & Analytics team, you will manage multidisciplinary specialists and bring together business requirements and technical solutions to support better decision-making and organisational performance.

About The Role

• Lead technical business analysts, data engineers, data analysts and testers to deliver high-quality data solutions.


• Manage delivery scope, schedules, resources, dependencies, risks and issues.


• Develop and maintain delivery roadmaps aligned with program milestones.


• Manage and prioritise development backlogs based on business value and feasibility.


• Work with business stakeholders to define clear requirements and maintain documentation and traceability.


• Review business and technical designs against requirements and data governance, privacy, security and quality standards.


• Coordinate design and testing across CRM, data and integration platforms.


• Report progress, risks and issues to senior stakeholders and governance forums.

About You

• Demonstrated success leading data teams and delivering data and analytics change programs.


• Experience managing technical specialists to deliver robust solutions within agreed timelines.


• Strong planning skills across the discovery, design, build and implementation of data products.


• Experience working in Agile and hybrid delivery environments, using Jira to plan, track and measure progress.


• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to influence outcomes and resolve delivery challenges.


• Experience with project management tools such as MS Project and methodologies such as Agile, PRINCE2 or PMBOK.

Highly regarded

• Knowledge of data management principles and frameworks such as DMBOK.


• Hands-on data analysis experience using SQL or Python.


• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake or Databricks.


• A commitment to improving outcomes for Australians with disability.