Head of Data & Analytics: Lead AI, Forecasting & Insights

Online Education Services; Cremorne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working model

Comprehensive wellbeing initiatives

Professional development opportunities

Paid parental leave

Study assistance

Income protection insurance

Health and lifestyle benefits

Job summary

Online Education Services is seeking an experienced analytics leader to head analytics, BI, forecasting and data science. You will partner with executives to drive data-driven decisions and develop AI-enabled insights across the organisation.

Lead a high-performing team, embed KPI governance, and champion self-service analytics to improve student outcomes and operational performance. Australia-based with global partnerships and a focus on education tech.

Qualifications

• 10+ years leading analytics or BI teams.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders.
• Expertise in BI, KPI governance, and self-service analytics.
• Experience with statistics, forecasting, and data science.
• Proven track record building high-performing teams.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and storytelling.
• Tertiary qualifications in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Business or related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute analytics and data strategy aligned with goals.
• Partner with leaders to identify data opportunities and impact.
• Lead BI, reporting, and analytics capabilities for trusted insights.
• Establish KPI governance and data quality standards.
• Advocate self-service analytics and data literacy.
• Lead forecasting, predictive modelling, and scenario planning.
• Develop analytics and data science solutions with measurable impact.
• Identify AI/ML opportunities to enhance insights and automation.
• Build and mentor a high-performing Analytics & Data Science team.
• Collaborate with technology, product, operations and universities to deliver scalable analytics.
• Translate data into clear recommendations for executives.
• Monitor trends to keep analytics at the forefront.

Skills

Analytics leadership

BI & reporting

Forecasting

Data science

AI & ML

Team leadership

Stakeholder communication

Data visualization

Education

Data Science Degree

Statistics/Math background

Tools

SQL

Python

Power BI

Tableau

R

Job description

Online Education Services is seeking an experienced analytics leader to head analytics, BI, forecasting and data science. You will partner with executives to drive data-driven decisions and develop AI-enabled insights across the organisation.

Lead a high-performing team, embed KPI governance, and champion self-service analytics to improve student outcomes and operational performance. Australia-based with global partnerships and a focus on education tech.