Manager AI, Data and Intelligence

Davidson; Traralgon; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Gippsland Water in Traralgon, Victoria, seeks a Manager AI, Data and Intelligence to lead enterprise AI, data and analytics strategies and governance. Reporting to the CFO, you will drive governance, data quality and enterprise architecture across a regulated utility environment.

You’ll guide AI pilots, establish roadmaps and ensure measurable business outcomes while engaging stakeholders and building organisational capability for responsible technology adoption.

Qualifications

• Experience across AI and data governance, data quality and risk.
• Ability to establish practical governance and operating models.
• Proven track record leading enterprise transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of enterprise AI, data and analytics strategies.
• Establish and mature governance frameworks covering privacy, security and ethics.
• Improve data quality and availability for decision making.
• Shape architecture principles and transformation roadmaps.
• Lead AI pilots from opportunity to scalable delivery.
• Build business cases and benefits realization frameworks.

Skills

AI governance

Data governance

Enterprise architecture

Transformation leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

About Gippsland Water

Davidson has partnered with Gippsland Water to appoint a Manager AI, Data and Intelligence, a senior leadership opportunity responsible for shaping the organisation's enterprise approach to artificial intelligence, data and analytics, innovation, enterprise architecture and business improvement.

Gippsland Water provides essential water and wastewater services across the Gippsland region, supporting its customers, communities and the long-term prosperity of the region. Operating within a highly regulated environment, the organisation is focused on using technology, data and innovation responsibly to improve customer outcomes, organisational performance and sustainable value.

About the Role

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer and leading a small team, the Manager AI, Data and Intelligence will bring together AI, data and analytics, innovation, enterprise architecture, process improvement and efficiency as an integrated enterprise capability.

You’ll lead the development of strategies, governance frameworks, roadmaps and standards that enable Gippsland Water to adopt AI and emerging technologies responsibly, strengthen the quality and accessibility of enterprise data and translate new ideas into practical and measurable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and evolution of enterprise strategies and roadmaps across AI, data and analytics, innovation, enterprise architecture and business improvement.
• Establish and mature AI and data governance frameworks, ensuring responsible use across privacy, cyber security, ethics, risk and regulatory requirements.
• Lead the enterprise approach to data management, business intelligence and analytics, improving data quality, accessibility and confidence in organisational information.
• Shape enterprise architecture principles, capability maps, target-state views and transformation roadmaps that connect business strategy with technology investment.
• Lead innovation initiatives, AI pilots and proofs of concept from opportunity identification through to scaled delivery and business-as-usual adoption.
• Establish business cases and benefits realisation frameworks that demonstrate the value, productivity improvements and return on investment generated through AI and technology initiatives.

About You

You’re an experienced transformation, technology or data leader who knows how to turn emerging technologies into meaningful business outcomes. You can see the bigger picture, but you’re equally comfortable getting into the detail required to move ideas from strategy through to execution.

You’ll bring experience across AI, data governance and enterprise transformation, with the ability to establish practical frameworks, prioritise opportunities and manage the risks associated with emerging technology. You’ll be confident engaging with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating complexity into clear direction and building organisational capability along the way.

Must-Haves

• Substantial experience across strategy, transformation, technology, innovation, business architecture, business improvement or organisational capability roles.
• Demonstrated experience across AI and data governance, data quality and risk, ideally within a regulated or complex environment.
• Strong experience across AI and data governance, data quality and risk, ideally within a regulated or complex environment.
• Experience developing and implementing governance frameworks, policies, standards or operating models.
• Proven ability to take AI, data and technology opportunities from strategic thinking through to practical execution and measurable business outcomes.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience leading enterprise-wide change, innovation or capability development within a regulated or complex organisation.

Benefits & Why Gippsland Water

This is a unique opportunity to take on a highly influential leadership position at the intersection of AI, data, innovation and enterprise transformation, with genuine exposure to executive leadership, the Board and stakeholders across Gippsland Water.

Based in Traralgon, this is a permanent full-time position offering a flexible working model, a competitive salary package and additional benefits. You’ll have the opportunity to shape how Gippsland Water responsibly adopts AI and emerging technologies while building the data, governance and enterprise capabilities required to deliver sustainable value for customers, communities and the wider Gippsland region.