Oceania Data Office Manager - Governance & AI-Ready Data

EY; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Flexible work arrangements

Gender-neutral paid parental leave

Job summary

EY is seeking a Data Office Manager for Oceania to lead data governance, ownership and lifecycle practices across the region. You will coordinate withGlobal Data Office, Risk, and Technology teams to advance data standards and protection controls while supporting Dataguard readiness and communications.

You’ll influence across time zones, manage regional delivery rhythms, and drive sustainable data practices with a hands-on delivery approach.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering data management, data governance, technology change, risk or compliance initiatives in a large and complex organisation, with practical exposure to data ownership, stewardship, classification, quality, access or lifecycle management.
• Practical understanding of data protection risks and controls, including AI data movement, endpoints, browsers, cloud storage and email, with ability to work with technology and security teams.
• Strong stakeholder, change and communication skills across business, technology, risk and leadership audiences, including the ability to influence teams who do not report to you.
• Sound judgement on when to work an issue locally and when to allocate it into the global program.
• Comfort working across time zones with global program teams and regional technology owners.
• Experience running a regional delivery and engagement rhythm for a program where controls are designed and deployed by other teams.
• Ideally, you’ll also have the skills and attributes below but don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes.
• Experience supporting a global initiative in a region and balancing global consistency with local requirements.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Purview, endpoint management or comparable data protection and device tooling.
• Exposure to Responsible AI, data classification, privacy or regulatory obligations relating to data handling, and to data governance fundamentals such as ownership, stewardship, classification and access.
• Relevant certifications such as CIPP, CISM or CRISC, or a degree in a technology, data, cyber security or risk discipline.
• Exposure to AI-ready data, synthetic data and Data Management, including data ownership, stewardship, classification, quality, metadata, access and lifecycle practices, together with familiarity with relevant data frameworks and tools.

Responsibilities

• Help establish clear data ownership, stewardship, classification, quality, access and lifecycle practices across the Oceania region.
• Support Data Office initiatives, including data management uplift, AI-ready data, synthetic data and common data standards, frameworks and tools.
• Coordinate with Global Data Office, other regions, Service Lines and Risk to align priorities and deliver data objectives.
• Strengthen Data Office delivery by coordinating stakeholders and establishing sustainable BAU practices and reporting.
• Support Dataguard regional delivery by coordinating with Risk, Information Security, Technology, Service Lines and global teams on readiness, communications and ownership.
• Identify emerging data protection risks and opportunities to enhance controls and support related initiatives.

Skills

Data governance

Data protection

Stakeholder comms

Global program

Time-zone collab

Regional delivery

Education

Degree in tech/data/cyberrisk

Certifications (CIPP/CISM/CRISC)

Job description

EY is seeking a Data Office Manager for Oceania to lead data governance, ownership and lifecycle practices across the region. You will coordinate withGlobal Data Office, Risk, and Technology teams to advance data standards and protection controls while supporting Dataguard readiness and communications.

You’ll influence across time zones, manage regional delivery rhythms, and drive sustainable data practices with a hands-on delivery approach.