Senior Data Product & Engagement Leader

Qantas Airways; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff Travel Benefits from Day One

Hybrid working at Mascot office

Job summary

Qantas Airways is seeking a Senior Manager of Data Product & Engagement to lead the data product portfolio and drive enterprise adoption across Qantas and related functions. The role reports to technology leadership and manages a team of Data Product Leads in a hybrid work model from Mascot.

You will oversee a Snowflake-based platform transformation, align demand with business value, and ensure governance, adoption, and cost efficiency across the portfolio.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in data and analytics, with leadership accountability.
• Bachelor’s degree in quantitative or technical discipline; postgrad desirable.
• Proven ownership of an enterprise data product or analytics portfolio with governance and delivery accountability.
• Deep knowledge of data product practices, including data-as-a-product, contracts, interfaces, and domain ownership.
• Strong portfolio delivery discipline across multiple teams.
• Experience establishing data product operating models and leading leaders through change in a matrix.
• Ability to develop investment cases and manage budgets.
• Strong commercial judgement and executive influence.
• Knowledge of cloud data architecture, migration, governance, privacy and classification.

Responsibilities

• Leading the team of Data product Leads and representing the function in governance forums to champion outcomes.
• Own and prioritise enterprise data product portfolio across Qantas Airways, QantasLink and shared functions.
• Resolve competing demand and align with enterprise value and platform standards.
• Manage portfolio roadmap, delivery commitments, risks, capacity and investment for scope, cost, schedule, quality.
• Maximise portfolio value via reuse of data products, value cases, and cost-of-ownership management.
• Lead migration to the Snowflake data platform ensuring adoption and retirement of legacy assets.
• Establish operating model with business owners, governance, and cataloguing for ongoing adoption.

Skills

Data product leadership

Enterprise data portfolio

Stakeholder management

Cloud data architecture

Governance & compliance

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative/technical

Postgraduate qualifications desirable

Tools

Snowflake

Job description

Qantas Airways is seeking a Senior Manager of Data Product & Engagement to lead the data product portfolio and drive enterprise adoption across Qantas and related functions. The role reports to technology leadership and manages a team of Data Product Leads in a hybrid work model from Mascot.

You will oversee a Snowflake-based platform transformation, align demand with business value, and ensure governance, adoption, and cost efficiency across the portfolio.