Senior Manager, Data and Analytics Governance

Department of Education Victoria; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Education Victoria in Melbourne is seeking a Senior Manager to lead Data and Analytics Governance. You will shape data governance, analytics, MDM, and AI strategy, advising senior stakeholders and coordinating cross‑cutting initiatives to improve education outcomes.

The role focuses on strengthening decision‑making, service delivery, and data‑driven policy across the department. You will lead the Information Management Branch’s business engagement, ensuring data, analytics,

Qualifications

• Expertise in data governance, analytics and emerging technologies including AI.
• Experience providing senior strategic or policy advice on data initiatives.
• Strong leadership and delivery skills across multiple projects and priorities.
• Proven stakeholder engagement and cross‑functional collaboration abilities.
• Excellent written briefing, governance papers and strategic advisory outputs.

Responsibilities

• Drive effective use of data governance, analytics, MDM and AI across the department.
• Lead business engagement to understand, prioritise and progress data needs and analytics delivery.
• Provide senior strategic, technical and policy advice on data governance and emerging technologies.
• Plan, coordinate and deliver governance, analytics, MDM and technology priorities and initiatives.

Skills

Data governance

Data analytics

AI technologies

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Written communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Qualifications in data governance / analytics

Job description

Senior Manager, Data and Analytics Governance

Department of Education Victoria – Melbourne VIC

The role of the Department of Education is to support Victorians to build prosperous, socially engaged, happy and healthy lives. It does this by supporting lifelong learning and healthy development, strengthening families and helping to equip people with the skills and knowledge for the future of the economy and society.

About the Branch

The Information Management Branch oversees how data is collected, organised, distributed, and utilised across schools, early childhood education, corporate offices, and the Department. Focus areas include the Data Governance Council and custodianship model, ensuring accountability and stewardship of data; advanced analytics; Business Intelligence (BI); Artificial Intelligence (AI), Master Data Management (MDM) for data integrity; and the use of data warehousing for effective data organisation. By collaborating with stakeholders, initiatives are aligned with departmental goals, fostering data-driven decision-making to improve educational and wellbeing outcomes for children and students.

About the Role

This role drives the department's effective use of data governance, data analytics, MDM, and emerging technologies including AI, to strengthen decision-making, service delivery, and outcomes across the Department of Education.

This role leads the Information Management Branch's business engagement function, ensuring business needs for data, analytics, reporting, MDM and data governance support are effectively understood, prioritised and progressed.

The role provides senior strategic, technical and policy advice across data governance, analytics, and emerging technology priorities, and plans, coordinates and delivers projects to progress complex governance, data, analytics, MDM and emerging technology priorities and initiatives.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Demonstrated expertise in data governance, data analytics and emerging technologies, including AI, and the ability to apply this knowledge in complex organisational, strategic or policy contexts.
• Proven experience providing senior strategic, technical or policy advice across complex issues involving data governance, analytics, reporting, MDM or emerging technology initiatives.
• Strong leadership and delivery skills, with experience leading business engagement activities, shaping demand, managing competing priorities and progressing complex projects and initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships, influence decision-making and work collaboratively across business, technical and policy environments.
• Highly developed written communication skills, with experience preparing high-quality briefs, discussion papers, reports, governance papers and strategic advice for senior audiences.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex information, assess issues, evaluate options and provide clear, practical advice.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

As our ideal candidate, you will have:

• Relevant qualifications or demonstrated experience in data governance, data analytics, information management, technology, or a related field.
• Experience leading or delivering work related to data governance, data analytics, reporting, MDM, information management, or emerging technologies such as AI.
• Experience leading or supporting business engagement, intake, prioritisation or demand management activities in a data, analytics, governance or technology environment.
• Experience preparing high-quality written products, including briefs, discussion papers, reports, governance papers, strategic advice or implementation documentation.
• Experience planning, coordinating and delivering projects or initiatives across business, technical, governance or policy contexts.
• Experience working with stakeholders across diverse business and technical areas to support communication, collaboration and delivery of priority initiatives.
• Experience working in government, the public sector, or other complex and regulated environments is desirable.

Further Information

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description for the capabilities to address in application.

The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at www.education.vic.gov.au.

For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Robert Mizzi, Director, AI and Data Governance via ************@education.vic.gov.au.

Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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Applications close 11:59pm on Tuesday 27 October 2026.