Technology Domain Owner - Data Delivery

Westpac; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Westpac is seeking a Tech Domain Owner - Data Delivery in Sydney/Melbourne hybrid to lead the data engineering capability aligned to the division. You will empower engineers and squads to deliver, run, and improve technology outcomes safely, sustainably, and at scale, accelerating enterprise platform adoption and standardized engineering patterns.

This influential leadership role spans DDAI partnerships, capacity planning, and driving engineering excellence through coaching, governance, and

Qualifications

• Experience leading data engineering teams in a large organisation.
• Ability to align engineering capacity with strategic priorities.
• Strong partnership with business and technology stakeholders.
• Focus on engineering standards and enterprise patterns.

Responsibilities

• Partner with DDAI and technology stakeholders to align capacity with priorities.
• Manage permanent and contingent engineering capacity.
• Represent Data Delivery in divisional planning.
• Drive adoption of enterprise data platforms and standards.
• Establish and evolve the data engineering operating model.
• Drive CI/CD, automation and observability.

Skills

Agile leadership

Engineering leadership

Workforce planning

Capacity management

Data engineering

Stakeholder influence

Enterprise thinking

Mentoring

AI-enabled data engineering

Agentic delivery

Job description

• Sydney or Melbourne location / Hybrid Working
• Outstanding Data Engineering Leadership Function

Job Description

• Sydney or Melbourne location / Hybrid Working
• Outstanding Data Engineering Leadership Function

Opportunity knocks …

As Tech Domain Owner - Data Delivery, you will own the data engineering capability aligned to your division. You will create the conditions for engineers and squads to deliver, run and continually improve technology outcomes safely, sustainably and consistently, while accelerating adoption of enterprise platforms, standards and target-state engineering patterns.

This is a highly influential leadership role connecting Data Delivery, divisional priorities and enterprise strategy. You will align engineering capacity, capability and workforce investment to the outcomes that matter, reduce duplication through reuse and standardisation, and strengthen delivery predictability and engineering maturity.

DDAI and divisional partnership …

• Partner with DDAI, Delivery Unit leaders and technology stakeholders to align engineering capacity, capability and investment to strategic priorities.
• Manage permanent and contingent engineering capacity to meet current and future demand, maintaining a forward-looking view of capability, workforce needs and delivery priorities.
• Represent Data Delivery in divisional planning, prioritisation and portfolio discussions.
• Provide clear visibility of capacity constraints, capability gaps, risks and opportunities.

Engineering capability leadership …

• Deploy data engineers and squads to support divisional priorities, balancing demand, capability uplift and workforce sustainability.
• Develop engineering capability through coaching, mentoring, succession planning and technical leadership.
• Foster a culture of ownership, continuous improvement and AI-enabled data engineering.

Data engineering stewardship …

• Drive adoption of enterprise data platforms, data products, engineering standards and target-state architecture.
• Influence business and technology stakeholders to increase reuse, standardisation and industrialisation.
• Ensure Data Delivery engineers operate in accordance with enterprise engineering patterns, controls and ways of working.

Engineering excellence

• Establish and evolve the division’s data engineering operating model.
• Drive modern data engineering practices including automation, observability, CI/CD, infrastructure as code and agentic delivery.
• Improve engineering quality, delivery effectiveness, operational sustainability and time-to-value.

What Success Looks Like

You will build a transparent, measurable and continuously improving capability. Success will be reflected through:

• Customer and stakeholder NPS and Engineering demand fulfilment.
• Employee engagement and retention, plus Enterprise platform adoption.
• Standards compliance and Technical debt reduction.
• Flow efficiency and lead-time improvement.
• Adoption of agentic data engineering.

What You Will Bring To The Table

We are looking for an inclusive, outcome-focused technology leader who can combine deep engineering judgement with strong partnership, workforce leadership and enterprise thinking. Your strengths are likely to include:

• Agile leadership and engineering leadership with sound product and value stream thinking.
• Workforce planning and capacity management and data engineering and platform SME.
• Engineering excellence and continuous improvement and always embracing Technology modernisation.
• Stakeholder influence, partnership, and change leadership.
• Talent development, coaching and mentoring.
• Operational resilience and risk management and adept systems thinking.
• AI-assisted and agentic delivery experience.

Why this role matters

You will help shape how Data Delivery supports the division, making it easier for talented engineers and squads to do their best work. By connecting people, platforms, standards and strategic priorities, you will enable safer delivery, stronger reuse, sustainable capability and faster value for customers and stakeholders.

Ready to make an impact?

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