Data & Analytics Leader: Drive Trusted Insights & Impact

Watercare Services Limited; Auckland; On-site; NZD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Watercare Services Limited is seeking an experienced Data and Analytics Manager to lead our multidisciplinary data and analytics team. Reporting to the Head of Data, Analytics & AI, you will drive people leadership, delivery performance and operational effectiveness across the organisation.

You will collaborate with business leaders and technical specialists to translate priorities into trusted data, meaningful insights and high-quality analytics outcomes, delivering value through data-driven

Qualifications

• Significant people leadership experience within a data, analytics or technology environment.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across data engineering, analytics, reporting or data science.
• Strong knowledge of modern data platforms and analytics practices.
• Experience managing roadmaps, priorities, risks and stakeholder expectations.
• The ability to make sound decisions in complex environments and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a multidisciplinary team of data and analytics professionals.
• Drive the delivery of analytics products, reporting, data pipelines, analytical models and self-service reporting capabilities.
• Partner with business stakeholders to translate priorities into clear, achievable outcomes.
• Build trusted relationships across Digital and the wider business.
• Support delivery planning, prioritisation and roadmap execution.
• Ensure services are reliable, supported and continuously improved.
• Work alongside technical leaders to embed standards, best practices and quality outcomes.
• Contribute to the leadership and strategic direction of the Data, Analytics & AI function.

Skills

People leadership

Data analytics

Stakeholder engagement

Data platforms

Roadmap management

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Power BI

Azure

AWS

Job description

Watercare Services Limited is seeking an experienced Data and Analytics Manager to lead our multidisciplinary data and analytics team. Reporting to the Head of Data, Analytics & AI, you will drive people leadership, delivery performance and operational effectiveness across the organisation.

You will collaborate with business leaders and technical specialists to translate priorities into trusted data, meaningful insights and high-quality analytics outcomes, delivering value through data-driven