Data Platform Lead - (Domain Lead (L1) - Kaiārahi Ā-Mahi

New Zealand Inland Revenue; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

New Zealand Inland Revenue is seeking a Data Platform Lead (Domain Lead L1) for an 18-month fixed term. Wellington preferred but open to all IR locations.

Lead the enterprise data and analytics platform, ensuring stability, continuity and delivery confidence during the interim period. You will collaborate with business and technology teams, providing direction, managing dependencies, and unifying staff, contractors and vendors into a single delivery team.

Qualifications

• Strong senior leadership in data, analytics, or platform delivery.
• Ability to lead enterprise data platforms and teams.
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Judgement, risk management and decision support.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across the data platform and analytics environment.
• Support stability, continuity and delivery confidence during the interim period.
• Clarify priorities with customer leaders, delivery teams and vendors.
• Surface risks and make timely governance-informed decisions.
• Coordinate permanent staff, contractors and vendors into one delivery team.
• Support transition to future permanent leadership.
• Coach and develop others to raise capability and quality of advice.

Skills

Senior data experience

Leadership experience

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Autonomous working

Coaching/mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Snowflake

Power BI

SAS

Posit

dbt

Airflow

Python

Job description

Data Platform Lead - (Domain Lead (L1) - Kaiārahi ā-Mahi

Company : New Zealand Inland Revenue Job Type : Full Time New Zealand

Job Description - Data Platform Lead - (Domain Lead (L1) - Kaiārahi ā-Mahi

Description

Data Platform Lead- (Domain Lead L1) - Kaiārahi ā-Mahi

• Wellington based preferred but open to all IR locations
• 18-month fixed term / secondment opportunity
• Bring your technicalexpertise, soundjudgementand leadership experience to an established environment

The Opportunity |Ara Whiwhi Mahi

We are looking for an experiencedData PlatformLead, internally known as Domain Lead L1,toprovide technical leadership and support the stability, continuity and delivery of our enterprise data and analytics platform during an interim period.

This is an opportunity to bring your technicalexpertise, soundjudgementand leadership experience to an established environment.You’llwork collaboratively across business and technology teams, providing clear direction, supporting effective decision-makingand ensuring our peopleremainfocused on the right priorities.

You’llquickly build an understanding of the existing environment,establishcredibility with keystakeholdersand provide steady leadership while supporting our teams todeliver withconfidence.

In this role, you will:

• Provide practical technical leadership across the data platform environment, helping teams stay focused, aligned, and moving.
• Support operational stability, service continuity, and delivery confidence throughout the interim period.
• Work with customer leaders, delivery teams, and vendor stakeholders to clarify priorities, manage dependencies, and keep effort focused on agreed outcomes.
• Surface risks, technical trade-offs, and decision points early, and supporttimelyresolution through the right governance channels.
• Bring permanent staff, contractors, and vendor resources together as one joined-up delivery team.
• Support transition and handover to the customer’s future permanent technical leadership role whererequired.
• Lead,coachand develop others to build capability and strengthen quality of advice and decision-making

About you | Mōu

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Substantial seniorexperience in enterprise data, analytics, engineering, platform, technology, or service delivery environments.
• Strong experience leading or supporting enterprise data platform environments.
• A clear, balanced communication style that works well with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Good judgement, maturity, and the ability to work constructively with established teams.
• A practical approach to problem solving, prioritisation, risk management, and decision support.
• Confidence working autonomously while staying aligned with customer direction and professional services accountabilities.
• Strong awareness of confidentiality, privacy, information security, and theappropriate handlingof sensitive customer data.
• An inclusive working style that supports a diverse team environment.
• Experience coaching and developing others, buildingcapabilityand lifting performance

It would be an advantage if you also have:

• Experience working in environmentscomprisingboth internal teams and external technology partners or vendors.
• Experience withSnowflake, Power BI, SAS, Posit,dbt, Airflow and Python, or comparable enterprise data and analytics technologies.
• Experience working across multidisciplinary teams including platform and data engineers, analysts,architectsand service delivery professionals.

About the role

This role is focused on providingstability, technicalleadershipand delivery confidence, rather than undertaking a major redesign or transformation of the existing platform.

You’llwork across a range of stakeholders and technology specialists to ensure priorities are clear, risks arevisibleand teams have the support and direction they need to deliver effectively.

Your ability to build trusted relationships, navigatecomplexityand bring people together will be key to your success.

You’llbe a pragmatic and respected technical leader who is comfortable stepping into an established environment.You’lllisten and understand before acting, bring clarity where it isneededand Work constructively with the people and processes already in place, while supporting a culture of continuous improvement.

Most importantly,you’llbalance strong technical leadership with a collaborative approach, helping our people succeed while leaving the dataplatformcapability stronger for the future.

About us | Mōmātou

At Inland RevenueTe TariTaakewe’repassionate about Aotearoa New Zealand beinga great placeto live and work. We’remaking it simpler for everyone to pay tax that pays for things like health care, education and protecting the environment.

We arecommitted to keeping to the Treaty of Waitangi's guiding principles in our work for and with Māori customers and our employees, their whānau, hapū and iwi.

We arecommitted to building an inclusive workplace free from inequalities, where all our people are valued,respectedand feel supported to reach their full potential.

We recognise that AI tools can support application preparation. Just make sure your responses reflect your own experience. We’rekeen to get to know the real you and what you can bring to the role.

Applications close, 5pm Sunday 11 th October 2026

Please note,we’llreview applicationsasthey come in and you may hear from us before advertising closes.