Practice Manager - Data & Analytics

Datacom; Wellington; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Datacom is seeking a strategic leader for its Data & Analytics division in Wellington. This role involves leading a high-performing team, driving growth through innovative data solutions, and managing sales strategies. The ideal candidate will possess extensive technical expertise and strong commercial awareness, ensuring the delivery of data-centric services that meet client needs.

Benefits

Social events

Chill-out spaces

Remote working

Flexi-hours

Professional development courses

Qualifications

• Extensive technical experience in data and analytics.
• Proven ability to lead sales initiatives.
• Experience in developing cloud solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Data & Analytics consultants.
• Design and develop sales propositions.
• Create and manage operational budgets.

Skills

Team Leadership

Technical Leadership

Sales Strategy

Commercial Awareness

Data Governance

Tools

Snowflake

Microsoft

Databricks

Job description

Our Why

Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people's lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow.

About The Role

This strategic role within Datacom is pivotal in driving growth, innovation, and commercial success for our market propositions. As part of the Digital Engineering division, you will lead a team of Data & Analytics consultants specializing in our modern data platform (Snowflake, Microsoft, and Databricks), advanced analytics, and data governance capabilities.

Leveraging your extensive technical experience and ability to lead sales initiatives, you will design and develop relevant sales propositions that address our customers' business challenges. This role involves ensuring commercial sustainability and practice growth, which includes creating and managing sales strategies and product offerings to meet client and market demands.

You will be responsible for growing a high-performing team, combining your deep technical expertise with strong commercial awareness to craft, position, and sell a wide range of data-centric services. A collaborative approach is essential, as you will work closely with our internal sales and technical teams, our clients, and their customers.

What you'll do (Your Why):

• Team Leadership: Define and execute the capability plan to create a culture of success, including team growth, performance, and development
• Technical Leadership: Provide expert guidance and technical leadership on the development of cloud solutions and cloud-native development
• Sales: Articulate and evangelise the Modern Application development value proposition across Sales, Service, and Marketing to internal stakeholders, customers, and the wider market
• Strategic direction: Consult with the wider business to define and execute a growth strategy for the Modern Application services business across Wellington and wider markets
• Commercial and financial management: Create and manage the operational budget, including month-end processes, invoicing, and reporting
• Partner Engagement: Lead strategic planning around opportunity and product roadmaps to ensure effective collaboration with our partners

Why join us here at Datacom?

Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand's largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. Our people give Datacom its unique culture and energy, which you can feel from the moment you meet us.

We care about our people and offer perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours, and professional development courses. You'll have opportunities to learn, develop your career, connect, and bring your true self to work. Your contributions will be recognized and valued in a collegial, flat-structured environment.

Operating at the forefront of technology, we help Australia and New Zealand's largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, ensuring you will always face interesting new challenges and opportunities.

We aspire for Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone. We take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to foster a fun, friendly environment where our people feel supported.