Head of Data & AI Platform & Strategy

MINDSG LTD; Otago; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

MINDSG LTD seeks a Senior Manager, Data & AI to drive the enterprise data and AI strategy from roadmap to implementation, enabling trusted data for operations, analytics and AI services.

You will lead data architecture, engineering, governance, and applied AI across teams, partner with business units and vendors, ensure secure, scalable solutions, and deliver measurable outcomes in data trust and decision support.

Qualifications

• A good degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, Data Engineering, Statistics, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Eight years of relevant experience across data engineering, data architecture, analytics, applied AI, enterprise integration or digital‑product delivery.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head, Data & AI Development in maintaining MINDS’ enterprise data and AI strategy, target operating model and implementation roadmap.
• Assess the current data landscape and define target architecture across source systems, integration, storage, master/reference data, metadata, analytics and AI.
• Prioritise initiatives and develop phased business cases based on value, data readiness, feasibility, cost, risk and delivery capacity.
• Define measurable outcomes for adoption, productivity, service quality, data trust, cost‑effectiveness and operational impact.
• Lead design and implementation of a governed enterprise data platform using an appropriate warehouse, lakehouse or equivalent.
• Establish reusable data‑ingestion and integration patterns using APIs, webhooks, event‑based integration, platform connectors and secure scheduled files.

Skills

Data strategy

Data architecture

Data engineering

Applied AI

Leadership

Vendor management

Security/compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, IT, Data Science, Data Engineering, Statistics, Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Snowflake

Microsoft Fabric

Databricks

Power BI

Tableau

Git

Job description

MINDSG LTD seeks a Senior Manager, Data & AI to drive the enterprise data and AI strategy from roadmap to implementation, enabling trusted data for operations, analytics and AI services.

You will lead data architecture, engineering, governance, and applied AI across teams, partner with business units and vendors, ensure secure, scalable solutions, and deliver measurable outcomes in data trust and decision support.