Head of Data, AI & Productivity Platforms

Foodstuffs North Island Limited; Auckland; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Inhouse learning

Flexible working

Free carparking

Onsite café

Job summary

Foodstuffs North Island Limited is seeking a Domain Lead for Data, Insights & Productivity Platforms to steer a critical portfolio enabling trusted data, analytics, and automation across the Co-op. You will lead through Platform Owners and technical leaders, shaping roadmap and capabilities for the future.

The role requires executive leadership, strong data governance, and experience in managing SaaS and enterprise technology vendors to deliver high-availability services across a mainly

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading business-critical platforms in complex, 24/7 enterprise environments.
• Proven experience delivering high availability and reliability across critical services.
• Demonstrated experience guiding multi-platform estates and setting roadmap decisions.
• Strong understanding of data and analytics platforms and governance.

Responsibilities

• Own the health and performance of the platform estate and ensure stability and security.
• Drive AI adoption to improve productivity and decision-making.
• Lead safe automation and AI initiatives including bots and workflow automation.
• Strengthen 24/7 support, incident and problem management, and disaster recovery.
• Manage upgrades, debt, security risks and SaaS modernization efforts.
• Influence vendor direction and manage strategic vendor relationships.

Skills

Data platform leadership

AI adoption

Vendor management

Security & governance

Tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

Foodstuffs North Island Limited is seeking a Domain Lead for Data, Insights & Productivity Platforms to steer a critical portfolio enabling trusted data, analytics, and automation across the Co-op. You will lead through Platform Owners and technical leaders, shaping roadmap and capabilities for the future.

The role requires executive leadership, strong data governance, and experience in managing SaaS and enterprise technology vendors to deliver high-availability services across a mainly