Manager, Business Intelligence
At the NSW Department of Education, we educate and inspire lifelong learners – from early childhood, through schooling to vocational education and training.
- Ongoing/ Permanent
- Location: Parramatta
- Salary starting from $154,231 to $178,369 + flex leaves + super
About the role
We are seeking an experienced and strategic Manager, Business Intelligence to lead the technical development of business intelligence solutions and capability. In this pivotal leadership role, you will shape the strategic direction of our data and analytics ecosystem, ensuring it aligns with enterprise architecture, security standards, and organisational priorities.
You will provide technical direction and expert guidance for the design, development, and continuous improvement of scalable and secure data and analytics solutions. You will ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, data governance, and security frameworks, delivering trusted business intelligence products and data assets that empower evidence-based decision-making across the organisation.
You will lead a high-performing, multidisciplinary team of BI developers, data engineers, and analysts, driving data engineering practices, advanced analytics adoption, and automation, while managing the lifecycle, performance, and risk of BI platforms at scale.
This role offers the opportunity to influence the strategic technical direction of the Department’s analytics ecosystem, data quality, and complex stakeholder environments.
For further information please click here to view the role description
About you -
You are an accomplished leader with deep expertise in business intelligence, data engineering, and analytics within large, complex organisations. You have a proven history of delivering enterprise-scale BI and data platform solutions in cloud environments and a strong command of data governance, security, and modern data engineering practices.
You excel at partnering with business and technical stakeholders to translate complex requirements into scalable, sustainable BI products. You demonstrate exceptional leadership in managing technical teams, fostering innovation, and driving continuous capability uplift.
You will bring:
- Demonstrated experience leading business intelligence, data engineering, or analytics functions within a medium to large organisation.
- Strong expertise in designing and delivering scalable BI solutions, data warehouses, data models, pipelines, and analytics platforms.
- Deep working knowledge of cloud-based data platforms, distributed data processing, data governance, information security, privacy, compliance, and data quality frameworks.
- Experience developing and overseeing secure, high-performance BI solutions, including lifecycle management, risk mitigation, optimisation, monitoring, and technical debt management.
- Strong proficiency in DevSecOps principles, agile delivery methodologies, and implementing security and privacy across BI platforms.
- Hands on expertise with Microsoft suite of data solutions, big data technologies and modern data practices
- Proven ability to build strong relationships with executive and business stakeholders, translating strategic objectives into practical and sustainable analytics solutions.
- Experience in leading and mentoring technical teams through workforce planning, capability uplift and performance management, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- A collaborative and customer-focused approach, with excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- A passion for innovation and continuous learning, with an interest in emerging technologies, automation, advanced analytics, and modern data engineering practices.
- Knowledge of and commitment to implementing the Department’s Aboriginal Education Policy and upholding the Department’s Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people.
Essential requirements of the role
- Tertiary qualifications and/or industry certifications relevant to BI, data engineering and analytics, or equivalent experience.
- Current and valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) Clearance for paid employment.
- Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the value of public education.
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- 35 hour working week
- Competitive, salary sacrificing, employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
- Flex Leave entitlements, generous holidays & leave conditions
- Opportunities for advancement and mobility across the Department to support your career growth
How to apply
Attach a resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role.
Please answer the following questions as part of your application.
Targeted question 1: Describe your experience leading the design and delivery of scalable, cloud-based business intelligence solutions. How have you ensured alignment with enterprise architecture and data governance frameworks in these projects?
Targeted question 2: Explain a situation wherein you successfully managed technical debt, risk, or legacy system challenges within a BI platform. What strategies did you employ to maintain performance and data quality while driving continuous improvement?
Applicants are encouraged to prepare their application materials independently. The selection panel values authentic and personally written responses that reflect your own experience, insights and alignment with the Department’s values and priorities.
Please refer to the Applicant’s Guide to Applying to assist you with your application.
If you are an existing Education Support Staff (corporate staff) with the NSW Department of Education,
All other applicants please submit your application by clicking ‘Apply Now’.
Note: the selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role. Successful candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening for this role which includes a National Criminal History Check.
This is a child-related role. As a condition of employment you will be required to provide a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) Clearance number (for paid employment). Visit the website for more information.
Candidates must have Australian work rights (citizens, permanent residents, New Zealand citizens or a valid work visa). Ongoing (permanent) roles are open to Australian citizens and permanent residents and New Zealand citizens, while temporary roles welcome applicants with a visa.
Closing date : Monday 24th August 2026 at 11:59pm.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.
A recruitment pool may be created through this recruitment process. A recruitment pool is a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role, and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months.
