Hybrid flexibility $200,000 - $220,000 Not-for-profit The Company Robert Half are partnering with Goodstart Early Learning, Australia's largest not-for-profit early learning providers, with their centre support office located in Brisbane. Goodstart is purpose-driven social enterprise, committed to improving outcomes for children, families, and communities across the country. As part of Goodstart's Centre Support Team, you'll be at the core of this mission, supporting Goodstart centre teams to create impactful, high-quality early learning experiences. Your work will help shape the future, ensuring every child gets the best start in life. As part of an ongoing technology and data transformation, Goodstart are strengthening their enterprise data capability to support evidence-based decision making and maximise community impact, all within a collaborative, values-driven culture. The Role This is a highly influential leadership opportunity with significant impact across the organisation. Reporting directly to the CIO, you will partner with senior business and technology stakeholders to shape and deliver Goodstart's enterprise data strategy. Note: this role is internally titled 'ICT Manager - Data Engineering & Experience' The position leads Goodstart's enterprise data capability across data engineering, analytics enablement, and data experience, owning both the strategic roadmap and the evolution of how data is leveraged across the organisation. While demonstrated technical credibility is essential, strong people and organisational leadership is the priority, focused on enabling high-performing teams and sustainable delivery outcomes. You will oversee multiple data streams, ensuring initiatives are aligned to organisational priorities, effectively governed, and deliver meaningful insights that support business decision-making. Responsibilities: Lead and develop a high-performing data division across engineering, analytics enablement, and data experience, including 4 direct reports who each manage a core data stream Define and deliver the enterprise roadmap for Data Engineering and Experience, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities Drive the advancement of a contemporary cloud-based data infrastructure and build efficient, modern data pipelines Work with key business and technical stakeholders to design and evolve a scalable, modular data architecture Collaborate with the data governance function to maintain data consistency, security, and compliance with relevant regulations Provide technical and people leadership across agile delivery teams Enable business insights and efficiencies through strategic use of data and analytics Requirements: Experience in a similar senior leadership role within the data management field Extensive experience managing data infrastructures and data teams Experience guiding organisations through modern data platform or cloud transformation journeys (Microsoft Azure / Fabric experience highly regarded) Experience balancing competing priorities and implementing governance or demand management frameworks Data architecture and project management experience Degree in Computer Science, Data Management, IT, or a related field Apply Today Goodstart is an equal opportunity employer that is proud of their inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. Goodstart is also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection. Safety is Goodstart priority and we will take any action necessary to ensure that all children can feel safe and be safe, and are safeguarded from abuse, neglect and harm. As a Child Safe Organisation, all of our candidates must have or obtain a valid working with children check. Learn more about our Brisbane recruitment services: https://www.roberthalf.com.au/brisbane By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy. Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.
