Technical Data Lead

Technical Data Lead

Auckland CBD | Hybrid | Permanent
We’re looking for an experienced Technical Data Lead to provide senior technical leadership across a large and complex organisation, helping shape and modernise its data and analytics capability.

This is a senior, hands-on leadership role focused on modern data platforms, analytics engineering, automation and data transformation. You’ll play a key role in moving away from legacy data environments and establishing scalable, repeatable and best-practice data patterns.
What you’ll be doing

• Provide strategic and technical leadership across data and analytics initiatives.
• Lead the development of modern analytics engineering, automation and reusable data assets.
• Help shape and implement a modern data platform and support the decommissioning of legacy data environments.
• Identify opportunities to improve analytics, automation, machine learning and operational efficiency.
• Establish best-practice standards for data modelling, ingestion, transformation and code optimisation.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and contribute to technology and platform decisions.
• Provide hands-on technical coaching and mentoring to data professionals.
• Work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders to influence data strategy and drive transformation.

What we’re looking for

• 10+ years’ experience across Data & Analytics, ideally within a mature data environment.
• 5+ years in senior technical or data leadership roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with modern data technologies such as Snowflake, Databricks, dbt or Fivetran, with strong proficiency in at least one.
• Experience implementing or leading the adoption of a modern data platform or new data technology.
• Strong understanding of analytics engineering, relational data modelling and data architecture.
• Experience with Power BI or Tableau.
• Proven experience driving data transformation, automation and continuous improvement.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at both technical and executive levels.
• Comfortable working autonomously, navigating ambiguity and leading others through change.
• Experience with machine learning and automation would be advantageous.
• Public sector experience would be beneficial.

Why this role? This is an opportunity to have genuine influence over a major data transformation — helping establish modern data practices, improve analytics capability, reduce reliance on legacy platforms and build a scalable foundation for future data, automation and AI initiatives.
You must be Auckland-based and able to work hybrid from the Auckland CBD office.

If you’re a senior data professional who enjoys combining hands-on technical expertise with strategy, transformation and technical leadership, we’d love to hear from you.