Our client plays a critical role in enabling trade and economic activity across New Zealand. It operates in a complex, operational environment and is investing heavily in digital, data, and analytics to improve decision-making, performance, and long-term sustainability.

About the role
We’re looking for a Data and Insights Manager to lead the organisation’s data and analytics capability. This role sits within a digital function and is responsible for building and operationalising a modern data and analytics platform, driving advanced insights, and embedding data-driven decision-making across the business.

You’ll partner closely with technology teams and senior stakeholders to deliver outcome-driven analytics initiatives, oversee data governance, and lead teams delivering data foundations, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions.

This role will be leading a small team; if you are interested in management while remaining hands on, this could be a great role for you.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and evolve enterprise data and analytics platforms and assets
• Deliver data, analytics, data science, and AI use cases aligned to business strategy
• Establish strong data governance, quality, and risk management practices
• Partner with business leaders to enable better decisions through data
• Champion agile, cross-functional ways of working and data literacy

About you

• Proven leadership experience in data, analytics, or insights roles
• 8+ years’ experience delivering end-to-end data and analytics solutions
• Strong experience with modern cloud-based data platforms
• Ability to communicate complex insights clearly to non-technical audiences
• Curious, self-driven, and comfortable operating in complex environments

Tech stack: SQL, Python, R, Power BI, Tableau are main technologies.

If you are interested to have a discussion, please email Marian at marian@rwa.co.nz.

Only people with the right to live and work in New Zealand may apply for this role.