Head of Data Enablement | Auckland

• Auckland location preferred.
• Leadership role.
• Data & Technology group.

Lead a highly capable and engaged team providing strategic data and technology requirements to our front-line business unit Customer Service Delivery and providing analytics enablement across the enterprise.

Mō te Tukurau Aotearoa - About NZ Post

There's a story in every parcel. And wrapped up in every parcel, is the people of NZ Post.  Our mahi is different, but we share the same goal - to contribute to the growth and prosperity of our beautiful Aotearoa.  Whether you're a number-crunching data analyst, a parcel processing whizz, a marketing maven, or a sales superstar, we've got a spot for you in our dynamic team. Continue your career journey with us.

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

Due to an internal move, we are seeking applications for our Head of Data Enablement vacancy. The key purpose of this role is to translate the CSD operating strategy and target operating model into strategic data and technology requirements which add strategic value to our organisation.

This role is responsible for leading data enablement, simply helping our colleagues extract more value from data.  It also manages the CSD centralised support channel on data and technology requirements. As a leader within the Data and Enterprise Architecture function, this role leads a team of data experts and is responsible for ensuring work coming through this team is effectively assigned and managed whilst providing an environment for the team to thrive and excel. This role holds key relationships throughout D&T and the wider organisation and is expected to contribute to CSD business planning processes and effectively work in collaboration with key stakeholders.

Mōu - About you

As the ideal candidate for this role, you will be able to demonstrate that you're well into your Data focussed career path, holding significant experience in technology, data science/analytics fields. Coupled with capable and tested leadership skills and experience.

You will have multiple years' experience in big data analytics, statistical methods and machine learning techniques in products or services businesses. Your stakeholder management skills will be top notch and you will be able to clearly demonstrate skills interpreting and explaining technical or complex information in plain English to a wide variety of senior stakeholders.

Hiahia? - Interested? Further your career within the NZ Post whānau!

There's a story in every parcel.  Do you love being part of the story?  Continue your journey with us.

Apply today, or find out more details about this opportunity by downloading the JD on the NZ Post Careers page.  If you require additional information, please contact Gemma Corbett via gemma.corbett@nzpost.co.nz or 027 372 4705.

Applications for this opportunity close on 13 April 2025.

All successful applicants will be required to provide proof of their eligibility to work in New Zealand and will be subject to a security check and reference checks.  Some of our roles may also require a credit check and/or a drug test. 

If you're interested in a role, please apply directly through our online portal. No one knows what we do and how we do it better than us, and our in-house talent team are experts at finding the right people for the right roles.  We won't consider candidates through agencies unless this has been previously approved. 

There's something really special about being part of the team here at NZ Post - Tukurau Aotearoa, who we are and what we stand for is grounded in our values.

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