About the Role
As a Senior Manager, Data Management Transformation & Enablement within the Group Data Management Centre of Excellence (CoE), you will play a key role in shaping and advancing the Group's data management capabilities. You will lead initiatives that drive the adoption of enterprise data management practices, enabling Business Units and Technology teams to embed robust controls, improve data quality and strengthen governance outcomes at scale. You will partner with Data Product teams, technology platform owners and business stakeholders to embed data management requirements into scalable and sustainable business processes and enabling technology. You will help influence the design of future-state capabilities, establish technology-enabled guardrails, and help uplift the maturity of data management practices across one of Australia's leading organisations.
Responsibilities
- Drive the adoption of enterprise data management practices.
- Embed robust controls, improve data quality, and strengthen governance outcomes at scale.
- Partner with Data Product teams, technology platform owners, and business stakeholders.
- Embed data management requirements into scalable and sustainable business processes and enabling technology.
- Influence the design of future-state capabilities.
- Establish technology-enabled guardrails.
- Uplift the maturity of data management practices.
Requirements
- Knowledgeable in core data processing concepts such as data pipelines, transformation, orchestration, and data lineage.
- Ability to engage effectively with engineering teams on design and implementation decisions.
- Experienced with modern data processing architectures.
- Appreciation of API and streaming concepts, and how real-time data flows can be leveraged across enterprise systems.
- Skilled at translating enterprise policy, regulatory, and risk requirements into practical, scalable, and sustainable business outcomes.
- Strong influencers who can build alignment and drive adoption of new ways of working, processes, and capabilities across diverse stakeholder groups without direct authority.
- Collaborative leaders who can navigate ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and build trusted relationships across Business and Technology.
- Excellent communicators who can simplify complex concepts and articulate a clear vision to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Passionate about advancing enterprise data management capability and driving meaningful change at scale.
- Demonstrated experience in Data Management, Risk Management, Operational Risk, or Governance.
- Experience developing enterprise frameworks, controls, and standards.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and executive influencing capability.
- Knowledge of industry Data Management practices including BCBS239, DAMA, and regulatory expectations.
- Experience working across large-scale transformation programs.
- Excellent consulting, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work with ambiguity while driving practical outcomes.
- A continuous improvement mindset.
Skills
- Data Management
- Risk Management
- Operational Risk
- Governance
- Data Pipelines
- Data Transformation
- Data Orchestration
- Data Lineage
- API Concepts
- Streaming Concepts
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Executive Influencing
- Consulting
- Facilitation
- Problem-Solving
Location
- Australia
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior Manager
Benefits
- Flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half their time each month connecting in office.
- Changing start and finish times.
- Part-time arrangements.
- Job share.
About the Company
- At CommBank, we're building a data-driven organisation where trusted, well-governed data powers better customer, business and risk outcomes.
- One of Australia's leading organisations.
