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Infrastructure Strategy; Infrastructure; Brisbane City
Join us as Manager (Data and Analytics) in Infrastructure Strategy and lead data driven transformation across Queensland’s infrastructure system.
Use your strengths in data analytics, stakeholder engagement, governance, collaboration, and strategic thinking to modernise products like the QGIP, uplift data literacy, and deliver automated dashboards that improve whole‑of‑government decision‑making. You’ll drive data integration, lead analytical direction, enhance reporting systems, and provide expert insights to support planning, investment prioritisation and infrastructure reform.
Job details
| Position status | Fixed Term Temporary |
|---|---|
| Position type | Flexible full-time |
| Occupational group | Management |
| Classification | AO8 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane Inner City |
| Job ad reference | QLD/678773/26 |
| Closing date | 25-Feb-2026 |
| Job duration | Until 30 June 2028 with possible extension |
| Contact person | Joel Northcott |
| Contact details | Phone: 0478 301 691 Access the National Relay Service |
Your Opportunity
You will provide hands‑on technical leadership across data integration, analytics and modern reporting tools, overseeing improvements to key products such as the Queensland Government Infrastructure Pipeline (QGIP). You will design and deliver automated dashboards, uplift data literacy, and embed robust data governance to support reforms and ongoing business improvements. Your leadership will help deliver accessible, accurate, and actionable insights that guide the planning and delivery of Queensland's capital pipeline.
Your Strengths - We are looking for someone with strengths in:
• Data and digital analytics expertise, including advanced analytical capability and insight generation.
• Effective stakeholder engagement, building productive relationships across agencies.
• Driving accountability and delivering results, ensuring initiatives meet business needs and reform priorities.
• Risk management and governance, ensuring data quality and assurance frameworks are upheld.
• Collaboration and relationship building, working across teams to deliver impactful outcomes.
• Strategic and critical thinking, shaping analytical direction and uplift efforts.
Your Responsibilities - In this role, you will:
• Lead research, analysis and interpretation of whole‑of‑government infrastructure data to produce high‑quality insights that drive planning, delivery and performance improvements.
• Provide end‑to‑end technical leadership for key initiatives including pipeline visibility, construction market intelligence and existing infrastructure datasets.
• Oversee and continually improve data‑driven products (e.g. QGIP), including data architecture, interfaces and business processes to support better advice and decisions.
• Lead the design and delivery of enterprise reporting, analytics and spatial solutions, including automation, refresh schedules, standards and roadmaps.
• Develop and maintain data governance and assurance frameworks, ensuring security, integrity, metadata and documentation meet whole‑of‑government expectations.
• Identify, manage and resolve complex data and stakeholder issues including inconsistent definitions and data gaps.
• Provide strategic, expert advice—including dashboards and evidence packs—to support planning, prioritisation and coordination across government.
• Lead agency engagement to anticipate reporting needs, negotiate standards and build communities of practice to uplift analytics capability.
Our Commitment to Diversity
We value and respect the diversity of thought, background and experience that strengthens our workforce. We actively encourage applicants of all genders, nethnicities, ages, languages, sexual orientations, disabilities and family responsibilities to apply. We are committed to fostering a safe, inclusive and supportive workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute to better infrastructure outcomes for Queensland.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
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