AFCA

Financial Services

SeniorDeliveryLead,Data&AI

A$175–245k ~AI est. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Delivery Lead, Data & AI at AFCA. Skills: Data delivery, AI delivery, Agile delivery. Lead delivery of Data, Analytics & AI initiatives. Govern initiatives”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver measurable outcomes; Ensure timely resolution

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Risk management; Dependency management; Delivery challenges

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Significant experience leading delivery initiatives, Experience translating strategy into plans, Relevant tertiary qualifications, Enterprise delivery and transformation background, Experience delivering using Agile and SAFe, Hands-on delivery leadership, Ability to traverse business process change, Excellent stakeholder management skills, Commercial, risk and dependency management, Clear communicator, Growth mindset, Resilient, adaptable and calm, Natural change agent, Customer-centred, pragmatic and delivery-oriented

Nice to Have

Experience in financial services, Experience in digital-first organisations, Experience in highly regulated environments, Track record working with blended delivery models

What You'll Do.

Lead delivery of Data

Analytics & AI initiatives

Translate strategy into roadmaps

Develop delivery plans

Lead scaled agile delivery structures

Align with enterprise governance

Drive AI use case delivery

Drive AI capability uplift

Drive AI operational readiness

Lead technology integration initiatives

Integrate across teams and vendors

Manage delivery challenges

Ensure timely resolution

Support portfolio planning

Support executive reporting

Support governance forums

Provide progress updates

Provide trade-off updates

Provide decision updates

Drive adoption of new ways

Embed new ways of working

Foster continuous improvement

Foster customer-focused delivery

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Across business teams; Across technology teams; Across data teams; With vendors

Communication Scope

Executive reporting; Progress updates; Risk updates; Trade-off updates; Decision updates; Simplify complexity

Process & Methodology

Agile, SAFe, Scaled agile

Full Job Description

Fairness feels good Make a real impact at AFCA. Where fairness drives every decision. Help us deliver world-class, independent complaints resolution for Australians. As a not-for-profit and progressive financial ombudsman, we’re championing positive change. Achieving our purpose takes progressive thinking, accountability and resilience. At AFCA, our inclusive leadership values every voice. We offer our people flexible work options, thoughtful benefits and opportunities to deepen expertise. Flourish in a diverse, caring culture. Feel the difference of belonging to an organisation intentionally designed to put people first. At AFCA, we’re building out our data and AI capability to better serve our customers and the community and we’re looking for a Senior Delivery Lead to help bring that vision to life. As our Senior Delivery Lead, Data & AI, you’ll take ownership of delivering high‑priority data, analytics and AI initiatives, turning strategy into clear, actionable plans and measurable outcomes. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll work across business, technology and data teams to ensure delivery is well‑scoped, governed and aligned with AFCA’s strategic and regulatory priorities. What you’ll be doing * Lead the end-to-end delivery of Data, Analytics & AI initiatives, including governance uplift * Translate strategy into clear roadmaps, delivery plans, milestones and outcomes * Establish and lead scaled agile (SAFe) delivery structures aligned with enterprise governance * Drive delivery of AI use cases, adoption, capability uplift and operational readiness * Lead data and AI technology integration initiatives across the organisation * Act as a key integrator across Data & Analytics, Technology, business teams and vendors * Manage risks, dependencies and delivery challenges, ensuring timely resolution * Support portfolio planning, executive reporting and governance forums * Provide clear, confident updates on progress, risks, trade-offs and decisions requi

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