data tech lead

About the company

My client is a leading global multinational investment bank and financial services company. It is headquartered and listed in the Australian stock exchange and employs nearly 15,000 staff in over 20 countries, is the world's largest asset manager in infrastructure and Australia's top ranked mergers and acquisitions adviser with almost half a trillion dollars in assets under management.

About the role

Because of their immense growth in their Data Engineering portfolio, an exciting opportunity has come up in one of their Sydney offices. Are you an experienced data leader looking to drive the strategy and architecture of a strategic client data platform? In this dynamic position, you will own the delivery of the Enterprise Client Data Hub, leading the way across key domains like counterparty, agreements, and opportunity data. You will shape modern Lakehouse, event-driven, and API integration patterns while providing hands-on technical leadership to engineering teams to deliver authoritative, enterprise-wide client intelligence.

Skill Sets

You need to have the following skill sets to excel in this role:

• Proven experience leading enterprise-scale data platforms, data engineering functions, or customer data product teams.
• Strong architectural expertise in modern ecosystems, including Lakehouse, event-driven architecture, streaming, APIs, and distributed platforms.
• Hands-on experience setting technical direction and delivering across batch, real-time, and event-driven data use cases.
• Deep knowledge of data products, schemas, data contracts, taxonomy, data governance, MDM, and regulatory data controls.
• Strong stakeholder management skills alongside financial services experience, with familiarity in client, counterparty, agreement, or Salesforce data highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy, architecture alignment, and delivery of the strategic Enterprise Client Data Hub.
• Lead delivery across key domains including counterparty, agreements, and opportunity data using modern Lakehouse and event-driven patterns.
• Define and manage reusable data products, schemas, data contracts, and governance frameworks to ensure trusted data quality.
• Collaborate closely with business, architecture, and engineering stakeholders to shape the overall data roadmap and technical direction.
• Provide strong technical leadership and direction to growing data engineering teams across connected enterprise programs.

It is an urgent position, and my client is interviewing candidates at the moment. It is an exceptional opportunity for someone who has worked as a Data Tech Lead with experience in enterprise-scale data platforms and modern Lakehouse architecture and has experience working in Australian Banks and financial services organisations. Only Australian Permanent Residents and Citizens required for this role.

For more information on the role, please either apply or contact Nathan Sabherwal on 0430880***. Randstad is a specialist recruitment agency specializing in IT, Accounting and Corporate Services, Engineering and Sales & Marketing. We can always help you in finding the right permanent or contract role.

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