Manufacturing Data & Analytics Manager

Cochlear's mission is to help people hear and be heard. As the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, Cochlear is dedicated to helping people with moderate to profound hearing loss experience a world full of sound. We aim to transform the way people understand and treat hearing loss and innovate to connect people with future technologies. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people's lives. Learn and grow with us as we tackle the most complex challenges in helping more people to experience a lifetime of hearing.

The Opportunity

Cochlear is looking for a Manufacturing Data & Analytics Manager to lead the Manufacturing Insights team within Global Manufacturing Operational Excellence, delivering data, analytics, and visualisation capabilities that enable consistent, high-quality decision-making across Cochlear's global manufacturing network.

This is a hands-on leadership role combining data science, data visualisation, and people leadership, with a strong focus on delivery and capability uplift.

This is a permanent full-time role based in our global headquarters in Macquarie University.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the delivery of manufacturing data, analytics, and visualisation solutions, including standardised dashboards and reporting frameworks
• Translate business needs into scalable data products and actionable insights supporting operational performance and Continuous Improvement
• Drive delivery of the Operational Excellence Strategy data and insights components aligned to business priorities
• Identify and implement improvements in data pipelines, analytics approaches, and visualisation practices
• Champion the value of data and insights across manufacturing stakeholders
• Enable adoption of self-service analytics and standardised data sources across global sites
• Apply and embed data governance, data quality, and data management practices within manufacturing
• Attract, develop, and retain the best team to deliver Cochlear's current and future business objectives

About You

As we grow our operations, we are looking for people who share our passion for delivering quality hearing solutions to our customers. To add value to Cochlear in this role, you'll be able to demonstrate the following essential skills and experience:

• Experience developing business measures and metrics for descriptive, diagnostic and predictive analytics
• Experience with Sonar, Snowflake and Tableau
• Experience in data science, analytics, or data engineering within complex environments
• Strong hands-on capability in data visualisation and data storytelling
• Experience delivering end-to-end analytics solutions (data → insight → visualisation)
• Demonstrated experience in building and leading a data analytics team.
• Experience applying data governance and data quality principles
• Ability to translate operational problems into data-driven insights
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
• Exposure to ERP transformations (e.g., S4/HANA environments) is ideal
• Lean Six Sigma or Operational Excellence exposure is preferred

At Cochlear, we value and welcome the unique contributions, perspectives, experiences and backgrounds of our employees and aim to build a culture that celebrates and leverages these differences, creating a sense of belonging and enabling our people to realise their full potential.

Other Key Benefits:

• Shape the future of data-driven manufacturing through advanced analytics, visualisation and digital transformation
• Partner directly with senior executives and influence enterprise decision-making
• Build modern analytics, governance and reporting capabilities with global reach
• Combine people leadership, strategy and hands-on technical delivery

If you feel that you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role and take on new challenges to build your career with Cochlear, please start your application by clicking the apply button below.
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How we recognise your contribution

At Cochlear we value and welcome the unique contributions, perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds of our employees and aim to build a culture that celebrates and leverages these differences, creating a sense of belonging and enabling our people to realise their full potential. Through our internal programs and employee benefits, we aim to create an environment where our people will feel value and supported. Whether your focus is on continuous learning, professional development or simply finding an environment which enables you to thrive whilst balancing family or personal life commitments, then we have several programs in place to support you.

For more information about Life at Cochlear, visit www.cochlearcareers.com