Data Enablement Lead Hybrid

Wesfarmers OneDigital is building Australia's leading data and digital retail ecosystem, underpinned by AI across everything we do. We operate across four pillars - loyalty, data, retail media and AI, turning millions of customer interactions into insights that shape how Australians shop, live and connect.

We have an exciting, new opportunity for a Data Enablement Lead to join our team!

The Data Enablement Lead role is responsible for embedding governance into the data platforms and operations in a way that is scalable, practical, and aligned to business outcomes.

The role ensures that governance is not treated as a separate function but is integrated into core data workflows - driving consistency, enabling trusted data use, and supporting effective decision-making across Wesfarmers.

Working closely with the Head of Data Intelligence, Advanced Analytics Manager, Data Governance and Enablement Manager, Digital Trust and the Technology and Architecture teams, the role defines and delivers the governance capabilities, processes, and standards required to support OneDigital’s data objectives. This includes aligning stakeholders, shaping platform requirements, and leading change to ensure governance is adopted pro-actively and delivers tangible value.

Key accountabilities

Data enablement (including strategy, implementation, adoption, stakeholder engagement, change management, and cross-divisional alignment)

 Partner with the Head of Data Intelligence, the Advanced Analytics Manager and other key stakeholders as required to:

• Define and prioritise the data governance and enablement roadmap 
• Define and implement proportion, scalable and automated (where possible) approaches that help manage data, deliver services, and align data with strategic objectives
• Ensure data owners and stewards are appointed and supported
• Define requirements and assess, select, procure, implement, monitor, and maintain solutions/tools that support data governance and enablement objectives
•  Define data quality requirements, metrics, thresholds, targets, OLAs, and SLAs to meet business expectations
•  Ensure activities are performed to measure, monitor, and improve data quality in relation to the defined business expectations, including the appropriate reporting of data quality metrics and the performance in reacting to data quality issues
• Create and curate metadata, and ensure metadata is used to support data, analytics, and AI use cases
• Develop and publish data lineage diagrams that visually represent the flow or movement of data from its origin to consumption, including its transformations and dependencies, and ensure they are used to support impact analysis
• Partner with data, analytics, and business stakeholders to ensure governance supports value creating data use cases
• Provide data enablement support and training to support the implementation of Data-as-a-Service

Data governance (including governance, integration, risk management, compliance, and collaboration)

Partner with the Data Governance and Enablement Manager and other key stakeholders as required to:

• Embed the data governance principles, requirements, and arrangements into platforms, processes, and practices
• Design and implement controls that are proportionate, automated where possible, and aligned to risk and value. Monitor adherence to controls, and be responsible for regular reporting
• Implement appropriate compliance and assurance activities to oversee the effectiveness of the controls environment, including appropriate reporting to management and governing bodies
• Implement appropriate incident management practices, and escalate risks and issues where required to senior management
• Support OneDigital, and relevant Wesfarmers initiatives from a data governance and data enablement perspective
• Act as a translator between technical teams and business stakeholders

Experience required

• Experience in data engineering, data platforms, or analytics engineering environments
• Proven experience implementing or evolving data governance frameworks and operating models in a practical, delivery-focused context
•  Experience working in federated or multi-division organisations, aligning standards across different stakeholders
• ·Demonstrated experience embedding governance into platforms, processes, and practices (not just defining policy)
• Driving adoption and change across business and technical teams
• Working closely with architecture and senior data leadership
• Experience working in a small team and planning and delivering outcomes through influencing others
• Deep knowledge of data governance and related knowledge areas including data stewardship, data quality, metadata management, data analytics, data literacy, data lineage, data classification, and data retention and disposal
• Solutions that support data governance and enablement objectives
• Knowledge of data privacy laws, risk management, compliance, assurance, and incident management

Key Team Member Benefits

To support you at work, what you value in life and in the community, our team member benefits include:

• Fantastic career and development opportunities within your role and across a diverse range of businesses within the Group
• Convenient city location
• Modern and spacious end of trip facilities
• Supported Learning opportunities
• Paid primary carer parental leave (16 weeks) and non-primary carer parental leave (4 weeks)
• Paid leave to volunteer within the community
• Hybrid working – we balance working together with working flexibly
• A team member discount card and discounts across a range of businesses – including Bunnings, Kmart, Target, Officeworks, Clearskin Care and Kleenheat Gas
• Free OnePass membership

About Wesfarmers

As one of Australia’s largest listed companies, we’re proud of our longstanding contribution to Australians. We continually reinvent ourselves and invest in the businesses we own and operate, including leading retailers like Bunnings, Kmart, Target, Officeworks and Priceline. We also have an online offering, including OnePass and the Group shared data asset. Our work doesn’t stop there, we operate in the industrials sector which supplies the nation with chemicals, energy and fertilisers, and industrial and safety products. And we participate in an integrated lithium joint venture, including the operation of a mine and concentrator and the development of a refinery.

Join the team at Corporate Office which provides support and advice across the Wesfarmers Group

The Corporate Office provides corporate services and support to the autonomous businesses within the Wesfarmers Group, enabling the achievement of Group objectives. It leads capital allocation and portfolio management for the Group and focuses on leveraging and enhancing the Group’s reputation to support attraction and retention of talent, securing investment opportunities and maintaining a low-cost capital. To do this, we need great people, working together and role modelling our values and ways of working.

Our culture

We’re results focused, but we’re a business that cares. Here we are less about titles and more about everyone playing a valuable role. We provide autonomy and space with freedom to operate, quickly learning from mistakes because we know they are part of the way forward. We’re curious, open minded, and collaborative. And although we’re thought leaders, we’re humble, and willing to share knowledge and learn from one another.

We know that diversity fosters greater innovation and better customer connection, so we strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment.

Next steps

If this sounds like your next career move, then click on the ‘Apply’ button now! Please note that we may commence interviewing candidates prior to the application closing date.