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As a Data & AI Practice Manager, you provide oversight and mentoring across a multidisciplinary team spanning data engineering, analytics/BI, platform operations, and AI/ML engineering. You will collaborate with other Practice Managers and technical specialists to create consistency in client management, delivery approach, and resource allocation for projects and operational needs. This is a directly chargeable and team leadership role, accountable for client engagement and business development, scoping, solution design, and successful delivery of data platform and AI initiatives.
Drive Comunet's Data & AI Practice and engage in business development.
Maintain personal knowledge and expertise in data platforms, analytics, AI/ML practices, frameworks, and emerging technologies to lead and deliver meaningful change.
Manage consultants and client managers in concert with resource and project managers across Comunet.
Work closely with internal stakeholders, external service providers, clients, and suppliers.
Provide status updates and progress reports as required by leadership team members.
Actively manage a personal portfolio of Data & AI clients and opportunities.
Key responsibilities of the role:
Own the delivery of data platform programs: modernisation, migrations, data integration (ETL/ELT), quality and governance using Data/DevOps practices.
Lead solution scoping and estimation for Data & AI projects, shaping proposals/SOWs, workshops, and delivery plans in collaboration with Project Management.
Guide clients on AI use‐cases, feasibility, data readiness, and value realisation; oversee discovery, experimentation, and production phases.
Meet personal and team chargeable targets in line with set budgets.
Drive personal and team consulting capabilities including clear training and development plans.
Influence innovation, architectural and technical design solutions for both Comunet and our clients.
Drive continuous improvement of Comunet engagement and consulting processes, both technical and non‐technical.
Engage in relevant vendor or community events and user groups
Be accountable for delegated HR functions for technical specialists as required.
Act as senior point of escalation for data and AI challenges and client issues.
Provide monthly commentary/reporting on team and individual performance, resourcing status/risks, and client portfolio development.
Understand information management responsibilities associated with the role and adhere to relevant policies and procedures.
Implement data classification, retention, and access controls across client engagements; ensure appropriate handling of PII and sensitive data.
Understand and advise on emergent legislation, guidelines, and practices for Data and AI across security, and ethical concerns.
Promote privacy‐by‐design and security‐by‐design as relevant to each client.
Key required skills and qualifications:
A minimum of 10+ years' experience delivering professional IT services, including 5+ years in a combination of Data/Analytics/AI leadership or client management.
You will need to hold an appropriate formal qualification in Information Technology, Data Science or relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
Role will require interstate travel and out of hours commitments.
Proven ability to translate business objectives into Data & AI strategies, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes.
Strong oral and written communication skills for engaging clients, leading workshops, and producing clear documentation.
Effective project management skills: planning, execution, timelines, budgets, and resource coordination in partnership with Project Management.
Leadership and team management: building high‐performing teams, fostering collaboration, and aligning goals.
Client Relationship Management: Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients is essential. This involves understanding client needs, providing excellent service, and ensuring client satisfaction
Continuous learning mindset: staying updated with industry trends, technologies, and best practices.
Extensive experience with data platforms (Snowflake, DataBricks, Fabric) and cloud providers (e.g., AWS and Microsoft Azure native data and development services).
Hands‐on understanding of data integration (ETL/ELT), streaming, data modelling, warehousing/lakehouse architectures, and BI/analytics (e.g., Power BI).
Experience with data governance and cataloguing (e.g., Microsoft Purview) including lineage, metadata, and policy enforcement.
Exposure to AI/ML engineering: feature pipelines, model training/evaluation, MLOps (MLflow/Azure ML, SageMaker), monitoring and drift management.
Experience in a consulting organisation highly regarded.
Competitive market salary
Flexible working conditions
Mobility allowance
Training opportunities
Birthday leave
A package relevant to experience and credentials will be tailored to suit the candidate.
About Comunet:
At Comunet, we love technology. But more than that, we love helping clients use technology to build better businesses. We've been on an everchanging technology journey for over 30 years and have seen the challenges first‐hand with hundreds of businesses and what this means for them - in trying to maintain currency, with costs, security and the inevitable 'future‐proofing' in mind.
We have deep expertise across Infrastructure, Networking, Cloud, Modern Application Development and embedded Cyber Security and drive a continuous improvement and innovation program across all of our teams to ensure we maintain our position as a leading provider of technology services.
We offer a published Employee Value Proposition (https://comunet.com.au/careers/employee-offer/) to expand on salary and package offers includes dedicated training budgets and time allocation, fully stocked pantry and fridge, regular team and whole of organization events and opportunities for flexible working and purchased additional annual leave.
We believe in making work a fun place to be, and we work hard to maintain our culture while providing exceptional service to our clients.
How to Apply
We'd love a cover letter with your CV, and as this is active ongoing recruitment process the position may be filled with the right applicant before the published closing date - so encourage applications as early as possible.
By submitting an application to Comunet, you acknowledge that we will undertake workforce screening activities including, but not limited to: Reference checks, National Crime and Right to Work Checks and Identity and certification verification.
Only candidates that are short listed will be contacted.
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