Senior Lead, Reporting & Insights

• Employment Type: Continuing, Full-time, 35 hours per week opportunity
• Remuneration: Level 9 – from $153,933 plus 17% superannuation and leave loading
• Location: Kensington, NSW (Hybrid working conditions)

About UNSW

At UNSW, we pride ourselves on being a workplace where the best people come to do their best work. We aspire to be Australia’s global university, improving and transforming lives through excellence in research, outstanding education and a commitment to advancing a just society.

Why your role matters

UNSW Planning and Performance (UPP) is a trusted strategic partner to university leaders, using business intelligence, forecasting, and performance insights to support better decisions across the University.

In the newly created role of Senior Lead, Reporting & Insights, you will shape the strategy, governance, and continuous improvement of UPP’s extensive reporting and dashboard ecosystem. Covering portfolios including student and load forecasting, government reporting, faculty and university performance, and societal impact, you will ensure UPP’s reporting products are purposeful, trusted, accessible, and aligned with organisational priorities.

This is an opportunity to bring greater clarity and value to a complex reporting environment. You will lead the review, prioritisation, consolidation, redesign, and retirement of reporting products, helping address dashboard fatigue and ensuring effort is focused on the information that matters most. You will engage with stakeholders across faculties, schools, and professional divisions to understand how decisions are made, translate complex needs into clear priorities, and guide analysts and technical specialists in delivering high-quality, fit-for-purpose insights.

Reporting to the Head, Forecasting and Reporting, you will operate with a high degree of autonomy and influence without direct reports. By establishing consistent standards for data integrity, visualisation, usability, and accessibility, you will help strengthen reporting capability across UPP and make a tangible difference to how leaders across UNSW understand performance and act on evidence.

About the Role

The successful applicant will be required to undertake and have experience in the following areas of expertise:

• Lead the overall product strategy and governance framework across the university's reporting and dashboard portfolios.
• Establish governance processes to evaluate, prioritize, maintain, and retire reporting assets effectively.
• Set consistent standards for usability, data integrity, and best-practice visualisation across all outputs.
• Monitor portfolio usage and lead initiatives to consolidate, redesign, and streamline reporting tools.
• Engage key stakeholders across faculties and divisions to translate complex needs into clear reporting specifications.
• Guide analysts and technical teams in delivering high-quality, user-centred insights and building internal capability.

About You

• Extensive experience delivering reporting and business intelligence solutions using Power BI and tools like Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and complex SQL.
• Proven track record leading the design, governance, and continuous improvement of reporting products and analytical frameworks in complex environments.
• Strong conceptual and analytical skills to navigate ambiguity, solve complex problems, and apply sound judgment.
• Outstanding stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex business needs into clear specifications.
• Demonstrated experience establishing standards for data governance, accessibility, and universal design in data visualisation.
• Excellent organizational skills to manage competing priorities, balance strategic and operational demands, and drive user-centred outcomes.
• Strong alignment with UNSW's aims, objectives, values, and workplace policies.

For further information on the role & responsibilities, please refer to the Position Description

How to Apply: Submit your CV & cover letter detailing your interest and suitability for the job (as per the skills & experience bullet points in the Position Description) before Sunday 25th October by 11:55pm.

Please note: Sponsorship is not available for this role, valid Australian working rights are required on application.

UNSW Benefits and Culture: People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world. Our benefits include:

• Flexible Working Options (work from home, flexible hours etc)
• Additional 3 days leave during December festive period.
• Career development opportunities
• Up to 50% discount on UNSW courses
• Flexible 17% Superannuation contributions, additional leave-loading payments and salary sacrifice.
• Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness passport)

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.

Pre-Employment Checks

Aligned with UNSW’s focus on cultivating a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.

These pre-employment checks may include a combination of some of the following checks:-

• National and International Criminal history checks
• Entitlement to work and ID checks
• Working With Children Checks
• Completion of a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Declaration
• Verification of relevant qualifications
• Verification of relevant professional membership
• Employment history and reference checks
• Financial responsibility assessments/checks.
• Medical Checks and Assessments

Compliance with the necessary combination of these checks is a condition of employment at UNSW.