Business Intelligence Manager

About the Role 
We have an exciting Leadership opportunity for a Business Intelligence Manager at Swinburne.

The Business Intelligence (BI) Manager is a senior position tasked with establishing and managing the university's reporting and data visualisation functions using Microsoft Power BI. This role involves designing, developing, and deploying reporting solutions tailored to the needs of various users, from academic staff to senior management, while promoting a culture of data-driven decision-making. 

The BI Manager will lead a team of BI developers, manage and maintain the Power BI environment to ensure it is scalable and secure and ensure compliance with data governance policies. Collaboration with other teams is essential for integrating Power BI with the university's data architecture, supporting both enterprise-level and specialised reporting. The BI Manager will need to engage with senior stakeholders and understand and balance multiple priorities to deliver outcomes to the university to drive impact. 

This is an essential role within the IT team, as the BI Manager will set processes and guidelines to balance the needs of citizen developers and enterprise reporting, ensuring consistency and quality in reporting outputs across the university. This role aims to maximize the value of data assets to support Swinburne university's strategic goals and improve operational efficiency.

About You  
To be suitable for this role you will need to have experience in the below key accountabilities: 

•    Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for reporting and data visualisation using Microsoft Power BI.
•    Align the strategy with the university’s goals, ensuring that reporting outputs support decision-making at all levels.
•    Continuously assess and refine the strategy to adapt to emerging needs and technologies.
•    Lead and manage a team of BI developers, providing guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure high-quality output
•    Oversee the administration and optimisation of the Power BI environment, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.
•    Have up to date knowledge of MS Power BI and the current knowledge of developing dashboards 
•    Ensure all reporting activities adhere to university data governance policies and procedures, maintaining data integrity and security.
•    Engage with university stakeholders to gather reporting requirements and ensure that BI solutions meet their needs
•    Leading or being part of a large-scale data migration projects

For more information on this role, please refer to the Position Description

Qualifications
•    Postgraduate qualifications in Information Technology, Data Science, Business Analytics, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
•    Professional certifications in BI tools or related areas are highly desirable.
•    Knowledge of DAX and creation of semantic models for Power BI

About Swinburne University of Technology 
Swinburne Horizon 2025 draws upon our understanding of future challenges. With this new strategic plan, we choose to build Swinburne as the prototype of a new and different university – one that is truly of Technology, of Innovation and of Entrepreneurship. We are committed to a differentiated university proposition in education and research, so that:

•    Every Swinburne learner gets a work experience
•    Every Swinburne graduate gets a job
•    Every Swinburne partner gets a tech solution
•    Swinburne is the prototype of global best practice

The achievement of our 2025 moon shots depends on our capacity to work collectively, always, as One Swinburne.

To Apply 
Please submit your CV and cover letter addressing your suitability for this position.  

To review the Position Description and to apply, please scroll down to the bottom of the page. 

If you are viewing this advert from an external site, please click ‘apply’ and you will be redirected to Swinburne’s Jobs website to access the Position Description at the bottom of the page.

For more information about the role, please email staffrecruitment@swin.edu.au.

Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children Check.

If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application, please contact the Swinburne Talent Acquisition Team on staffrecruitment@swin.edu.au. 

Applications Close: October 7th, 2024 at 5pm.

Swinburne offers flexible working options contained in our leave and parenting/carer policies to support work-life balance.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Swinburne University of Technology is dedicated to creating a varied, welcoming, and open learning and work environment that embraces diversity, promotes inclusion, ensures fair access to opportunities, and actively opposes bullying, discrimination, sexual harm, victimisation, and vilification. We appreciate every individual in our community, regardless of ability/disability, age, cultural and ethnic background, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and family and relationship status. For further details on our efforts, please explore our Equity & Diversity website.

Disability and Reasonable Adjustments
Swinburne University of Technology actively supports and encourages individuals with disability to apply. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process by ensuring that we cater to the access and participation needs of all candidates. 

For a confidential discussion regarding accessibility requirements, or to provide feedback on how we can continue to improve our recruitment processes to better accommodate adjustments you require, please reach out to staffrecruitment@swin.edu.au or call +61 3 9214 3410 .

Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) at Swinburne 
Swinburne is enhancing gender equity and diversity, with a focus on science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM), by participating in the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) program. 

Swinburne University is actively engaged in improving representation and participation of women in STEMM fields, aiming to address ongoing gender inequity. As an inaugural recipient of the Athena SWAN Institutional Bronze Award, we have implemented our original SAGE Action Plan (2019-2021) and continue our commitment through the current SAGE Action Plan (2022-2025), focusing on meaningful actions to foster long-lasting change and advance gender equity and diversity in STEMM.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We welcome and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.  

For any support please contact staffrecruitment@swin.edu.au  or for more information on our Indigenous strategies please follow the link to our RAP Reconciliation Action Plan

Victoria’s Commitment to Action: Improving international student employment outcomes 
As a signatory to Victoria’s Commitment to Action, Swinburne seeks to remove barriers to international graduate employment. We welcome and encourage applications from international graduates.  

We are a 2023 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant

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