Data Product Lead

Company: Maurice Blackburn
Location: Washington
Posted on: March 29, 2025

Job Description:

We are an equal opportunity employer, so that we can best support you please let us know if you require any special adjustments that will need to be catered for during the recruitment process.If you would like to express your interest in vacancies at Maurice Blackburn, please search for the program or position you wish to apply for below. If no vacancies match your search we encourage you to submit your CV for consideration for any future vacancies.About the RoleWe have an exciting transformation journey ahead as we re-imagine the delivery of legal services for our clients. A key project within our program is the design and implementation of a new Legal Services Platform. We are now looking for a Data Product Lead to join our project team, and help us to enable firm-wide data-driven decision making through improved analytics. You'll be working with a cross-functional team of product managers, business SMEs, solution architects, engineers, marketers and others who are passionate about client and employee experience, and about collectively achieving our shared objectives.This is a unique opportunity to join the project team at its early stage, become a subject matter expert in a new modern platform and help us carve out a path to remarkable project success. You'll be involved in the whole project lifecycle: from design, build and launch, through to run and optimise cycles. Your ambition will be to quickly develop a reputation as Maurice Blackburn's data expert. You'll strive to learn our data ecosystem inside out, and bring modern data practices and innovative thinking to our project and operational teams.The key responsibilities include:

• Work with business stakeholders, data and IT team members to identify data and reporting requirements, and develop data-related user stories
• Design and develop user-friendly dashboards and reports that track operational and financial metrics
• Use data analysis tools and techniques to optimise business processes and performance
• Communicate your analysis, insights, and recommendations to non-technical audiences, both verbally and in written form
• Promote and support best practice data management, including policies and practices to promote data governance, data quality and master/reference data management
• Be adept at conceptual data modelling, and support the development of a future-fit enterprise data model
• Support project data cleansing and migration activities as required
• Manage the backlog of new and improved report requests as the project evolvesYou'll be great in this role if you are:
  • Proficient in tools such as Power BI, Qlik and SQL and other database languages such as Python, SAS. Understanding of data architecture.
  • Solid understanding of project management methodologies including Agile and Waterfall
  • Passionate about staying abreast of trends and best practices in the data and analytics space
  • Passionate about the art of story-telling with data - the importance of user-centric visualisations and narratives
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Energy and tenacity to help us uplift data literacy and data governance practices, and drive the 'data as an asset' mindset across the organisation
  • Flexibility to support a broad range of data and process-related project activities - not afraid to roll up sleeves on a range of tasks
  • Strong organisational and time management skillsOur People Commitment comes with the following benefits:
    • Ongoing coaching and career development opportunities delivered by our L&D team
    • 22 Weeks Parental leave with your superannuation guaranteed and back-to-work transition policy
    • End of Year leave, 1 day first year, 3 days after 2 years
    • Comprehensive mental health framework, including wellbeing leave (up to 4 extra days per year) and a $299 reimbursement
    • A hybrid flex model with ergonomic reimbursements for your home set up
    • Salary Continuance & Life Insurance
    • 17.5% Annual Leave Loading--- just to name a few. *T's & C's applyWe offer you a safe, supportive and collaborative environment, backed by inclusive leaders and progressive people policies, where you can be your authentic self and thrive. Here we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, enriched by differences in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age and family arrangements. We love that you have a life outside of work and we're happy to support yours. Applications from First Nations People are encouraged.Are you ready to join us on a journey to extend access to justice to more Australians, in an organisation and role in which every action you take makes a difference? Apply now.Our Circle Back Initiative partnership means we're committed to responding to every applicant.
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