Head of Data
Shape REA’s enterprise approach to federated data management and data ownership.Lead data-as-a-product practices, scalable governance mechanisms and enterprise guardrails that enable speed, trust and scale.A Senior leadership role in Launchpad within REA’s Global Technology group.We’re REAWith bold and ambitious goals, REA Group is changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you’re at on your property journey, we’re here to help with every step - whether that’s finding or financing your next home.Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we’re proud to have been named one of Australia’s Best Workplaces four times since 2021 — including third place in 2025 — plus Best Workplace for Women in 2023 and Best Workplace in Technology in 2024 and 2025. These listings are testament to every person who helps make REA a great place to work.Where the team fits inThis role sits within Launchpad, part of REA’s Global Technology group.Launchpad’s mission is to empower REA with great technology, including a market-leading data platform and data management capability. Our data mission is to help REA understand, protect and leverage its data.We do this by building and licensing REA’s data platform, improving the quality, access and usage of data, building reusable data products, and investing in the reliability, quality and security of systems and data.What the role is all aboutData is central to how REA creates value for our customers, consumers and the business. As Head of Data, you’ll own and actively shape REA’s enterprise approach to federated data management, defining how data is owned, governed and used across the business to enable speed, trust and scale.You’ll combine hands-on system building with senior leadership, designing and embedding the standards, guardrails and ways of working that enable data domains to operate autonomously while maintaining enterprise coherence, quality and compliance.In this role, you will:Evolve REA’s federated data operating model so it is effective, scalable and fit for purpose.Define and embed the enterprise data domain model, with clear ownership, accountability and stewardship.Drive data-as-a-product thinking across the enterprise, including consistent practices for quality, documentation, metadata and value measurement.Define and maintain enterprise data standards, policies and guardrails across quality, metadata, lineage, privacy, security and interoperability.Partner with platform and architecture teams to evolve self-service data capabilities and improve reliability, reuse and consistency.Define and track measures of success for the data operating model, linking data initiatives to measurable business outcomes.Who we’re looking forSenior leadership experience in enterprise data, analytics or...