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Technology Data & AI Strategist

Job No: WaterNSW3211
Location: Parramatta


Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced Technology Data & AI Strategist (Full Time, Permanent) to join our team.  

This is an opportunity to work with an essential organisation creating a more sustainable future for the state.  

This role offers the flexibility to work around life, your contribution will be valued, and you’ll be supported to build a rewarding career. 

 

Our perks and Benefits:

At WaterNSW, we believe that our employees should be as well taken care of as our rivers, dams, and pipelines, that’s why we offer a load of benefits.  

  • Flexible working  

  • Work a 9-day fortnight at Full pay on the Enterprise Agreement  

  • Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave  

  • Fertility leave  

  • Corporate wear allowance  

  • Professional development and educational assistance  

  • Access to remote area benefit packaging – based on work location

  • Salary starting from $137,125 base + 12% Super  

  • And so much more! 

 

What you’ll do: 

  • Translate business priorities into enterprise-wide technology, data, and AI strategies. Develop and maintain iterative strategic roadmaps that connect enterprise objectives, operational performance, and future-state architecture.
  • Identify opportunities to streamline and consolidate applications, platforms, and AI capabilities. Lead technology simplification, cost optimisation, and platform modernisation initiatives that enable measurable business value.
  • Ensure strategies balance day-to-day operational reliability with long-term transformation goals. Provide performance insights and governance recommendations to optimise platforms and digital investments.
  • Review project business cases, designs, and delivery plans for strategic alignment, architectural integrity, and sustainability. Act as a key advisor to governance forums to ensure investments are consistent with enterprise architecture standards.
  • Own and maintain the AI roadmap. Ensure AI initiatives are prioritised, sequenced, and compliant with ethical, security, and risk management frameworks. Establish AI governance guardrails and represent AI strategy in investment and risk governance forums.
  • Provide thought leadership on technology and AI trends. Recommend adoption where measurable value exists. Champion rapid prototyping and innovation pilots that demonstrate tangible business benefits and support scalable implementation.


What we are looking for: 

  • Degree in IT, Data Science, AI, or related discipline.
  • Current NSW Drivers Licence
  • Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Experience translating business strategy into technology, data, and AI initiatives.
  • Demonstrated experience with a hands on practical approach to prototyping using emerging and innovative technologies
  • Proven track record in driving portfolio rationalisation, optimisation, and innovation.
  • Experience supporting project delivery by reviewing solutions for alignment with enterprise strategy.
  • Background in emerging technologies, AI adoption, and data strategy execution.

 

How we will support you: 

At WaterNSW, we balance flexibility – and the way we work – with the needs of the business, our teams, and us as individuals.

When it comes to working in an office, we work in a hybrid way. If you’re required to be in the field or on site, the benefits of flexibility can be achieved in other ways, such as through a condensed work week.

 

We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and are committed to providing equal opportunities for women. Visit our WORK180 page to access our benefits and career development opportunities. 

 

More about our team / culture:

No matter how or where you work, safety is the number one priority. This means the physical and mental safety of you, your colleagues, and the public.

 

Who is WaterNSW? 

WaterNSW operates the state’s dams, capturing and storing water, and then supplying it ready for distribution – for the environment, agriculture, industry and the community. With 41 major dams and hundreds of waterways across the state, we play a vital role at the source of the state’s water, delivering two thirds of all water used in NSW.   

We’re the people taking care of the state’s water at the source – capturing, storing, delivering. Find out more at waternsw.com.au. 

 

For more information, please reach out to: Nathan Hollis (Nathan.Hollis@waternsw.com.au )

  

Please note applications for this position will close on 12 December 2025, 5.00 pm.

 

Click for Position Description - Please note this can only be accessed on the WaterNSW Careers Page. 

 

You must have full work rights in Australia to qualify for all positions at WaterNSW.  

  

We are a 2025 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant. 

  


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