Title:  Manager Asset Data Governance

About Us

The Department of Transport and Planning oversees key planning, transport and land use policy decisions and management across the State. A life-cycle approach to planning, building, connecting and sustaining communities means our people can come together to; improve services, deliver sustainable projects, focus on customer engagement, streamline regulatory approval pathways, facilitate community consultation and better realise local economic opportunities for more liveable communities across Victoria.

Network Design and Integration delivers transport priorities through the planning, development and maintenance of an integrated pipeline of projects and strategic initiatives that provide safe, efficient and sustainable outcomes to all Victorians.

We’re focused on outcomes that deliver more choice, connections and confidence in our travel, ensuring the whole transport network works as one to deliver better services and outcomes.

About the Role

The Manager, Asset Data Governance is responsible for leading the ongoing management and enhancement of asset data governance capabilities within the Asset Information Requirements, Governance and Reporting Team of the Asset Intelligence Branch. The role focuses on ensuring that asset domain datasets are effectively managed, trusted, traceable, and compliant with organisational standards and regulatory requirements. Working collaboratively across the organisation, the position defines data ownership and responsibilities, ensures data quality and security, oversees access authorisation for internal and external users, and supports reliable, compliant data foundations for informed business decision-making.

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Position Outcomes / Accountabilities

• Asset Data Governance – The incumbent represents asset domain and leads the development, implementation and continuous improvement of data governance capabilities that align with organisational objectives and business needs.
• Asset Data Custodianship – The incumbent partners with key internal and external stakeholders to set organisational data governance requirements that identify roles and responsibilities across asset domain datasets to enable mitigation of data risks and issues across asset management lifecycle activities.
• Asset Data Catalogue and Lineage – The incumbent provides advanced expertise and knowledge in uses data governance technologies/metadata management systems to create searchable repositories of dataset and drive effective traceability of data lineage and data management.
• Asset Data Security and Privacy – The incumbent enforces information value assessment, data protection and security access controls in accordance with organisational data security policy to ensure appropriate authorisation of dataset access to stakeholders.
• Asset Data Profiling and Improvements – The incumbent conducts comprehensive asset data profiling to assess the data quality across key systems and sources. This includes identifying completeness, consistency (and other data quality requirements) and data gaps that impact asset management and data management compliance reporting.

Key Selection Criteria

The DTP is seeking a professional with strong data literacy and analytical skills to derive insights and support data-driven decision-making, alongside accomplished stakeholder management to build effective partnerships and achieve outcomes. The successful candidate will lead digital and technology change initiatives, apply critical thinking to solve complex problems, and drive innovation and continuous improvement. They will also champion strategic asset management practices to enhance service delivery and organisational value.

Qualifications and Experience

Mandatory

• Tertiary qualifications in data management, data governance, information systems or related field
• Strong understanding of data governance framework (e.g. DAMA-DMBOK, ISO38505, COBIT) and data governance tool (e.g. Informatica Axon, MS Purview)
• Experience in people management and team leadership skills
• Experience in leading data governance improvement program including data ownership and stewardship models

Desirable

• Experience in transport industry (e.g. Roads, Rail, Bus) and/or complex asset management organisation (e.g. Defence, Utilities, Aviation, Water)
• Experience in enterprise asset management systems (e.g. Maximo, SAP EAM, ESRI ArcGIS), business intelligence tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau) and data platforms.

Culture Value 

We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds representing the community that we serve, including veterans, parents, carers, First Peoples, people with disability, multicultural, multifaith and LGBTIQA+ individuals. 

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture. Through shared actions and behaviours aligned with our strategy and direction, we empower our people to thrive and meaningfully contribute to the department’s goals. 

What we offer

• Meaningful work making Victorian communities more accessible and liveable
• Professional growth and development opportunities across the department and the wider Victorian Public Services
• A hybrid working model focused on collaboration and teamwork
• Optimal work-life balance initiatives including flexible working arrangements
• Opportunity to work across multiple urban and suburban hubs
• We prioritise the development of a safe and inclusive culture

Pre-employment checks and employment conditions  

All new appointments to the department will be subject to a National Criminal Records Check, Misconduct Screening, and a Qualification Check where there is a requirement for a mandatory qualification. Information provided to the Department of Transport and Planning will be treated in the strictest confidence consistent with the requirements of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014. 

Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa necessary for the nature of the position. 

Recipients of Victorian Public Service (VPS) voluntary departure packages should note that re-employment restrictions apply. 

Non-VPS applicants will be subject to a probation period of six months. 

How to Apply

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Applications close at 11:59 pm on Wednesday 12th of November 2025. 

Please include both your resume and a cover letter. All applications must be submitted via the online portal, we’re unable to accept email or manual submissions. 

For further information about the role, please contact Cassie Khaw, Senior Manager Asset Information Requirements, Governance and Reporting via cassie.khaw@transport.vic.gov.au

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