Asset Data and Information Governance Lead bei Yarra Valley Water

Position overview

• Permanent, Full-Time opportunity
• True hybrid working – work from home and our Mitcham office
• $162,322 Total Remuneration Package (inclusive of 12% superannuation)

About us
We’re on a mission to create a brighter future, where you can be a change maker at the actual source. We’re one of Australia’s largest water utilities with over 30% of Victoria’s population relying on us for their essential water and sanitation services.

Our award-winning culture fosters an inclusive, collaborative, and flexible environment that enables our people to thrive. Here, you’ll be inspired and challenged to grow alongside us.

We're committed to reconciliation and supporting the self-determined role for Traditional Owners/Custodians in water and land management.

The Role
As the Asset Data and Information Governance Lead, you'll be at the forefront of ensuring our asset data is a reliable and valuable resource. This isn't just about managing data; it's about leading the charge to create, implement, and continuously improve standards that support every stage of an asset's life cycle. You'll operate with a high degree of autonomy, serving as a vital link between business stakeholders and technical teams. Your mission is to translate business needs into practical data and information governance initiatives, championing a culture of data-informed decision-making and helping align our systems (like AMS and GIS) with our strategic asset management goals.

Your key responsibilities

• Define, implement, and maintain asset data governance standards, ensuring the data is accurate, consistent, and aligned with the organization's overall data framework. This includes developing procedures, data audits, and quality assurance protocols to ensure data integrity and reliability.
• Identify and prioritize initiatives to improve asset data quality, integration, and interoperability. You will work closely with data analytics and asset transformation teams to develop automated data pipelines that align with governance policies and support strategic decision-making.
• Define and maintain governance standards for all asset information products. This involves aligning asset management systems (e.g., Maximo) and GIS with strategic objectives, regulatory requirements, and improvement initiatives to ensure that our tools meet stakeholder needs.
• Take ownership of our asset and functional system classification hierarchy. You will oversee its implementation within our core systems, including the cleanup of legacy data to ensure it meets current standards and naming conventions.
• Build, maintain, and optimize data models in asset intelligence systems. Your work will enable accurate and timely reporting and insights, and you'll provide expert guidance to business users on data model optimization and visualization best practices. You will also monitor and manage the performance of these models, troubleshooting issues and proactively identifying improvements.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Asset Services and other key teams like Asset Technology & Transformation and Enterprise Data Analytics. You will facilitate collaboration, capture business requirements, and translate them into clear, actionable technical initiatives.
• Work to build the capability of reporting officers and other business users. You will document report structures, processes, and metadata to ensure sustainable reporting practices and data usability across the business.

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant certifications in Power BI, Azure Data Engineering, or data governance.
• Knowledge of asset management standards and lifecycle planning frameworks (e.g. ISO 55000, risk-based decision-making).
• Demonstrated experience in asset information management or asset data governance, including the development and maintenance of classification hierarchies.
• Experience implementing and improving asset data governance frameworks, data quality standards, and compliance processes.
• Advanced skills in designing and optimising semantic models in Power BI, including advanced DAX, Power Query, and data modelling best practices.
• Proficiency in SQL and working knowledge of Azure-based data platforms (e.g. Azure SQL DB, Data Factory) for developing and maintaining data pipelines.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to translate complex business needs into technical requirements and liaise across operational, IT, and strategic teams.
• Ability to lead initiatives independently, identify data or governance issues, and drive cross-functional improvements.

To view the full position description, click HERE.

Why Yarra Valley Water?
We celebrate and encourage new thinking at every level. Creating opportunities for you to grow – both professionally, and personally. When you flourish, we all do.

• $162,322 TRP inclusive of 12% superannuation.
• Flexible working arrangements where our people are empowered to design their days with their team. Read our hybrid playbook HERE.
• Free and secure on-site parking with on-site café at our Mitcham office
• 14 weeks paid leave parental leave
• 15 days paid personal leave, which can be used for caring, wellbeing, mental health, menstrual or menopause
• Request to swap certain public holidays for another day of paid leave

To read more about our benefits and culture, read our employee handbook HERE.

Did you know?
Research shows that men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, while women and other marginalised people tend to only apply when they meet all of them. So, if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily tick every box, please apply or get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.

How to apply
Applications should include a supporting Cover Letter and Resume. 
Closing date: Friday, 3^rd October 2025
This position is available for Yarra Valley Water employees and external applicants.

We welcome applications from everyone, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, mature age and young job seekers, members of the LGBTIQA+ community and people of all cultural backgrounds. If you need this information in an accessible format or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please call 03 9872 2542 or email [email protected]. If you need any help with the application process or would like to discuss the recruitment process, please contact us via email [email protected].

Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks, if required for the position. This may also include a Police Check or AusCheck, where an offer will be subject to a satisfactory outcome of these checks.