Data Governance Lead

Why Smart?

Look forward to working with Australia’s leading and most trusted provider of Employee Management Services, making the benefits of salary packaging, novated leasing, and fleet management readily available to employers and their employees.

Working at Smartgroup offers more than a job. It is a dynamic workplace that matches the enthusiasm for the work you do and ambition for an exciting fast-paced career. We have all been hired for a purpose and a reason.

Every day you will be part of a team that helps support fellow Australians - many working in essential services, corporates, government, and not-for-profits - to take home more money in their pay packets.

Do you have what it takes to become a Data Governance Lead?

This is a career-defining role for a hands-on Data Governance leader who thrives in ambiguity and knows how to drive real outcomes — not just frameworks.

You will step into a team undergoing change, uplift capability, continue building credibility with stakeholders, and deliver pragmatic, tangible outcomes that demonstrate why data governance matters.

This role suits someone who combines strong technical depth with people leadership, can confidently challenge senior stakeholders, and is comfortable rolling up their sleeves to get things done.

What you’ll do

• Own and deliver a Data Governance & Management roadmap with tangible, measurable outcomes


• Drive adoption of data governance


• Partner with senior stakeholders to embed data ownership and stewardship


• Deliver pragmatic governance standards, processes and data artefacts (glossary, dictionary, lineage, CDEs)


• Improve data quality through hands-on profiling, remediation and controls


• Report on governance and data quality metrics to senior leadership and board forums

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years’ experience across multiple data management disciplines (Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Risk, Data Modelling)


• Hands-on experience implementing data governance tools and catalogues


• Technical experience with: Azure Purview, Databricks (Unity Catalog), SQL, Data catalogues, data quality and metadata management tools


• Strong people leadership experience


• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the confidence to challenge and influence


• A pragmatic, outcomes-driven mindset — comfortable being hands-on


• Experience working in Agile delivery environments

What’s in it for you?

Smart team members enjoy a range of benefits designed to support flexibility, wellbeing, reward, and growth:

• Smart Leave, an additional week of leave each year


• Free lunch every week


• Up to 20 weeks Paid Parental Leave with superannuation contributions and a Return-to-Work Bonus


• Make a Difference Days – paid days off to volunteer for the community and environment


• Discounted retail vouchers


• Salary packaging and novated leasing benefits (of course!)


• Free flu vaccinations


• Employee Share Plan

Grow with Purpose

At Smart, we’re driven by purpose and performance. We support individual and team growth via varied learning opportunities, open communication, and leaders who work to get the basics right – quality and regular one to ones, clear goals and success metrics, and growth conversations.

Show us you have what it takes

If this sounds like the opportunity for you and you have something to offer, we’d love to hear from you. APPLY ONLINE today.

Our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch to discuss next steps. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process or are seeking part-time work, let us know—we’re here to understand.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Everyone belongs and is welcome at Smart. We welcome people from diverse backgrounds to join our team, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans, people with disability, people who identify as LGBTQ+, all gender identities, and people of any socioeconomic status, age, race, national origin or ethnicity.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion is reflected in the external recognition we’ve received, including being named:

• WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality since 2019


• DCA Inclusive Employer 2025 – 2026


• Silver Employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index

We’re also members of the Reconciliation Action Plan network, with a RAP at Innovate level.

Please note: all successful candidates will be required to complete background checks including a police clearance prior to confirmation of employment. Candidates must have unlimited Australian work rights to be considered for this role.

Respectfully, no agencies please.