The Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS) is the peak high-performance sporting organisation in Western Australia. WAIS has a proud history of Olympic, Paralympic and World Champions who have accomplished amazing achievements within sport and in life. WAIS enables and supports WA athletes to achieve success on a national and international level. Our culture of Striving for Excellence is lived through the behaviours of athletes and staff that demonstrate Passion, Integrity, Quality and Teamwork.
WAIS is proudly supported by the State Government and is a member of the National Institute Network who collectively support National and State Sporting Organisations to deliver the National High Performance Sport Strategy.
Data Insights Manager at the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS)
WAIS is seeking a Data Insights Manager to lead the development and management of data infrastructure, analytics, and reporting systems to support evidence-based decision making across all areas of WAIS. The role provides expert advice and consulting services to Sport Programs and the Executive, enabling performance forecasting, target setting, and strategic reporting aligned with WAIS’s objectives. In delivering high-quality data solutions, this role will also uphold the principles of winning well.
About us:
WAIS was established in 1984 to enable Western Australian athletes to achieve international sporting success. Our vision is to have Western Australian sporting champions creating community pride and inspiring the next generation. We operate in partnership with National Sporting Organisations and State Sporting Associations along with the VenuesWest and the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries to deliver a high-performance training environment for sports and athletes.
Success for us is about winning well. As a high-performance sporting organisation, winning is important, but how we win is equally important.
We are about our people and creating a culture of excellence, teamwork and respect. From athletes to support staff, everyone at WAIS plays a critical role in our success.
Role Overview:
In this role your key areas of responsibility would include:
- Lead the development of data infrastructure, policies and processes to support Sport Programs.
- Project manage the development and maintenance of data infrastructure, policies and processes for data collection, storage/warehousing, security, reporting systems, dashboards and performance metrics to strengthen sport and corporate intelligence, support key decisions and inform future planning.
- Oversee the delivery of data informed support systems to the Sport Programs to optimise both individual and team performance.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop tools and frameworks to acquire data from primary and secondary sources.
- Develop robust protocols for data analytics and reporting of insights across both sport program and corporate functions of WAIS.
- Manage a high-performing team, fostering innovation, collaboration and excellence.
About you:
- You have a degree or higher qualifications and demonstrated experience in data science, data engineering, data or business analytics.
- Experience within the sporting sector will be highly regarded but is not essential.
- A post-graduate qualification in business administration or data science (desirable).
- You have strong proficiency in SQL, Python, R, Java as well as hands-on experience with Databricks for data engineering, machine learning workflows, and collaborative analytics.
- You are proficient in modern collaborative analytics platforms including Hex.
- You have experience designing and managing ETL pipelines, data warehouses (Snowflake).
- You have sound knowledge of cloud environments (Azure) and cloud-native data services and are familiar with BI tools (Power BI).
- You have demonstrated management experience, with a proven ability to achieve success in managing a team to delivering organisation objectives.
- You have excellent interpersonal and written communication skills with a demonstrated ability to effectively engage senior management, colleagues and stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong, demonstrated experience building systems to analyse qualitative and quantitative data to produce thematic and data specific reports and narrative to suit diverse audiences.
- Experience in managing data acquisition including the evaluation of a diverse range of data providers.
- You are a genuine team player that cares about others and always acts with kindness and integrity.
- This role will require a valid WWCC and will be subject to a National Police Criminal History check prior to appointment.
- Applicants must have the right to work in Australia (such as Australian citizenship, permanent residency or a valid visa with working rights etc).
Join us:
If the above sounds like you and you’re ready to make a meaningful impact to the Data Insights Team at WAIS, we want to hear from you!
This position is full time, 37.5 hours per week on a maximum term contract until December 2028. The salary range for this position is $112,000 – $122,664 per annum.
Please go to our career’s portal at https://wais.elmotalent.com.au/careers/default/jobs to view the full position description and then apply to join our team at WAIS.
All applications must be submitted through the WAIS career portal.
Please include a cover letter addressing your suitability for your role, along with your resume.
Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
Applications close on Monday 2 June 2025.
Any candidates that are not shortlisted for interview will be communicated with at the conclusion of our process.
For further information:
For role related queries please contact the HR team via email at hr@wais.org.au
