IP Australia is a unique and innovative Australian Government Agency that works with Australians to help them protect their inventions, brands, designs, and plant varieties through the administration of patents, trade marks, designs, and plant breeder’s rights: their Intellectual Property. We have a strong sense of purpose, ensuring Australians benefit from great ideas.

IP Australia has an ambitious program for the presentation, interpretation, and application of data for our organisation. Our data goes back over one hundred years and is key to informing business decisions, research, and policy. The Chief Data Officer provides a formal focal point, working with the business to systematically improve data management as an organisational discipline. This role is a key driver, working with the various groups across the organisation to define, develop and satisfy the data related outcomes for each group and ensure alignment with the Australian Data Strategy.

The Chief Data Officer must be highly motivated and take ownership of and accountability for the implementation of IP Australia's Data, Information and Analytics Strategy. To be successful you will require advanced communication, negotiation and stakeholder engagement experience, an understanding of data and information related issues in the field of intellectual property, including governance, data quality, data management solutions and an understanding of government directions for data stewardship, use of public data and the whole of Australian government approach to the use of artificial intelligence.

This role also oversees operations of IP Australia’s IP Data Platform, with responsibility for improving and maintaining the cloud based technical environment, data pipelines and providing user support.

It is a blend of business and technology that provides an excellent opportunity to make a wide and meaningful contribution to the management and use of Australia’s intellectual property data.

You will have extensive knowledge of data management solutions and methodologies, including in the business intelligence and analytics space relating to intellectual property. You will also understand cloud platforms and technologies that support automated regular reporting, ad hoc requests and advanced analytics.

The criteria provided below are to be used a guide in developing your response and do not have to be addressed individually.

Demonstrated ability to think strategically, and creatively, about achieving outcomes in the face of conflicting priorities

Demonstrated ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders from across business and IT to deliver strategic outcomes

Demonstrated experience leading teams developing, enhancing and maintaining technical solution that deliver reporting and analytics for the organisation

Demonstrated ability to deliver solutions to data and information management related issues

Demonstrated knowledge of data related solutions and methodologies including, but not limited to, business intelligence and analytics, and use of data to support automated processes

Demonstrated understanding of the whole of government directions with respect to public data, sharing sensitive data and use of artificial intelligence

Strong communication skills and the ability to represent IP Australia’s data interests in external forums.