Lead Analyst/Team Lead - Python + R + Survey Data + Social Research

R | Python | SQL | Survey Data | Social Research | Data Pipelines

A leading Australian social and market research organisation is seeking an experienced Data Operations leader to manage a specialist technical team delivering large-scale government and social research projects.

This is a hands-on analytical role suited to someone with deep experience working with complex survey datasets in a market or social research environment.

You’ll combine strong technical capability with some team leadership/mentorship experience, helping drive high-quality data operations, automation, package development and continuous improvement across major research programs.

80% of your time will be spent on project work,20%on management responsibilities

The Opportunity

Leading a team of Data Scientists and Data Operations specialists, you will:

• Lead and mentor a growing technical data team
• Oversee delivery across major longitudinal and ad-hoc research projects
• Build and improve scalable data processing pipelines
• Develop reusable scripts, packages and automation tools
• Manage complex survey datasets from multiple data sources and APIs
• Ensure accuracy, quality and methodological integrity across all outputs
• Partner closely with researchers and internal stakeholders

This is a technically sophisticated environment with large, complex datasets and high-quality standards, particularly across government research projects.

About You

To be successful, you will bring:

• Experience working within a market research, social research, or survey research environment
• Strong hands-on experience processing and managing large-scale survey datasets
• Advanced R and Python programming capability
• Strong SPSS/Q skills and a working knowledge of SQL and Git
• Experience building data pipelines, automation workflows, and reusable packages
• Strong data wrangling, cleaning, and transformation capability
• Prior people coaching, leadership or team management experience
• Confidence operating as a senior technical lead and trusted advisor
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Experience with platforms such as Forsta, Confirmit, Decipher, Quantum or Quancept will be highly regarded.

Why Apply?

• Lead meaningful government and social impact research projects
• Work with highly complex, large-scale datasets
• Drive technical innovation, automation, and process improvement
• Hybrid working model
• Collaborative, high-performing technical environment
• Strong long-term growth opportunities

This role is ideal for a technically strong data leader who enjoys solving complex data challenges while mentoring and developing others.

To apply, please send your CV to ***email_hidden***