Job Description

Personnel Area: Infrastructure Services

Branch: Asset Management

Duration: Contract – 4 years

Brisbane is entering a defining decade. As Australia’s largest local government, Brisbane City Council is responsible for a $44 billion infrastructure portfolio that underpins the city’s liveability, growth and resilience. With the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games on the horizon, the way the city plans, manages and invests in its assets will shape its legacy for generations.

This role sits at the centre of that effort.

The opportunity

The Manager, Asset Systems and Data leads the enterprise capability that enables evidence‑based decisions about Brisbane’s infrastructure. Reporting to the General Manager, Asset Management, you will own the systems, data and governance that support the lifecycle of critical public assets – from roads and drainage to parks and community facilities.

This is a strategic and operational leadership role, accountable for ensuring that asset data is reliable, integrated and trusted – and that it is used to inform planning, investment and service delivery across the organisation.

You will lead a specialist team, oversee a significant operating budget, and operate as a key adviser to senior stakeholders across Council.

Operating within a complex and evolving environment, you will lead a program of system uplift and continuous improvement while strengthening organisational capability and maturity in asset data and systems.

Key responsibilities include:

• leading Council’s Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems environment, including SAP and integrated platforms
• establishing and enforcing enterprise data governance, standards and quality assurance
• driving asset data strategy, reporting and analytics to support planning and decision‑making
• integrating asset systems with GIS, digital, finance and procurement platforms
• leading system roadmap delivery, upgrades and transformation initiatives to improve alignment with ISO 550001
• partnering across the organisation to align systems, processes and business outcomes
• building and leading a high‑performing, values‑led team.

This role requires navigating scale and complexity while balancing governance rigour with operational practicality and building strong partnerships across technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

About you

You are an experienced and credible leader with the ability to connect process, systems, data and business outcomes. You bring the judgment and confidence to operate at executive level, alongside the technical understanding required to lead complex asset systems environments.

You will bring:

• strong experience in enterprise asset management process and systems (SAP or similar) and system integration
• deep understanding of data governance, data quality and asset lifecycle management
• a track record of improving systems, processes and organisational capability
• experience operating in complex infrastructure, utilities or public sector environments
• strong leadership capability, with experience building teams and leading through change
• well-developed stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.

Why join Brisbane City Council

This is an opportunity to contribute to work that is visible, meaningful and enduring.

You will be part of an organisation responsible for shaping one of Australia’s fastest‑growing cities – with the scale, complexity and public impact that brings. You will help modernise critical systems that influence how billions of dollars in infrastructure investment are prioritised and delivered, and how the community experiences services.

Council offers a purposeful environment where decisions have a direct impact on the people who live, work and move through Brisbane – and where the work you lead will contribute to the city’s long‑term legacy.

Please visit the detailed candidate page for further information and to apply: www.luminarypartners.com.au/bcc-manager

General inquiries to luminary@luminarypartners.com.au

Confidential inquiries to:

Kerry Larkin, Senior Associate, Luminary, on 0404 095 421

Jane Ellis, Managing Partner, Luminary, on 0411 600 129

Applications close: Midnight, Sunday 7 June 2026

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