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This role requires proven expertise in tertiary education, business growth, and data analytics, combined with a passion for helping tertiary education clients use data to make informed decisions to support their academic mission.Responsibilities include leading sales conversations as an expert in both established and future data solutions that assist universities in improving education delivery and student experience. This role involves engaging with senior academic leaders, developing thought leadership, nurturing a network of academic clients, and collaborating with the marketing team to generate new business. Additionally, you will manage product demonstrations, address client inquiries, develop high-quality sales materials, and finalise contracts.You will oversee client onboarding, provide oversight across delivery programs, manage senior client relationships, and ensure the delivery of high-quality reports and advice. You will act as a subject matter expert to shape the future product development roadmap by capturing customer needs and defining new features.About Nous Data InsightsNous Data Insights is a world-leading provider of data-led solutions, specialising in the tertiary education sector. We are a medium sized business over 50 people across offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, London, and Toronto. We work with some of the most prestigious universities in the world as members of our collaborative benchmarking and insights program, UniForum. We are developing new data products to expand our portfolio of solutions and deliver powerful strategic analytics to our clients.Nous Data Insights is part of Nous Group, an international management consultancy with more than 750 people working in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Ireland, and Canada. Nous is regularly acknowledged as a great place to work as part of competitive workplace reviews. In 2025 Nous was again named one of Australias Best Workplaces by Great Place to Work and was recognised as one of LinkedIns best places to grow a career, as a LinkedIn Top Company (Australia), and have previously been named Best Management Consulting Firm by the Australian Financial Review.As Nous Data Insights ANZ Director you will:Take prime responsibility for driving growth and ensuring successful delivery of Nous Data Insights academic and student data solutions in the ANZ region.Lead sales as a product expert on current and future products, helping universities enhance education and student experience while building the sales skills of the Nous Data Insights team.Engage with senior academic leaders as a peer and expert on academic and student-related matters, and nurture and develop this network of current and prospective clients.Develop thought leadership that engages clients and promotes our products.Collaborate with the marketing team to shape and guide delivery of marketing campaigns and development of high-quality sales materials and proposals to grow the pipeline of clients.Manage the end-to-end sales process, including running product demonstrations and deep dives with senior executives, developing compelling proposals, and executing contracts.Delivery:Oversee the onboarding of new clients, working with delivery teams, executive sponsors and key client stakeholders ensure clients are set up for success.Oversee the delivery team to ensure the delivery of high-quality reports, advice and services to clients, and lead presentations of results to senior clients.Manage senior client relationships, taking lead responsibility for defining what success looks like for each existing and new client and supporting them to maximise value from the data and insights.Provide strategic advice to clients on their education offer and student experience, building on the data and insights from our data solutions.Support the regional Managing Director to ensure financial performance, e.g. by ensuring effective use of resources across relevant strands of delivery.Continually looking to innovate and improve internal methods of delivery.Product:Act as subject matter expert to shape the future product development roadmap by capturing customer needs, defining new features and insights.Skills and experience:Expert in higher education and specifically in academic matters like education, research and student experienceStrong commercial mindset, with demonstrated experience developing client relationships and securing new business through strategic positioning of product-based offerings, backed by strong commercial acumen, ideally in a product / technology related environmentProven experience overseeing a complex program of activity and delivering data-led solutions and insights for clients, ideally in a consulting environment.Strong analytical skills with a proficiency in data analysis and visualisation techniques, enabling the conversion of complex data sets into actionable insights to inform decision-making.Outstanding communication and team management skills.A strong interest in global higher education and a clear vision for how data can be used to better support institutions, staff, and students.Knowledge of education technology trends and data analytics (desirable).We recognise that strength comes from diverse perspectives and skills. Whilst we value the experience and qualifications matching our criteria, we invite you to apply if you are enthusiastic about contributing to our team''s success and believe you have the unique attributes that align with our mission and values.Some benefits of working with usBelong to a small, supportive team that cares about your professional development. We offer active career and professional development support, funding professional development activities and reimbursing one professional membership per year.Opportunities to grow with us as we expand into new products and sectors.Flexible working arrangements, including WFH options. Hybrid working is supported while acknowledging that the fastest learning happens when working face to face. Staff receive a once off payment to set up your WFH office.A collaborative bonus that reflects company performance is available to all permanent employees.All Nousers have great flexibility around public holidays. We understand that people of different cultures, religions, and political beliefs may wish to choose to take alternative days of leave from scheduled holidays.Supporting working parents by providing 18 weeks of paid primary carer parental leave and 10 weeks of paid secondary carer parental leave (access to parental leave is gender neutral).Finally, some important details...Nous Data Insights is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and First Nations people.If you are interested in working on complex problems and want to be part of a dynamic team that puts people at the centre of everything, then we''d love to hear from you! 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