Lead insights data scientist

• Auckland
• New Zealand
• Data \& Analytics
• Full time
• 9/1/2026
• J00178258

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Equifax is where you can power your possible. If you want to achieve your true potential, chart new paths, develop new skills, collaborate with bright minds, and make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you.

Work Location - Auckland, NZ ONLY

The Lead Data Insights Data Scientist will serve as a technical expert and hands-on leader within our Data and Analytics team, turning complex data into actionable visual solutions. In this role, you will lead cross-functional initiatives to build high-impact analytical dashboards, establish data access standards, and coach junior team members to drive business success. If you are passionate about hands-on data science, mentoring others, and storytelling with data, this is your opportunity to power your possible.

What You'll Do

• Deliver topical and actionable NZ insights, providing industry-specific intelligence to help our customers navigate the credit and finance landscape.
• Serve as a thought leader for data visualisation, developing new methodologies to elevate individual and team performance.
• Lead Data and Analytics professionals, IT, Sales, and clients to design, document, test, and support internal and customer-facing data visual solutions.
• Create strategies, standards, and best practices for data visualisation, data access, and data integration across big data analytical platforms.
• Design and construct tailored dashboards and reports that summarise vast quantities of complex data.
• Create presentation-ready visualisations and analyses using Tableau and cloud native visualisation technologies.
• Build wireframes and interactive mock-ups of dashboards to communicate functionality to internal stakeholders and clients.
• Define agile data extraction and transformation methodologies using SQL, R, Hive, Impala, or Python to derive data marts driving dashboards.
• Provide hands-on leadership, establishing priorities, coaching, and mentoring junior team members to align with overall business strategy.

What Experience You Need

• Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM major or equivalent quantitative discipline.
• 7–10 years of experience in a data analytics or data science role.
• Proven hands-on leadership experience, specifically coaching, guiding, and mentoring junior team members.
• Demonstrated experience writing code in Python, JavaScript, and SQL.
• Experience extracting and transforming data using platforms such as SQL, R, Hive, Impala, or Python.
• Hands-on experience building visualisations using Spotfire or open-source visualisation platforms.

What Could Set You Apart

• Credit risk management and analytics experience
• Active Cloud certification, specifically hands-on experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Prior work experience delivering credit risk, commercial, or consumer-type insights.
• Hands-on experience with Tableau or broader Business Intelligence (BI) tools.
• Proven record of consulting directly with business users to translate complex technical architectures into actionable commercial insights

We know great things happen when teams connect. Our schedule is built around 4 days of high-impact, in-office collaboration (Monday–Thursday), paired with Friday Flexibility to wrap up your week remotely.

We are proud to hold a Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We welcome people of all backgrounds, knowing that diverse perspectives spark the innovation we need to win.

We believe that when we’re at our best, we can do our best. Equifax offers policies and programs that support our employees’ financial and personal wellbeing with additional leave days, hybrid working environment, employee assistance program and organizational growth potential through our online learning platform with guided career tracks.

Are you ready to power your possible? Apply today, and get started on a path toward an exciting new career at Equifax, where you can make a difference!

Who is Equifax?

At Equifax, we believe knowledge drives progress. As a global data, analytics and technology company, we play an essential role in the global economy by helping employers, employees, financial institutions and government agencies make critical decisions with greater confidence.

We work to help create seamless and positive experiences during life’s pivotal moments: applying for jobs or a mortgage, financing an education or buying a car. Our impact is real and to accomplish our goals we focus on nurturing our people for career advancement and their learning and development, supporting our next generation of leaders, maintaining an inclusive and diverse work environment, and regularly engaging and recognizing our employees. Regardless of location or role, the individual and collective work of our employees makes a difference and we are looking for talented team players to join us as we help people live their financial best.

Equifax is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.