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The Chief Information Officer will play a pivotal leadership role in shaping and advancing the University’s digital future. This is an opportunity to influence the evolution of the University’s Digital Strategy and ensure that technology meaningfully enables our mission and core activities across teaching, learning, research, and the broader student and staff experience. In this role you will collaborate closely with senior academic and professional leaders, to guide the institution through significant digital change fostering capability, strengthening cyber resilience, and embedding a cohesive, enterprise-wide approach to data, technology and service delivery. Additionally, you will provide strategic oversight of a large and diverse digital portfolio, with responsibility for developing a future‑focused architecture through modernising systems and processes, and supporting the University to confidently adopt emerging technologies. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced and inspiring leader to influence major strategic priorities, steward significant digital investments, and contribute to the long‑term success and sustainability of a large, complex institution.
Job Responsibility:
Deliver secure, future focused IT services and enterprise architecture
Shape the evolution and delivery of the University’s digital strategy
Develop strong partnerships to support the University’s mission and goals
Play a pivotal leadership role in shaping and advancing the University’s digital future
Influence the evolution of the University’s Digital Strategy and ensure that technology meaningfully enables our mission and core activities across teaching, learning, research, and the broader student and staff experience
Collaborate closely with senior academic and professional leaders, to guide the institution through significant digital change fostering capability, strengthening cyber resilience, and embedding a cohesive, enterprise-wide approach to data, technology and service delivery
Provide strategic oversight of a large and diverse digital portfolio, with responsibility for developing a future‑focused architecture through modernising systems and processes, and supporting the University to confidently adopt emerging technologies
Influence major strategic priorities, steward significant digital investments, and contribute to the long‑term success and sustainability of a large, complex institution
Requirements:
A relevant postgraduate qualification and extensive experience, or equivalent senior management expertise suited to a leadership role in IT
Demonstrated capability in leading strategic digital technology planning aligned to whole‑of‑organisation goals, with a strong track record of digital transformation and cultural change
Significant experience in a senior Technology/Digital leadership role within a large, complex organisation, with accountability for enterprise‑wide outcomes
experience in highly regulated, service‑intensive environments is advantageous
A strong commitment to people leadership, culture and safety, with experience building inclusive, high‑engagement workplaces, developing technical and leadership capability, and guiding teams through complex, transformative challenges
Well-developed commercial acumen and experience in financial and operational management, including budgeting, capital planning, resource allocation and governance, with a focus on sustainability and value creation
Proven ability to design and deliver people‑centred change, proactively solve complex problems, and drive innovation, continuous improvement and high‑level project management across multiple initiatives
Ability to build and sustain strong relationships within teams and at strategic levels across the institution, working collaboratively with academic leaders, executive colleagues, government, industry and community partners to achieve organisational outcomes
Highly developed communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear and persuasive operational and strategic documents, reports, proposals and briefs
What we offer:
26 Weeks paid parental leave for primary care givers