**Senior Manager, Technology & Transformation | Sydney or Wagga Wagga

About the company**

AgriFutures Australia grows the long-term prosperity of Australian rural industries and communities through research, development and extension programs. With a new Board and a five-year plan in development, the organisation is placing greater focus on technology, cyber security, governance and responsible investment.

The opportunity

Reporting to Executive General Manager, you will lead AgriFutures Australia's technology and transformation function across enterprise systems, digital platforms, data, cyber security, governance and business improvement. You will lead a team of four, including two direct-report managers, and work closely with the Executive Leadership Team and Board.

• Develop the technology and digital strategy aligned with the next five-year plan;

• Review current systems, processes and lead the selected remediation, replacement or procurement pathway for new or enhancements of current ecosystem;

• Improve cyber maturity, governance and risk management against Essential Eight requirements;

• Set direction for enterprise systems, data, Microsoft 365, Azure, Copilot and automation; and

• Build stronger relationships across the organisation and position technology as an enabler.

Required experience

You will bring more than 10 years of experience across technology leadership, digital transformation or enterprise systems. You will be comfortable setting direction while remaining close enough to delivery to work through technical, operational and stakeholder issues.

• Led a broad technology environment spanning systems, applications, cyber, data and digital platforms;

• Developed technology strategies, roadmaps, business cases and investment priorities;

• Managed cyber security, governance, risk and Essential Eight or comparable maturity programs;

• Led system reviews, procurement, vendors, budgets and organisation-wide change; and

• Influenced executives and Boards, with government, research, higher education or regulated-sector experience highly regarded.

Benefits

The role can be based in Sydney or Wagga Wagga and offers a hybrid arrangement of approximately three days in the office. Sydney-based candidates should expect funded travel to Wagga Wagga around once a month. You will have the remit to shape AgriFutures Australia's technology direction and lead practical change across the organisation. 
 
How to Apply

For more information or a confidential discussion please click to reveal the contact details for Madison Wiles at u&u madison.wiles@uandu.com or via phone 0431 475 714 quoting reference number 46953.

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