Corporate Technology Platforms Lead

Permanent opportunity Location - Melbourne Brisbane Canberra or Sydney

Summary

Lead a diverse portfolio of enterprise applications and platforms that support critical business operations across Airservices Australia. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced technology leader who combines strong people leadership technical credibility and commercial acumen to drive operational excellence manage complex vendor relationships and partner with stakeholders across the organisation to deliver technology outcomes that create real business value.

The Organisation

Airservices Australia is a government-owned organisation responsible for the safe and efficient management of 11% of the worlds airspace and provision of aviation rescue fire fighting services at Australias busiest airports.

Our people are our greatest asset with a dynamic and diverse team operating from locations across the country - from bustling cities to regional and remote locations including an island. This team keep are helping to secure the future of Australias skies and keep it amongst the safest in the world.

We connect people with their world safely linking family and friends generating economic activity creating jobs and facilitating trade and tourism.

Airservices is committed to fostering a culture that is diverse inclusive and respectful. We encourage motivated individuals who love what they do value a service first mindset and embrace a challenge to explore a career with return you will be a valued team member be offered flexibility and experience a meaningful career in an exciting ever-evolving aviation industry.

The Role & The Team

Reporting to the Enterprise Applications and Data Analytics Manager you will lead a team of 8-12 technical specialists responsible for the support operation and continuous improvement of more than 70 corporate applications and technology platforms. These services underpin critical business functions across Airservices and include cloud data integration and enterprise business systems.

This role combines people leadership service ownership and commercial accountability. You will work closely with stakeholders across the business to align technology services with organisational priorities while managing a significant portfolio of vendor contracts platform budgets and supplier relationships.

As part of maintaining operational continuity the successful candidate may be required to undertake occasional after-hours work to support the resolution of major incidents and critical service disruptions.

Please see the link below to view the full Position Description:

PD - Corporate Technology Platforms Team

The Person

Were looking for a people-focused technology leader who can build strong stakeholder relationships lead high-performing teams and deliver reliable business-critical technology services.

Youll bring:

- Relevant tertiary qualifications in IT Computer Science Engineering or equivalent experience.

- Extensive experience leading technical teams in application support platform operations or technology service delivery.

- Proven success managing 24/7 technology environments within complex organisations.

- Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to act as a trusted technology advisor.

- Experience managing budgets vendor contracts service providers and technology roadmaps.

- A solid technical foundation across enterprise applications cloud platforms and modern technology practices.

- Strong IT service management and incident management experience ideally within an ITIL environment.

- Excellent communication skills commercial acumen and a track record of driving continuous improvement.

- The ability to remain calm and make sound decisions during major incidents and high-pressure situations.

- Experience in aviation safety-critical or highly regulated environments is desirable.

At Airservices Australia we embrace and thrive on diversity of thought perspectives and capabilities because we know the benefits of having a workforce that is representative of the community that we serve. We appreciate everyone is unique and acknowledge diversity in thought leads to greater transparency and improved consideration in our decision making.

We believe a diverse workforce supported by an inclusive culture is central to our success. We actively encourage and welcome candidates from all cultural backgrounds gender identities people living with disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.

Security Clearance

To be eligible to apply you must be an Australian Citizen as an AGSVA security clearance is required for this role. Please refer to the security check requirementssuccessful applicants will be required to undertake as part of the recruitment process.

Should you require any further information please contact Alicia ORourke Talent Acquisition Specialist at .

How to Apply

To apply for this position please lodge an application online before Applications close 11:55pm AEST Thursday 13 August 2026.