Hybrid Head of IT Products – Engineering

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About the role

  • Head of IT Products & Engineering at McMillan Shakespeare overseeing the transformation to product-led engineering. Responsible for strategic direction and execution in AI-assisted development.

Responsibilities

  • Define and own a coherent product and platform strategy, aligned to enterprise priorities and approved technology roadmaps.
  • Lead platform consolidation, re ‑ platforming, and decommissioning of legacy systems including the reduction of technical debt and duplication through standardisation and simplification.
  • Lead high ‑ performing engineering and product teams across application , platform , and integration domains.
  • Lead the adoption of AI ‑ assisted software engineering capabilities across design, development, testing, deployment, operations and support.
  • Ensure AI tooling is integrated into standard engineering workflows, platforms and developer environments rather than operating as disconnected pilots.
  • Ensure platforms and products meet agreed availability, performance, and recoverability expectations.
  • Proactively manage technology risk and ensure compliance with internal policies and external obligations.

Requirements

  • Tertiary qualification in a technology or business ‑ related discipline
  • Senior leadership experience in software engineering and platform management
  • Proven delivery of large ‑ scale platform modernisation or consolidation
  • Experience operating in regulated, high ‑ availability environments
  • Executive ‑ level communication and stakeholder engagement
  • Strong ownership mindset and accountability
  • Commercial acumen and risk ‑ based decision making
  • Strategic thinking with pragmatic execution

Benefits

  • Strong culture and the support of a values-based recognition program
  • Novated leasing benefits and discounts
  • 12 weeks paid parental leave
  • Comprehensive learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
  • Sonder digital wellbeing platform , providing personalised support 24/7, plus annual flu vaccinations
  • Default Income Protection Insurance reimbursed for members of the MMS Default Super Fund
  • Exempt Employee Share Plan
  • Volunteer leave & Career break
  • MMS Rewards program

Job title

Head of IT Products – Engineering

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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