Australia Post Home Page

Help us deliver like never before  

We’re looking for a Head of Technology – Corporate to join our diverse, talented and innovative digital technology team who together are helping our customers and communities build a better future. Together, we design, build and maintain products, services and experiences that Australian's love and trust, while delivering a sustainable future for Australia Post, and you could be part of that.  

We're empowered to deliver for our teams and to delight our customers. We provide an inclusive and supportive environment that nurtures talented people, trusts our teams to deliver their best, and leverages modern work practices and technologies. It's an unexpectedly dynamic and collaborative culture that feels more like a start-up than a 213-year old icon.  

What you’ll deliver with us 

Our Head of Technology holds end-to-end accountability for defining and delivering the technology services which are needed to support the Corporate business unit including Finance, Governance, Commercial, Procurement and Real Estate. You will collaborate with the business for the planning and execution of a Business Transformation while modernising from SAP ECC6 to SAP S4. You will leverage your product knowledge in SAP products and software, to yield the best business outcomes from those products, with a buy-over-build frame of reference. 
 
Reporting directly into our General Manager of Corporate Technology this role is responsible for Technology Change and Run of Corporate services supporting the organisation, including business continuity, compliance, and security obligations.  Planning and managing the duality of modern and heritage platforms in parallel to maintain business continuity over the period of a change agenda will be evidenced. Consulting with the business you will influence technology decisions on a SAP Modernisation agenda including best fit products and drive delivery of key change programs.

 You’ll also be accountable for

• Commercial performance as well as the function particularly when delivering the HCM program.
• Ensure the core technology platforms have maximised uptime, throughput and response time utilising agreed baselined SLA’s.
• Long-term health and lead future state of the platform including associated investment planning and delivery against plan in Corporate programs of work.
• Delivery of lifecycle services (plan, build, test, run), including projects, minor works and BAU changes that which also may involve more than one business platform.
• Service management including service level agreements, service continuity, incident and problem management and the provision of service and performance metrics and reporting.
• Capacity planning, compliance, software/hardware lifecycle management and technical debt remediation for the platforms.

About you  

We are seeking a motivated individual with extensive people leadership experience, particularly of technology personnel within large and complex organisations. The key internal stakeholders are the Finance, Governance & Commercial Executive General Managers and General Managers. You’ll be working closely with the CTO and Enterprise Services LT. You’ll be confident in architecting the strategy and building roadmaps for Corporate programs of work.

You’ll also need   

• 
  
• Demonstrated background working within a Technology function in a complex organisation with proven experience leading technology functions and delivering large technology transformation programs.
• Extensive experience in the SAP suite of products, especially supporting a modernisation from SAP ECC6 to S4.
• Ability to work with strategic partners for the provision of Delivery and AMS services
• Experience in Industry Business Capability Models, and the alignment of process and technology to support those models.
• Understanding of Salesforce and familiarity with various delivery models including traditional Waterfall and Agile.
• Proven ability to lead sourcing events for the provision of Services or Delivery work packages.

How we’ll deliver for you  

• Join Australia Post during this exciting transformation to “Deliver a Better Tomorrow”
• Enjoy a generous salary package and company benefits
• At Australia Post, we understand the importance of balancing work and personal life. Speak to us about what flexible work means to you

We’re delivering together 

At Australia Post, we acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we operate, live and gather as employees. 

We believe our business should reflect the diverse communities we operate in and are proud to be an inclusive workplace for people from all walks of life. We encourage applications from people of all ages, genders and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, People with Disability, LGBTQIA+ and Refugees. We are one of the largest organisations in Australia to successfully achieve Disability Confident Recruiter status. We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process and workplace for those living with a disability and are committed to reviewing and removing bias in our processes to create a gender-equitable recruitment experience and workplace.  If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact our Diversity & Inclusion team on inclusivecareers@auspost.com.au