APAC Engineering Director — AI-Driven Delivery Leader

Gentrack Ltd (Global); Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual discretionary bonus

Private medical insurance

Employee assistance programme

Life assurance

Wellness subsidy

Hybrid working arrangements

Office social activities

Learning and development programmes

Job summary

Gentrack Ltd (Global) seeks a Director of Engineering APAC to shape regional engineering, lead multiple locations and drive delivery excellence across Data, Integration, Operations, BAU and Projects. You will oversee Engineering Managers and Enablement, partner with global peers, and champion AI-enabled software development, quality, governance and scalable practices to prepare the organization for growth.

This leadership role reports to the VP of Engineering APAC and offers a hands-on,

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading multi-team engineering organisations.
• Strong track record in people leadership, coaching, organisation design and change.
• Experience building or transforming engineering organisations across multiple locations.
• Experience delivering complex enterprise software in customer-facing environments.
• Track record of improving delivery predictability, engineering quality, productivity and organisational effectiveness.
• Technical depth to engage credibly with senior engineers and architects, without needing to be the person writing the code.
• Commercial judgement and the ability to balance customer outcomes, technical health, people capability and investment.
• Experience using engineering data and metrics to understand problems and improve outcomes.
• Genuine interest in AI-enabled software development and the implications for engineering teams and organisations.
• A passion for developing people, particularly Engineering Managers and emerging leaders.
• The confidence to challenge established thinking — combined with the empathy and influence to bring people with you.
• Experience working across APAC cultures and time zones would be valuable.

Responsibilities

• Translate engineering strategy into clear priorities, plans and measurable outcomes.
• Provide visible leadership across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and India.
• Represent APAC Engineering in regional and global forums.
• Build strong relationships across Product, Program Delivery, Service Delivery, Customer and Finance.
• Lead, coach and develop Engineering Managers and Enablement Team Leads.
• Build a culture of trust, accountability, inclusion and continuous feedback.
• Strengthen succession planning, leadership development and workforce capability.
• Attract, develop and retain exceptional engineering talent.
• Set the direction for our APAC Enablement function.
• Improve engineering practices, tooling, onboarding, knowledge sharing, quality and developer experience.
• Remove friction and unnecessary complexity.
• Encourage practical, reusable approaches that improve engineering effectiveness at scale.
• Build greater predictability into planning and delivery.
• Use meaningful data and engineering metrics to identify problems and drive improvement.
• Strengthen quality, reliability, security and operational practices.
• Balance customer commitments with technical health, sustainable capacity and long-term capability.
• Evolve team structures, leadership spans and organisational design as our needs change.
• Build capability plans for our current and future technical and leadership requirements.
• Support collaboration and mobility across APAC while recognising local cultures and ways of working.
• Make thoughtful workforce and investment decisions within agreed budgets and governance.
• AI is changing how software is built; lead the adoption of AI-enabled software development across APAC.

Job description

Gentrack Ltd (Global) seeks a Director of Engineering APAC to shape regional engineering, lead multiple locations and drive delivery excellence across Data, Integration, Operations, BAU and Projects. You will oversee Engineering Managers and Enablement, partner with global peers, and champion AI-enabled software development, quality, governance and scalable practices to prepare the organization for growth.

This leadership role reports to the VP of Engineering APAC and offers a hands-on,