Digital Tech Lead

Teachers Health Fund; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leave benefits

Hybrid working model

Private health insurance

Discounts on products/services

Wellbeing program

Public transport access

Job summary

Teachers Health Fund is seeking an experienced Digital Tech Lead to shape and deliver a modern digital technology strategy during a major transformation. You will lead scalable, secure platforms and build advanced engineering capabilities for 400,000+ members and families.

You will collaborate with Digital, Product and Design leaders to translate business goals into technical solutions, mentor a high-performing team, and champion best practices across CI/CD, IaC, and security while driving

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in technology and digital environments.
• 5+ years in a senior technical leadership role leading engineering teams and delivery outcomes.
• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Deep expertise in modern software engineering practices, cloud architecture, DevOps and CI/CD.
• Strong full-stack engineering background with experience delivering large-scale digital platforms and websites.
• Experience leading digital transformation initiatives from concept to implementation.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure, operations, security governance and scalable system design.
• Experience building, coaching and scaling high-performing engineering teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Interest in AI-enabled development practices.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical architecture and technology roadmap for our digital platforms.
• Lead the delivery of reliable, scalable and secure digital products and experiences.
• Establish modern engineering practices including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps and automation.
• Build AI-driven solutions that accelerate development and improve customer outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership across solution design, platform development, and digital transformation programs.
• Partner with Product, Design, Data and business stakeholders to deliver innovative digital experiences.
• Mentor and grow a team of engineers, fostering collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Champion engineering excellence through code quality, security and performance.
• Drive incident management, monitoring and operational resilience across digital platforms.
• Collaborate with external partners and vendors to adopt new technologies.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

Cloud architecture

DevOps

CI/CD

AI-enabled development

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Security governance

Education

Computer Science or Engineering degree

Tools

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud platforms

CI/CD tooling

Job description

The Digital Tech lead is a senior technology leadership role responsible for shaping and delivering Teachers Health's digital technology strategy during a major transformation journey. You'll lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure and high-performing digital platforms, while building modern engineering capabilities, driving innovation and mentoring a high-performing team. Working closely with Digital, Product and Design leaders, you'll play a pivotal role in translating business goals into technical solutions that enhance the experience of more than 400,000 members and their families.

What we have to offer?

• Attractive leave benefits
• Hybrid working model (flex your work/life balance)
• Subsidised private health insurance
• Discounts on our products and services
• Generous employee wellbeing program
• Easily accessible by public transport

What will you do?

• Defining and driving the technical architecture, engineering strategy and technology roadmap for our digital platforms.
• Leading the delivery of high-quality digital products and experiences that are reliable, scalable and secure.
• Establishing modern engineering practices including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps and automation.
• Building AI-driven solutions that accelerate development, improve delivery and enhance customer outcomes.
• Providing technical leadership across solution design, platform development, website initiatives and digital transformation programs.
• Partnering with Product, Design, Data and business stakeholders to deliver innovative digital experiences.
• Leading, mentoring and growing a team of engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Championing engineering excellence through code quality, security, performance and best-practice development frameworks.
• Driving incident management, monitoring and operational resilience across digital platforms.
• Collaborating with external partners and technology vendors to identify and implement new technologies and solution.

What are we looking for?

• 8+ years' experience in technology and digital environments.
• 5+ years in a senior technical leadership role leading engineering teams and delivery outcomes.
• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Deep expertise in modern software engineering practices, cloud architecture, DevOps and CI/CD.
• A strong full-stack engineering background with experience delivering and managing large-scale digital platforms and websites.
• Experience leading digital transformation initiatives from concept through to implementation.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure, operations, security governance and scalable system design.
• Experience building, coaching and scaling high-performing engineering teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A passion for innovation, continuous improvement and emerging technologies, including AI-enabled development practices.
• The ability to influence senior leaders and build strong cross-functional relationships.
• Experience within a regulated industry such as health, insurance, banking or financial services is highly regarded.
• Exposure to analytics and data-driven decision making, including GA4 is highly regarded.

Who are we?

Teachers Health was created by teachers for teachers over 70 years ago and is the only health fund exclusively for the education community. As a not-for-profit health fund, we exist for our members covering the lives of over 500,000 teachers, education staff & their families.

Teachers Health values diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from people with diverse backgrounds including First Nations people, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and people that identify as LGBTQIA+. Applicants can request an adjustment at any stage during the recruitment process by getting in touch with ****@teachershealth.com.au