Director, Digital Platform Services & Innovation

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations; Canberra; On-site; AUD 152,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations is seeking a Director of Digital Platform Support in Canberra/Melbourne. You will lead critical digital platform services, including API management and identity access management, ensuring stability, security and high performance across government systems.

This role requires executive-level leadership, strong governance, and the ability to drive agile delivery and cloud-based modernization in a dynamic public sector environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading complex digital platform services.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for delivery and continuous improvement of digital platform services, including API management and identity access management.
• Be accountable for platform outcomes, ensuring systems are stable, secure and compliant.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams, setting direction and sustaining a high-performance service culture.
• Oversee governance, risk, reporting and assurance activities for decision-making.

Skills

Strategic leadership

API management

Cloud technologies

Agile delivery

Job description

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations is seeking a Director of Digital Platform Support in Canberra/Melbourne. You will lead critical digital platform services, including API management and identity access management, ensuring stability, security and high performance across government systems.

This role requires executive-level leadership, strong governance, and the ability to drive agile delivery and cloud-based modernization in a dynamic public sector environment.