Global AI Lead - Supply & Data Strategy

Global Supply; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great Place to Work

Equal Opportunity Employer

LinkedIn Learning access

Staff discounts

Travel discounts

Mental Health support

Diversity & inclusion programs

Sustainability initiatives

Reconciliation Action Plan

Job summary

Flight Centre Travel Group is seeking an AI Lead in Australia to head a growing team of AI engineers and data scientists. You will own end-to-end AI solution delivery, guide design decisions, and drive measurable business value while ensuring governance and production readiness.

You will partner with business analysts, architects and stakeholders to translate challenges into high-impact AI solutions, balancing innovation with risk management and ROI.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical teams in AI/ML/data environments.
• Experience delivering AI solutions into production cloud environments.
• Understanding GenAI and agentic AI applications.
• Experience with AI governance, privacy and risk management.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, develop and grow a team of AI engineers and data scientists
• Own the end-to-end solution recommendation process for business challenges
• Partner with stakeholders to define requirements and shape solutions
• Guide the team in choosing AI, ML, automation or deterministic approaches
• Present recommendations and trade-offs to business leaders
• Ensure AI solutions are production-ready with governance and monitoring
• Manage AI risk considerations including privacy and security
• Drive measurable business outcomes through ROI-focused delivery
• Foster experimentation and continuous improvement
• Stay across emerging AI technologies and share insights
• Provide technical leadership across AI engineering and data disciplines

Skills

AI leadership

Team management

Production AI

GenAI

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Tertiary degree

Tools

Azure

Databricks

AI Foundry

Job description

Flight Centre Travel Group is seeking an AI Lead in Australia to head a growing team of AI engineers and data scientists. You will own end-to-end AI solution delivery, guide design decisions, and drive measurable business value while ensuring governance and production readiness.

You will partner with business analysts, architects and stakeholders to translate challenges into high-impact AI solutions, balancing innovation with risk management and ROI.