Head of Autonomous Automation & AI Platform Strategy

Singtel Group; Melbourne; Hybride; AUD 250 000 - 450 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible work options

Parental leave 16 weeks

Employee discounts

Wellbeing support

Résumé du poste

Optus is seeking a Senior Director of Operational Automation Engineering to lead automation, orchestration and AI platform capabilities for Network Operations. The role focuses on scalable, secure, and cost-effective autonomous operations, guiding decisions across technology, operations and partners.

You will establish operating models, drive transition to closed-loop execution, and oversee governance, risk management and MTTR improvements while leading senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary

Qualifications

• Extensive executive leadership experience across telecoms or large tech environments.
• Proven ability to define automation strategy, governance and maturity pathways.

Responsabilités

• Own and deliver automation, orchestration and AI platform strategy for Network Operations.
• Define the target operating model and drive transition to autonomous execution.
• Lead scalable automation frameworks, workflows, APIs and standards.
• Develop cross-domain orchestration with governance and risk controls.
• Oversee AI platform engineering, governance and FinOps for cost-effective services.
• Establish performance metrics and value-realisation measures.
• Lead senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams with a culture of engineering excellence.

Connaissances

Executive leadership

Automation engineering

Event-driven architectures

Workflow orchestration

AI platform capabilities

Governance & FinOps

Stakeholder management

Formation

Engineering/Telecom/CS/AI degree

Description du poste

Optus is seeking a Senior Director of Operational Automation Engineering to lead automation, orchestration and AI platform capabilities for Network Operations. The role focuses on scalable, secure, and cost-effective autonomous operations, guiding decisions across technology, operations and partners.

You will establish operating models, drive transition to closed-loop execution, and oversee governance, risk management and MTTR improvements while leading senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary