Head of Engineering Enablement & Automation

ExecThread; Sydney; Vor Ort; AUD 180.000 - 290.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

ExecThread seeks a dynamic Head of Engineering Enablement & Automation to drive technology transformation. You will strengthen engineering capability, champion automation, and build partnerships across the business.

The role leads enablement in quality, DevOps, releases, environments and tooling, coaching a specialist team and setting engineering standards. Ideal candidates bring around 10 years of experience in technology delivery and a strong background in test automation, CI/CD, and

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years in technology delivery, quality engineering, automation or release management in complex enterprises.
• Proven people leadership, ability to motivate teams and influence stakeholders.
• Experience in establishing engineering practices, test automation, CI/CD, release processes, environments and observability.

Aufgaben

• Lead engineering enablement across quality engineering, DevOps, releases, environments and tooling.
• Coach and develop a specialist enablement team and establish engineering standards.
• Identify AI and automation opportunities and build strong partnerships across the business.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Engineering leadership

Automation

DevOps

CI/CD

Quality engineering

Release management

AI in software development

Stakeholder management

People coaching

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Kubernetes

Observability tooling

Jobbeschreibung

Head of Engineering Enablement & Automation

The Company is in search of a Head of Engineering Enablement and Automation to play a pivotal role in its technology transformation. The successful candidate will be a collaborative technology leader, responsible for strengthening engineering capability, championing automation, and building effective partnerships across the business. This role involves leading engineering enablement in various areas, including quality engineering, DevOps, release and deployment management, environments, observability, and tooling. The Head of Engineering Enablement and Automation will also be tasked with coaching and developing a specialist team, establishing engineering standards, and identifying practical opportunities for AI and automation.Applicants for the Head of Engineering Enablement and Automation position at the company should have around 10 years' of experience in technology delivery, quality engineering, automation, or release management within complex enterprise environments. The role requires proven people leadership skills, the ability to motivate teams, influence stakeholders, and guide organizational change. Experience in establishing and improving engineering practices, a strong technical understanding of test automation, CI/CD, release processes, environments, and observability is essential. The ideal candidate will have a background in managing vendors and outsourced technology partners, with exposure to AI-enabled software development and experience in regulated environments being advantageous. The company is also open to considering candidates from other complex industries.

Functions

• Engineering

A major Australian ASX listed group undergoing significant technology transformation