IT Governance, Risk & FinOps Leader

News Corp Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

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Job summary

News Corp Australia is seeking a Head of Governance, Risk and FinOps to drive IT governance and risk excellence across the Technology and Digital Data (TDD) department. You will partner with senior IT, finance and delivery teams to implement robust control frameworks and data-driven cost insights.

This senior, matrix-role requires influence without direct reports, shaping governance forums, policy compliance and risk visibility across a complex IT environment.

Qualifications

• You are a proven leader with significant IT governance, risk management and policy experience.
• Commercially astute with deep knowledge of software licensing and vendor contracts.
• Strategic, data-driven and collaborative with relevant tertiary qualification.

Responsibilities

• Establish IT governance frameworks, forums, policies and decision rights to streamline controls.
• Develop and oversee the end-to-end IT risk management framework including risk identification, assessment and monitoring.
• Own the IT risk register and build risk ownership across technology leaders.
• Support department-wide IT financial management and provide executive reporting on costs and risks.
• Define, track and deliver metrics, dashboards and insights on governance, risk and financial performance.
• Ensure governance structures operate effectively and enable business-focused controls.

Skills

IT governance

Risk management

Policy frameworks

Vendor contracts

Cost management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Tertiary qualification

Tools

ITFM tools

Job description

News Corp Australia is seeking a Head of Governance, Risk and FinOps to drive IT governance and risk excellence across the Technology and Digital Data (TDD) department. You will partner with senior IT, finance and delivery teams to implement robust control frameworks and data-driven cost insights.

This senior, matrix-role requires influence without direct reports, shaping governance forums, policy compliance and risk visibility across a complex IT environment.