IT Operations Leader – Banking Resilience

weave. Recruitment; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 275,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

weave. Recruitment partners with an established mid-sized Australian bank to appoint a Head of Information Technology in Melbourne. The role offers a 6-month contract with a genuine intent to convert to permanent and a hybrid work pattern with three days in the Melbourne office.

You will own BAU across cloud, infrastructure and service delivery, govern core banking systems, and drive risk, regulatory readiness and supplier performance for reliable operations.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior technology operations leadership in banking or regulated environments.
• Strong governance, operational risk and resilience experience.
• Experience with APRA CPS 230 and CPS 234.
• Proven incident, continuity and disaster recovery capability.

Responsibilities

• Own BAU performance across cloud, infrastructure, network and workplace tech.
• Govern core banking applications, Dynamics CRM and QRM support.
• Maintain technology risk, controls and regulatory readiness.
• Manage strategic technology suppliers and outsourced infra performance.
• Lead incident, problem, change and service level management.
• Build capability and succession within the operational leadership team.

Skills

Technology leadership

Risk governance

Regulatory readiness

Disaster recovery

Supplier management

Job description

weave. Recruitment partners with an established mid-sized Australian bank to appoint a Head of Information Technology in Melbourne. The role offers a 6-month contract with a genuine intent to convert to permanent and a hybrid work pattern with three days in the Melbourne office.

You will own BAU across cloud, infrastructure and service delivery, govern core banking systems, and drive risk, regulatory readiness and supplier performance for reliable operations.