Regional Technology Director: AI, Cloud & Leadership

News Corp Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 260,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

News Corp Australia seeks a Regional Technology Director (RTD), reporting to the SVP of Infrastructure & Enterprise Technology. This senior leader sits within News Corp's Global Technology services and represents GT within the Australian business unit, aligning local priorities with global technology strategy and delivery.

You will lead regional infrastructure across data centres, networks, cloud, compute, storage and telephony, build trusted relationships with regional and global leaders, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT or related discipline.
• 15+ years IT management/technology leadership in global and matrixed organisations.
• Broad experience across IT service catalogue and end-to-end technology service management.
• Demonstrated experience operating as a senior technology relationship or account leader.
• Strong understanding of service delivery disciplines including incident, problem, change and request management.
• Experience leading technology transformation, project and programme delivery, and service improvement.
• Experience with governance, risk, compliance and Cyber Security, plus enterprise architecture and controls.
• Experience managing technology budgets, suppliers and commercial relationships.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with regional and global leaders and manage major incidents and crisis situations, communicating to BU stakeholders.
• Oversee regional infrastructure across data centres, networks, cloud, compute, storage and telephony, ensuring resilience and performance.
• Provide strategic and matrix leadership across regional teams, supporting high performance and talent development.
• Drive regional execution of global infrastructure strategy, adoption of Core Tech & AI, and AI workflow integration for automation and cost optimisation.
• Own the local BU–GT alignment forum, aligning priorities and dependencies for clear visibility.
• Drive budgeting, procurement, vendors, investment and cost optimisation across regional infrastructure.
• Strengthen adoption of global standards, governance and controls, partnering with Cyber Security.
• Connect regional teams with GT Services to share expertise and identify opportunities for innovation.
• Strengthen leadership capability and promote knowledge sharing across regional and global technology teams.

Skills

IT leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Infra & cloud

Cyber Security

Budget & procurement

Vendor management

Programme delivery

Governance & risk

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT

Job description

News Corp Australia seeks a Regional Technology Director (RTD), reporting to the SVP of Infrastructure & Enterprise Technology. This senior leader sits within News Corp's Global Technology services and represents GT within the Australian business unit, aligning local priorities with global technology strategy and delivery.

You will lead regional infrastructure across data centres, networks, cloud, compute, storage and telephony, build trusted relationships with regional and global leaders, and