Senior Digital Tech Lead — Platforms & AI Transformation

Teachers Health Fund; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive leave benefits

Hybrid working model

Subsidised private health insurance

Discounts on our products and services

Generous employee wellbeing program

Easily accessible by public transport

Job summary

Teachers Health Fund is seeking a Digital Tech Lead to shape and deliver its digital technology strategy during a major transformation. You will lead scalable, secure platforms and mentor a high-performing team while collaborating with Digital, Product and Design leaders.

You will implement modern engineering practices, drive innovation and build AI-enabled solutions to improve member experiences for over 400,000 members and families.

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in technology and digital environments.
• 5+ years in a senior technical leadership role.
• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Deep expertise in modern software engineering practices, cloud architecture, DevOps and CI/CD.
• A strong full-stack engineering background with experience delivering and managing large-scale digital platforms and websites.
• Experience leading digital transformation initiatives from concept through to implementation.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure, operations, security governance and scalable system design.
• Experience building, coaching and scaling high-performing engineering teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A passion for innovation, continuous improvement and emerging technologies, including AI-enabled development practices.

Responsibilities

• Defining and driving the technical architecture, engineering strategy and technology roadmap for our digital platforms.
• Leading the delivery of high-quality digital products and experiences that are reliable, scalable and secure.
• Establishing modern engineering practices including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps and automation.
• Building AI-driven solutions that accelerate development, improve delivery and enhance customer outcomes.
• Providing technical leadership across solution design, platform development, website initiatives and digital transformation programs.
• Partnering with Product, Design, Data and business stakeholders to deliver innovative digital experiences.
• Leading, mentoring and growing a team of engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Championing engineering excellence through code quality, security, performance and best-practice development frameworks.
• Driving incident management, monitoring and operational resilience across digital platforms.
• Collaborating with external partners and technology vendors to identify and implement new technologies and solution.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Mentoring teams

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Innovation

AI-enabled development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

GA4

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Teachers Health Fund is seeking a Digital Tech Lead to shape and deliver its digital technology strategy during a major transformation. You will lead scalable, secure platforms and mentor a high-performing team while collaborating with Digital, Product and Design leaders.

You will implement modern engineering practices, drive innovation and build AI-enabled solutions to improve member experiences for over 400,000 members and families.