Chief Data & Platform Engineering Leader

Turners & Growers (T&G Global); Ōrākei; Hybrid; NZD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Turners & Growers (T&G Global) in Ellerslie is hiring a Head of Data & Platform Engineering to lead data, analytics, AI, IoT, cloud and technology platform capability. You will shape strategy, drive modernization and partner with security and business leaders to deliver scalable platforms.

You’ll balance operational excellence with modernisation, guiding teams across data platforms, cloud infra and enterprise networks in a global business environment.

Qualifications

• Seasoned technology leader bridging data, cloud and platform engineering.
• Experience leading data platforms, cloud infra and platform teams in hybrid environments.
• Ability to run reliable infrastructure while modernising technology and creating new capability.

Responsibilities

• Define the strategy and multi-year roadmap across data, analytics, AI, IoT and cloud platforms.
• Lead enterprise data and analytics platforms enabling trusted data for decisions.
• Build platforms and capability to support AI and advanced analytics with responsible AI.
• Lead IoT platforms connecting assets with enterprise data and systems.
• Provide end-to-end leadership across Azure, AWS and on-premise networks.
• Establish modern platform engineering practices, automation and IaC.
• Improve platform reliability, monitoring, resilience and cost transparency.
• Partner with Cyber Security to embed security-by-design controls.
• Manage relationships with cloud providers and vendors.

Skills

Data platforms

Cloud infrastructure

Platform engineering

Hybrid environments

Tools

Azure

AWS

Job description

Turners & Growers (T&G Global) in Ellerslie is hiring a Head of Data & Platform Engineering to lead data, analytics, AI, IoT, cloud and technology platform capability. You will shape strategy, drive modernization and partner with security and business leaders to deliver scalable platforms.

You’ll balance operational excellence with modernisation, guiding teams across data platforms, cloud infra and enterprise networks in a global business environment.