Head of Business Technology Platforms

What youd be doing in this role:

As Canva continues to scale our internal technology platforms must evolve alongside the business.

As Head of Business Technology Platforms youll lead the strategy architecture and engineering capability behind the systems that power Canvas core business operations including our Finance and People platforms.

This is a highly strategic leadership role within our IT organisation responsible for ensuring these platforms are secure scalable and ready to support Canva as we continue to grow globally and operate at public-company scale.

Youll partner closely with leaders across Finance People and Security Trust & IT to shape the platform strategy that underpins how Canva runs reports and scales.

This role is focused on:

• Setting the long-term technical vision architecture and strategy for Canvas Finance and People platforms

• Establishing strong governance and control frameworks across business systems to support auditability compliance and public-company readiness

• Building and scaling engineering capability within our business platform teams evolving from configuration-heavy systems toward platform ownership and technical depth

• Defining Canvas strategy for automation and AI adoption across internal business platforms enabling smart and efficient operations

• Leading strategic vendor relationships and ensuring platform partners deliver to Canvas standards for quality reliability and innovation

• Acting as a senior partner to Finance People and executive leadership translating platform risk architecture and roadmap into clear strategic narratives

Youre probably a match if

• Youve led large-scale enterprise platform infrastructure or internal technology organisations in high-growth technology environments

• You have experience operating in or preparing organisations for public company environments with strong governance compliance and controls expectations

• You bring deep expertise across enterprise systems such as ERP HRIS or financial platforms and have led major platform implementations or transformations

• You think in systems understanding architecture integrations data flows and how platforms support business outcomes

• Youve built and scaled high-performing platform teams moving organisations from reactive support models to proactive platform ownership

• Youre an experienced senior stakeholder partner comfortable working with executive leaders as well as technical teams

• You bring strong vendor and partner leadership experience including managing strategic technology relationships and complex platform ecosystems

About the team

IT at Canva is evolving into a modern platform-driven organisation one that combines strong engineering capability operational excellence and governance foundations required for a global technology company.

The Business Platform team sits at the heart of this evolution. We partner closely with Finance and People teams to build the systems and infrastructure that power how Canva operates internally from financial reporting and workforce systems to the platforms that support thousands of Canvanauts around the world.

We operate with high trust low hierarchy and a strong bias toward building things well not just fast.

Whats in it for you

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but youll experience lots of moments of magic connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Heres a taste of whats on offer:

• Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too

• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers

• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing social connection office setup & more

• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good take time to recharge and supports you personally

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Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience skills and passion as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you dont feel like your skills quite match whats listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time