Director of Technology Publishing
Director of Technology Publishing
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Job Description
Whats your Role
To dream big and deliver boldly.
Youll drive the technology vision behind our journalism storytelling and customer experiences enabling awardwinning content through innovation in AI subscriptions advertising and editorial tools.
This role is specifically focused on developing the technology strategy shaping our organisation and championing the safe efficient and innovative delivery across our publishing assets. Your leadership will span the full Publishing portfolio from our fleet of market leading mobile apps; Good Food AFR and SMH and The Age to the website millions of Aussies check everyday; nine.
This unique role shapes the day to day experience of Nines award winning journalists as they use our products to write edit curate track and distribute their stories to the nation.
Youll partner closely with our Director of Product to lead a highperforming crossfunctional team fostering a culture of innovation performance and customer obsession. Youll balance visionary thinking with handson leadership driving continuous improvement across our platforms.
What you will lead:
Craft and champion the technology strategy for Nines publishing portfolio
Lead worldclass teams across engineering platforms and AI
Elevate our products through smart customerled innovation
Build strong partnerships with editorial product and executive teams
Deliver continuous improvement in resilience scalability and performance
Keep us ahead of the curve in subscriptions payments and digital advertising
Deliver own manage and report on all technology related KPIs and budgets to assess technology delivery and performance
Implement agile at scale development methodologies to foster flexibility adaptability and responsiveness to market changes
Provide recommendations and present business advantages for technology initiatives and improvements in particular: advances in subscription & payments technology mobile app development use of AI for content production.
Build and lead teams that oversee all aspects of technology delivery outlining the development and implementation of roadmap and delivery plans for product development launch and ongoing enhancements
Ensure Nines products have the necessary resiliency and scalability to meet the 24/7 needs of our customers
Continue to drive the market leadership position of the AFR our mastheads and any other product in the publishing portfolio through continuous product improvement platform efficiency and user experience.
Ensure systems are in place to monitor Technology performance and outputs with a view to proactively identify and mitigate system risks.
Together with the Director of Product of the portfolio oversee relationships with external vendors and partners.
Qualifications :
What you will bring:
Undergraduate degree (preferably in relevant technical field e.g. computer science engineering)
10 years in technology leadership with largescale teams
Deep understanding of modern technology: AI cloud product development agile delivery.
Proven success leading large complex engineering teams and technology transformation
Deep expertise in cloud data AI agile delivery and software development
Demonstrated experience leading large scale technology teams delivering consumer or commercial products to market on time and budget with quantifiable improvements to productivity over time.
A deep understanding of current and emerging technologies. This includes knowledge of product management software development cloud computing data analytics cybersecurity and other relevant areas.
Experience with implementation and ongoing management of various delivery options such as agile at scale outsourced of offshored engineering models.
Strong commercial instincts and strategic thinking
The ability to inspire challenge and grow senior teams
- A natural passion for media and the power of storytelling
Additional Information :
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
At Nine we are committed to fostering a workforce that embraces all aspects of diversity and inclusion and where practices are equitable to ensure our people experience a sense of belonging. From day one youll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best. Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process in order to equitably participate we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people people with disabilities and of all ages nationalities backgrounds and cultures. .
Disclaimer: We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
