What’s the role?
As a Mobile Apps Platform Manager at News Corp Australia, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our mobile experience across 34 high-profile iOS and Android apps.
Sitting at the intersection of technical leadership and project ownership, this is your chance to drive innovation, remove blockers, and deliver real impact at scale.
You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements, improve development efficiency, and ensure seamless execution of key initiatives.
If you're passionate about mobile platforms, thrive in complex environments, and want to make a tangible difference in the lives of millions of users, this is the chance to lead from the front at Australia’s most influential media organisation.
In this role you will:
- Drive the successful delivery of key mobile app initiatives, ensuring projects stay on track and technical blockers are resolved swiftly.
- Define and clarify complex technical requirements across iOS and Android platforms, supporting engineers to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, design, engineering, and analytics to align technical execution with business goals.
- Champion the integrity and scalability of our mobile app platform architecture, contributing to both local and global frameworks.
- Support agile project management processes, contributing to sprint planning, prioritisation, and risk mitigation across initiatives.
Who are you?
- A mobile technology expert with 5+ years’ experience in platform management or mobile app development across both iOS and Android.
- Confident in translating complex technical concepts into actionable requirements and guiding cross-functional teams toward delivery.
- A strategic thinker with hands-on experience using tools like Xcode, Android Studio, Firebase, SPM, and Gradle.
- Skilled in agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) with a proven track record of managing timelines, risks, and stakeholder expectations.
- Passionate about mobile innovation, with a strong user-focus and commitment to continuous improvement in development efficiency and app performance.
Who are we?
News.com.au is Australia’s leading commercial news site, delivering the biggest news events, from here and the world, and reaching an average monthly audience of over 11.2 million^.
This exclusively digital news room is powered by a team of more than 60 dedicated journalists reporting the news across multiple platforms including desktop, mobile, social, podcasts and our app.
news.com.au keeps you up-to-date with the news that matters to you.
Be it politics, sport, lifestyle or entertainment, we will be on top of it, so you can be too.
Required Skill Profession
Computer Occupations
📌 Mobile Apps Platform Manager
🏢 News Corp Australia
📍 Surry Hills