AYAN InfoTech is looking for Transformation Director - Digital/Financial Services to join an exciting project based in Melbourne. The role offers you the opportunity to contribute towards an extremely well structured and mature environment, working on sophisticated enhancement projects.
Role: Transformation Director - Digital/Financial ServicesLocation: MelbourneContract Duration: 6 months with high possible extensionsExperience: 7+ Years
Role Summary:
The Transformation Director is accountable for leading and delivering large-scale digital transformation programs for Financial Services clients (banking, insurance, wealth/superannuation). The role owns end-to-end transformation outcomes across application build, run/operate, and quality engineering/testing, with a strong emphasis on embedding AI-driven interventions across the SDLC to accelerate delivery, improve reliability, and uplift engineering productivity. The role provides senior leadership across strategy, governance, execution, change adoption, and commercial management, partnering with C‐suite stakeholders to deliver measurable business and technology outcomes.
Required Skills & Experience:
* 15+ years in technology delivery / consulting / engineering leadership with at least 5+ years leading enterprise-scale digital transformation programs.
* Demonstrated leadership of large-scale application portfolios spanning build + run + test operating models.
* Proven experience delivering transformation for Financial Services clients (banking/insurance/wealth), including complex stakeholder and governance environments.
* Hands‐on leadership in AI-powered SDLC transformation (GenAI/automation across requirements-to-operations), with an approach that includes controls, adoption, and measurable outcomes.
* Strong program leadership capability: portfolio planning, RAID, financials, dependency management, executive reporting, and benefits tracking.
* Familiarity with AI‐driven transition and transformation enablers
Key Responsibilities:
* Transformation strategy and leadership – Define the transformation vision, target operating model, and multi‐year roadmap, aligned to client business strategy and regulatory context.
* Lead a portfolio of transformation initiatives (technology, process, operating model, ways‐of‐working), ensuring business case clarity, sequencing, and benefits realization.
* Establish and run robust program governance: steering committees, RAID, financial controls, dependency management, and executive reporting cadence.
* Drive AI-enabled engineering transformation, ensuring GenAI is embedded across the SDLC (not limited to "code copilots"), addressing tooling, process, platform, and talent bottlenecks.
* Transform operate/run model toward SRE-aligned practices, observability, proactive operations, and automated remediation using AIOps and intelligent triage.
* Lead transformation adoption: stakeholder alignment, comms strategy, training enablement, and sustainable ways of working.
* Build and inspire cross‐functional teams (engineering, architecture, ops, QE, security), including capability uplift and leadership coaching.
Contact: 61-(02) 7207 6926 for more details.
Please note we will be able to contact only shortlisted candidates for this role. We thank you in advance for your interest.
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