COMPANY:
Robert Half has been exclusively engaged by this well-known Not-for-Profit charity who are an enabler of mission driven initiatives that make an incredibly meaningful impact to the lives of thousands of Australians every year.
Being a unique business, they operate in a federated organisational structure and are seeking a strategic thinking IT Leader to help transform their Technology function.
Company benefits
* NFP salary packaging/salary sacrifice
* Additional paid parental leave and annual leave
* Employee recognition & awards
* Flexible hybrid working
* Culture focused on respect, integrity, compassion, and commitment
ROLE OVERVIEW:
As the General Manager of IT, you'll be leading a small team and taking a hands-on strategic role to lead the transformation of the Technology function across Australia.
Key deliverables:
* Align the strategic direction of IT to business goals, then form strong relationships with (and influence) a diverse range of business stakeholders to enable a successful IT strategy implementation.
* Confidently execute on a portfolio of current IT projects to improve the perception of IT and rebuilt confidence from the business.
* Modernise current IT systems and improve IT service delivery.
* Proactively understand business problems and develop pragmatic IT solutions to address them.
Responsibilities:
* Strategic Leadership : Develop and execute a technology vision and strategy in alignment business objectives. Work closely with the CEO and senior leadership team as a trusted technology advisor.
* IT Team Leadership : manage, motivate, and develop the technology team.
* Technology Governance & Risk: oversee IT compliance, data governance, and risk management; establish enterprise architecture and cybersecurity frameworks.
* Operational Excellence: ensure the availability, reliability, optimisation and security of IT infrastructure, systems, platforms, applications etc
* Stakeholder Engagement: form relationships with stakeholders across the organisation; become a trusted IT advisor and influence non-technical stakeholders.
* Project Management: establish project management methodologies, frameworks, best practice; lead IT projects and provide transparent reporting.
REQUIRED BACKGROUND / EXPERIENCE / PERSONAL QUALITIES:
Suitable for a strategic thinking IT leader with demonstrated experience transforming technology functions, preferably within a federated/decentralised NFP organisational structure.
Ideal for a people person with proven experience building relationships with (and influencing) a diverse group of non-technical business stakeholders without authority.
Someone capable of 'rolling their sleeves up' and getting hands-on to find solutions to business problems through IT is needed.
Required:
* Experience : Proven IT leadership experience within complex organisational structures, including experience across CRM, cloud, cybersecurity, data governance, data privacy, and digital platforms.
* Strategic and visionary thinking : ability to understand business needs, anticipate future tech trends, and translate these into actionable strategies.
* Proven track record : Demonstrated success developing and implementing IT strategies that have successfully transformed Technology functions.
* Leadership skills : Servant leader with proven team-building capabilities and a track record of motivating, managing, and developing high-performing teams.
* Influencing & Trust: competently able to build trust across a diverse range of stakeholders and influence them without authority to achieve business objectives.
* Industry experience : experience with an NFP and/or charity; background in a federated and/or decentralised organisational is beneficial.
* Qualifications: Tertiary qualifications in IT or the Business sector.
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Full-time permanent role offering $185,000 - $195,000 (including super) + NFP salary packaging benefits- depending on experience.
*Please note, full permanent Australian working rights are required to be considered for this position, and successful applicants will be contacted.
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