Head of Engineering
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Sydney | Hybrid
We're partnering with a leading healthcare organisation undergoing a significant period of investment and transformation across its technology landscape.
This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior leadership role where you'll shape the engineering vision, uplift capability, and play a key role in delivering platforms that have real-world impact at scale.
You'll take ownership of the engineering function, driving the technology roadmap and setting the direction for how modern software is built, deployed, and scaled across the organisation.
Working closely with executive stakeholders, product, and clinical teams, you'll lead a transformation toward best-in-class engineering practices while navigating a complex, highly regulated environment.
This is a role with genuine purpose - the systems you and your team build will directly support critical healthcare services and improve outcomes across the community.
Define and execute the engineering strategy aligned to broader business and technology objectives
Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team across multiple disciplines
Drive adoption of modern software engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, DevOps, cloud-native architecture)
Own the delivery of scalable, secure, and resilient platforms
Partner with product and business stakeholders to translate strategy into execution
Uplift engineering standards, ways of working, and overall capability
Lead transformation initiatives across legacy and modern platforms
Ensure systems meet the demands of a regulated, data-sensitive environment
Proven experience in a Head of Engineering / Engineering Director / senior leadership role
Strong background in software engineering, architecture, and platform delivery
Experience driving engineering transformation and uplifting capability
Deep understanding of modern engineering practices and cloud environments
Ability to operate in complex, stakeholder-heavy organisations
Experience in regulated industries (e.g. healthcare, fintech, government) is highly regarded
Strong commercial and strategic mindset, with the ability to balance delivery and long-term vision
Opportunity to lead engineering within a large-scale, mission-driven organisation
Shape the future of critical technology platforms
Work on meaningful systems that impact real lives
High level of ownership and influence across technology and business strategy
Backed by strong executive support and investment in transformation