Posted: 30/07/2026

Closing Date: 27/08/2026

Job Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Macquarie

Job Category: Information Systems and Technology

Applications Manager- Macquarie

Make a real difference working within our Technology, Operations & Properties Team as an Applications Manager, partnering with leaders to support the teams who make a meaningful difference in the lives of people with vision and hearing loss.

Enjoy flexibility, two weeks of additional leave, and access to not-for-profit salary packaging advantages.

This is a Permanent Full-Time opportunity (38 hours per week) based in Macquarie and reporting directly to the Head of Technology.

What we can offer you:

- Salary starting from $127,204 + Super, with 100% salary packaging to maximise your take home pay
- Generous leave entitlements including 2 weeks paid Christmas leave in addition to 4 weeks annual leave, plus extensive personal/carer's leave
- Paid parental leave of 14 weeks for primary carer and 6 weeks for secondary carer
- Access to industry leading education, professional development opportunities and career pathways

You’ll make a difference in this role by:

- Shaping and uplifting the organisation’s business and productivity application delivery capability, with a strong focus on the Microsoft and Atlassian technology ecosystems.
- Providing technical leadership, delivery oversight, and hands-on engineering expertise to deliver high-quality, scalable, secure, and future-ready application solutions.
- Owning and continuously improving the organisation’s core client management platform, leveraging Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform to deliver reliable solutions that support business outcomes.
- Partnering with business stakeholders to prioritise, scope, and deliver technology enhancements that improve user experience, streamline processes, and meet evolving organisational needs.
- Strategically leveraging Microsoft technologies, including Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, OneNote, and Power Platform,



to enhance collaboration, productivity, and operational efficiency.
- Championing Jira Service Management as the organisation’s enterprise service management platform, driving adoption, governance, and best-practice service delivery.
- Leading the delivery and adoption of AI-enabled solutions, supporting responsible governance, user enablement, and low-code innovation across the organisation.
- Leading, mentoring, and developing a team of application developers and support analysts, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
- Establishing and promoting best-practice engineering standards, application governance, and delivery approaches to ensure sustainable and effective technology outcomes.
- Collaborating with the Head of Technology to define and execute the strategic roadmap for the application ecosystem, including target-state architecture and platform capability uplift.
- Ensuring the delivery of secure, compliant, and accessible solutions that support all users, including people who are blind or have low vision.
- Undertake other duties and projects as reasonably requested by your manager

Desired Skills and Experience

About You:

- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent.
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in an applications management or technical delivery leadership role, overseeing business critical software solutions.
- Proven track record of leading, mentoring, and developing a team of software developers and application support analysts.




- Demonstrated experience working closely with Product Owners and business stakeholders to triage, scope, and translate business enhancement requests into clear technical requirements
- Related Microsoft Dynamics 365 certifications.
- Demonstrated experience using the Microsoft 365 productivity suite, including SharePoint, Teams and Power Platform, to develop workflow and productivity improvement solutions.
- Jira Service Management administration and configuration experience
- You are obliged to become familiar with, and comply with child protection policies and legislation, as amended from time to time.

Our Purpose and Ambition NextSense is a not-for-profit organisation supporting people with vision or hearing loss across Australia. We work with children, adults, and their families, providing a holistic approach to hearing services for newborns through to people over 90 years old, and helping children who are blind or have low vision to develop the right skills, mobility, and independence to confidently explore their world.

NextSense has been breaking boundaries since 1860, and we’ve been expanding our services ever since. Today, we deliver world-class education (both to children with sensory loss and to professionals in the field), cochlear implants, allied health services, therapy, research, and clinical services to children and adults. We’re a registered NDIS provider, working with our clients to achieve their own goals and potential.

We’re committed to research and innovation; harnessing the latest technologies and new ways of thinking and educating the next generation to lead the way in hearing and vision services.

How to apply:

If this role sounds like you, please click on the apply button and follow the prompts.

If you would like to learn more, please reach out to Steve Ke, Head of Technology at [email protected] for a confidential chat.

NextSense is a child safe organisation, candidate compliance with child protection legislation is essential.

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