Job Description

Package | Up to $250k base + super + bonus

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The Opportunity:

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Most EM roles hand you a squad that's already built and a roadmap someone else wrote. This one hands you neither, and that's exactly the appeal.

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You'll join one of Australia's largest consumer technology businesses, a platform by millions of people every day. Behind their core consumer business sits a new commercial innovation division, serving a different customer base entirely.

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Tech and product here have historically been run out of the US. The business is now building out local leadership for the first time, and that's where you come in.

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You'd lead a lean engineering crew of 4, acting as a mini CTO for the Australian division: owning localisation, launch and delivery of a new product line into the Australian market, and shaping the technical direction, team and roadmap from day one.

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The Role:

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- Built for a strong Senior Tech Lead/EM ready to move into people and business leadership, not someone looking to step back into hands‐on coding full‐time. (You'll remain 20-30% on the tools)
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- Real influence beyond engineering. You'll work directly with senior stakeholders across sales and other commercial functions, shaping how the business grows, not just how the software ships.




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- Small by design, not by accident. This is a business proving out its commercial ambitions before scaling headcount, so you're building the foundation, not inheriting one.
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- Reports directly into the General Manager of the commercial business, sitting outside the core technology leadership structure. An entrepreneurial, business‐facing seat.
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- The next 12 to 24 months bring real scope expansion: white‐label offerings and data integration are next on the roadmap, a significant step up from where the business sits today.
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What You'll Bring:

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- Proven technical leadership as a Senior Tech Lead or Engineering Manager, with a track record of setting technical direction and growing a team
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- Solid commercial acumen and genuine comfort operating with senior, non-technical stakeholders
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- An entrepreneurial mindset, energised by building something from a small base rather than inheriting something established
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- Strong React, .NET and AWS, enough to stay technically grounded as your time shifts toward leadership
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- Ambition to grow into a broader leadership remit as the business and team scale
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📌 Software Engineering Manager (New South Wales)
🏢 Latitude IT
📍 New South Wales