Your new company

An exciting opportunity has become available to join a rapidly growing Australian organisation experiencing significant expansion through organic growth and acquisitions.

With approximately 500+ employees and an ambitious growth agenda, the organisation is entering an significant stage of its evolution. As the business continues to scale, there is now a need to establish a dedicated internal technology capability that can support its current operations and future growth.

This is a unique opportunity to join at the beginning of that journey and play a pivotal role in building the IT function from the ground up.

Your new role

As Head of Technology, you will be the organisation's first senior in-house technology leader, responsible for shaping and establishing a scalable technology function.

Working closely with senior leadership, you will initially take a hands-on approach while developing the longer-term technology strategy, operating model and team.

Key responsibilities include:

- Develop the IT strategy, business plan and technology roadmap
- Establish the IT operating model, structure and resource plan
- Develop and manage technology budgets
- Assess the current environment and identify opportunities for improvement and scalability
- Establish IT governance, cybersecurity, risk and service management frameworks
- Manage MSPs, technology vendors, contracts and strategic partners
- Support technology integration across newly acquired businesses
- Lead technology across cloud, infrastructure, applications, integrations, data and security
- Build and develop an internal IT team as the organisation grows

What will you need to succeed?





You will be an experienced Head of IT, IT Director, Technology Director or senior technology leader who has successfully established, scaled or significantly transformed a technology function.

You will bring:

- Experience leading, building or transforming an IT function
- Broad technical leadership across infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity and enterprise systems
- Experience developing IT strategies, roadmaps, operating models and budgets
- Strong vendor, MSP and commercial management capability
- Experience building and leading technology teams
- Strong executive stakeholder management and commercial acumen
- The ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on delivery

What will you get in return?

This is a rare opportunity to build an IT function rather than inherit one.

You will have genuine ownership of the organisation's technology direction, working closely with senior leadership to shape strategy, systems, security, vendors, investment and future team capability.

You will join during a significant period of growth and play an important role in creating the technology foundations required to support a larger and increasingly complex organisation.

This opportunity is initially offered as a 12-month fixed-term contract, with the potential to evolve as the organisation continues to grow.

What do you need to do now?

If you are an experienced technology leader who enjoys building, transforming and scaling IT functions, this is an opportunity to have a genuine impact.

For further information or a confidential discussion, please reach out to Charul Budhiraja at [email protected].

📌 Head of Information Technology (Geelong)
🏢 Hays
📍 Geelong