The Australasian Space Innovation Institute (ASII) is seeking an accomplished agriculture or food-sector leader who can secure investment, build trusted partnerships and turn innovation into practical benefits for producers and agribusinesses.

Reporting to the CEO, you will lead a national program combining satellite and spatial data, modelling and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve agricultural productivity, profitability, climate resilience and sustainable resource use.

You will help establish trusted, shared digital infrastructure that researchers, advisers, agribusinesses and AgTech providers can use to build and improve their services.

The opportunity

Your focus will be securing co-investment, setting industry priorities, leading delivery and building a financially sustainable operating model. Working with ASII’s technical teams, you will guide applications from co-design and demonstration through to sustained industry use.

Priority applications could include pasture and crop management, water and nutrient efficiency, climate risk and supply-chain management.

What you bring

- A strong record of attracting investment and converting opportunities into funded partnerships.
- Senior leadership experience or direct accountability for outcomes in Australian agriculture,



agribusiness or food.
- Trusted relationships across industry, Research and Development Corporations, government and research.
- The ability to lead complex programs, manage budgets and partners, and deliver agreed outcomes.
- Success translating industry needs into practical solutions with measurable perks and lasting adoption.
- Digital literacy across AI, digital twins, Earth observation and data, including an understanding of trusted data governance and interoperability.

About ASII

ASII is a not-for-profit organisation building on the legacy of the SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), connecting research, government and industry to deliver space-enabled solutions for Earth.

Location: Negotiable; ASII’s Adelaide headquarters preferred.

Hours: Negotiable, aligned with the role’s scope and delivery commitments.

Remuneration: An attractive package will be negotiated.

For an initial confidential discussion please contact:

Professor Andy Koronios

Chief Executive Office & Managing Director

Australasian Space Innovation Institute [email protected] | 0438 851 905

Please share this opportunity with anyone who could help us shape this national capability.

📌 Director, National Digital Twin for Agriculture (Adelaide)
🏢 Australasian Space Innovation Institute
📍 Adelaide