General Manager Engineering

The General Manager, Engineering plays a pivotal role in shaping the technology foundations behind some of Australia’s most recognised news websites, digital products, and print publications. You’ll lead the engineering functions that build, maintain, and optimise our platforms—driving performance, scalability, cloud efficiency, technical excellence, and innovation across the business.

You’ll oversee four Lead Engineers, ensuring all engineering outputs align with agreed standards, design patterns, and best-practice guidelines. This role requires a strong technical background and the ability to operate as both a strategic leader and a hands‑on technical guide—setting clear engineering principles, uplifting quality, and strengthening our community of practice.

With responsibility for defining objectives and measurable success metrics, you’ll shape how engineering operates across NCA. You’ll collaborate closely with Architecture, Platform Managers, and delivery partners to tackle complex technical challenges, reduce technical debt, evolve legacy systems, and drive a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. Leading a team of four, you’ll inspire high performance while elevating engineering capability across teams, partners, and platforms.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop and embed engineering standards covering code quality, testing, modularity, scalability, performance, security, and cloud consumption.

- Drive innovation, efficiency, and best practice across engineering teams, improving tooling, automation, and ways of working.

- Oversee engineering functions, ensuring alignment with standards, guidelines, and project/operational delivery expectations.

- Define and track key engineering metrics, including code quality, throughput, cost, and system performance.

- Lead governance forums with Architecture and Platform Managers to address complex technical challenges and minimise technical debt.

- Mentor and develop high‑performing teams, fostering collaboration, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.

- Collaborate with Architecture, Platform Managers, and delivery partners to remediate legacy systems and define future‑state solutions.

Who are you?

- Develop and embed engineering standards covering code quality, testing, modularity, scalability, performance, security, and cloud consumption.

- Drive innovation, efficiency, and best practice across engineering teams, improving tooling, automation, and ways of working.

- Oversee engineering functions, ensuring alignment with standards, guidelines, and project/operational delivery expectations.

- Define and track key engineering metrics, including code quality, throughput, cost, and system performance.

- Lead governance forums with Architecture and Platform Managers to address complex technical challenges and minimise technical debt.

- Mentor and develop high‑performing teams, fostering collaboration, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.

- Collaborate with Architecture, Platform Managers, and delivery partners to remediate legacy systems and define future‑state solutions.

News Benefits

- Exclusively ours – Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family

- Health & wellbeing – Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)

- Time off – News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.

- Helping you grow – Development opportunities (including diversity and inclusion – focused education series) and recognition

- Financial wellbeing – Support on making the most of your money

- Perks & discounts – Exclusive offers across a range of products and services

- Giving back – Make a difference to our communities.

- Workplace Inclusion and facilities – Engage with your passions through various employee‑resource groups and accessibility to multi‑faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms

Who are we?

News Corp Australia is the nation’s most influential media organisation, operating more than 150 household‑name brands across print, digital and multimedia. We lead the way in travel, fashion, food, health, homes and lifestyle, and we are the largest publisher across print and digital, reaching more than 16 million Australians each month.

What’s next?

Apply now or for more information on careers at News Corp Australia visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We know that diversity strengthens our teams and newsrooms as we seek to tell stories that represent the diverse communities of Australia that we serve. Our people make us unique and we all have a story. We encourage people of all ages, backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, abilities and gender identities to apply. Inclusion is important to us and we want everyone at News to bring their whole‑selves to work. If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, or would like to outline which pronouns you prefer, please feel free to let us know.

Accommodation and DEI Information

If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please feel free to let us know. For more information regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at NewsCorp Australia please visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers under the DEI section.

Category

Technology, Digital and Data

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With over 150 brands across news, sport and lifestyle, backed by a team of more than 5,000 dedicated people across the country, News Corp Australia is trusted by over 17 million Australians a month to provide the information and inspiration they seek across multiple digital, video, audio and print platforms.

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