Head of Engineering

- Showcase your senior leadership experience as the Head of Engineering

- More than a career, you’ll be representing the voice of the customer

- We grow great leaders who inspire and energise their team

Our people are customer obsessed. They prioritise the needs and satisfaction of the customer above all else. Our mindset fosters innovation and creates strong, lasting customer relationships as we strive to be the most customer centric company in Australia and New Zealand.

As the Head of Engineering, you will be part of the senior leadership team in the Technology Modernisation team, that’s doubling down on customer obsession.

Each day, you’ll go above and beyond to

- Lead the tech modernization program by setting the technical vision, aligning with business goals, and driving engineering excellence across teams.

- Balance strategic thinking with execution leadership to build scalable system, high performing teams, and culture of innovation.

- Ensure engineering excellence focusing on platform mindset wherein creation of reusable artifacts should be the primary focus.

- Lead the design and build of the core banking platform vision and strategy, ensuring successful planning, execution, and delivery of a complex and strategic initiative aimed at transforming the organisation’s core banking solution that includes product and ledger systems.

- Define and communicate a compelling technology strategy aligned with business objectives.

- Influence architectural decisions for scale, security, reliability, and performance.

- Drive platform modernisation and adoption of emerging technologies where relevant.

We’re looking for the best and brightest to deliver the best for our customers. You’ll need:

- In-depth experience working in a similar senior leadership role as a Head of Engineering with extensive payments experience.

- Proven cloud experience (Azure and AWS).

- Proven experience in running SRE teams.

- Managing and delivering large complex programs containing multiple streams, across multiple regions, with multiple vendors.

- Ability to define program milestones and scope including schedule, budget, deliverable quality, workforce planning, procurement, stakeholders, integration and risks/issue.

- Platform mindset, reusability and modular components thinking with tech modernisation and product knowledge like lending, deposits, account management.

- Sophisticated influencing skills and ability to influence and shape outcomes at an executive level.

- Superior stakeholder management skills with demonstrated commercial acumen and leadership experience.

We respectfully ask candidates to hold any questions for the phone interview, where we’ll discuss the role in detail and answer any questions. This helps to ensure a focused, efficient and fair application process. The talent acquisition team looks forward to addressing all inquiries at that time if your application progresses.

A diverse and inclusive workplace works better for everyone

We know that our people make us who we are. That's why we have built a culture of equity and respect – where everyone feels valued and appreciated for being their authentic selves. In partnership with our multiple Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) we continue to foster an inclusive environment, where all NAB colleagues’ unique backgrounds and identities are understood, respected and celebrated. We are committed to providing an environment where you can work your way.

For details on the recruitment process, and accessibility, please visit https://www.nab.com.au/about-us/careers/apply-for-job. To discuss adjustment requirements, please contact the NAB Careers team, via nab.careers@nab.com.au (please reference job number) or visit our Careers page through the link above for other contact options.

Join NAB

If you think this role is the right fit for you, we would love to hear from you. Please note candidate screening and interviews may be conducted prior to the closing date of the job advert. Unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

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