AI Visionary

We're seeking a seasoned leader to drive our Artificial Intelligence initiatives and shape the future of our company.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a multidisciplinary team and develop intelligent, customer-centric solutions that make a real impact.

In this role, you'll have the chance to blend deep technical expertise with strong people leadership skills, cultivating a culture of innovation, ethical AI practices, and continuous learning.

You'll work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to align AI strategies with broader business objectives, ensuring scalable, high-impact outcomes.

This is a mid-senior level position, reporting directly to the [leadership team].

The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of leading data & AI teams, influencing cross-functional dynamics, and guiding senior leadership on advancing product development and technical excellence agendas.

If you're passionate about shaping the future of AI and driving business growth, we want to hear from you.

• Owning carsales' strategy for technologies enabling AI solutions
• Collaborating with senior leaders to align company-wide priorities and create long-term, commercially sound plans
• Actively engaging in outlining the investment needed to achieve strategic objectives and informing annual planning
• Driving behavioural and cultural standards across your vertical (Tech & Data) and across collaborating functions (Product, Design, Marketing)
• Taking an oversight role into Science and ML engineering initiatives and ensuring they are aligned with carsales' commercial and technical goals
• Providing guidance to senior leadership across carsales in solving the problems necessary to advancing the AI agenda
• Deep diving when necessary to bring a strategic lens to critical decisions within a delivery group
• Providing technical leadership to specialists working on ML/AI initiatives, getting hands-on when needed
• Holding your teams, collaborators, and yourself accountable for delivering strategic outcomes to a high standard
• Establishing disciplines that balance innovation velocity with operational reliability

• Success leading strong data & AI teams, and an all-of-business-first culture
• Demonstrated influence skills to navigate cross-functional dynamics, enable robust debate, and create unified commitment towards shared objectives
• Grounding in software engineering, data engineering, and machine learning to lead teams effectively
• Technical agility to lead decision-making across disciplines, including proficiency in Python, Spark, Kubernetes, core backend and front-end frameworks, architecture and design patterns
• Advanced understanding of management practices for engineering delivery for large teams
• Experience guiding senior leadership on advancing product development and technical excellence agendas
• Ability to negotiate complex trade-offs between commercial needs and research and operationalisation considerations in delivering AI products
• Operating range to work broad and deep, communicating appropriately with stakeholders at a range of levels

• A place where you can move your career forward, with opportunities to continuously learn and grow
• A highly engaged, high-performing team with a leadership team that's accessible and supportive
• Flexible working options, including part-time work, to maintain a healthy work-life balance
• 24 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers, four weeks paid secondary caregivers leave, six weeks paid gender transition leave

• We're an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace
• We encourage everyone of all ages, genders, and backgrounds to apply
• We're proud to be recognised as one of Australia's Best Workplaces by Great Place to Work, a Family Friendly Workplace, and a WORK180 endorsed employer for women

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