Director, Hub for Apple Platform Innovation

3 weeks ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia InsideHigherEd Full time

About the Role

The Director, Hub for Apple Platform Innovation, will lead RMIT's collaboration with Apple, integrating industry-leading insights and technology into our curriculum. This role offers the chance to guide transformative education initiatives, develop and deliver industry-aligned courses, and cultivate a thriving environment for research and research translation.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Establish the strategic direction of the Hub, aligning priorities with RMIT's vision.
  • Oversee the development of courses, minors, or majors, and research initiatives focused on Apple technology, ensuring real-world application in learning.
  • Champion interdisciplinary projects, integrating students from STEM and other fields to innovate within the Apple ecosystem.
  • Build and nurture collaborative partnerships across the university and with industry leaders, leveraging Apple technologies across RMIT's educational offerings.
  • Coordinate the contributions of academics, mentors, and developers to the Hub's activities.

Requirements:

  • Established academic career relevant to the Hub's activities at Level D/E.
  • Clear, visionary approach to leading education initiatives that bridge academia and industry.
  • Demonstrated strengths in creating effective learning environments for diverse students, including through project-based learning.
  • Significant professional standing/leadership experience in Apple design and/or development education.
  • Proven ability to foster relationships with industry partners, particularly with large technology companies like Apple, leading to impact.
  • Excellent interpersonal communication, teamwork, and organisational skills, with capacity to work collaboratively and collegially to manage complex projects and engage multiple stakeholders.
  • Experience leading and managing teams, effectively coordinating resources, processes, systems, people, and policies.
  • Capacity to influence positive change within a complex organisational setting.
  • Extensive experience in supervising students and staff to deliver outcomes.
  • Demonstrated experience in planning, implementing, and reviewing strategic initiatives.
  • Qualifications: relevant postgraduate qualification and relevant industry experience, with membership of associations/accreditations applicable to the role.

About RMIT School of Computing Technologies

The School of Computing Technologies provides world-class computing research and innovative information technology education. We place a significant emphasis on diversity and interdisciplinarity, aspiring to transform the future of technology through integration of varied perspectives and distinctive research.

RMIT University was ranked 170 globally for Computer Science and Information Systems and 57 in Library and Information Management in the 2024 QS University Rankings by discipline. We offer education programs in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, and Information Technology, one of Australia's largest and leading educational facilities in the field.

We are a national leader in industry-connected learning in computing, data science, and IT, with a redesigned undergraduate program providing a common foundation in programming for all SCT undergraduates. Our approach is centred on an innovative Bootcamp2Studio model, making use of immersive and challenge-based pedagogy to drive higher-level learning. We provide students with practical learning experiences that will prepare them to contribute meaningfully to our world through their work.

The School is led by the Dean, School of Computing Technologies, and has three disciplines: Cyber Security & Software Systems (CSSS), Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (DSAI), and Interaction, Technology & Information (ITI). Our PhD students and faculty conduct world-leading research in many areas of Computing and Computing applications, including Information Interaction and Information Retrieval, Human-Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing, Data Science and Machine Learning, Recommendation and Big Data Analysis, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, Digital Health, and Computer Science Education.



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