Digital Lead

**Acknowledgement of Country**:
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**The Opportunity**:

- **Lead the development & implementation of CSIRO Land & Water’s digital strategy**:

- **Maximise national impact and commercial potential for existing datasets and drive digital transformation**:

- **Truly flexible workplace, hybrid work arrangements**

CSIRO Land and Water delivers solutions for sustainable development and stewardship of land, water, ecosystems and communities, valued at more than $12 billion in triple bottom line benefits. Through integrated systems research approach we provide the information and technologies required by government, industry and the Australian and international communities to protect, restore, and manage natural and built environments.

Digital technologies present significant opportunities by driving science innovation, increasing efficiency when working at scale and across disciplines, and by allowing the Business Unit (BU) to connect and deliver impact for stakeholders in new ways.

As the CSIRO Land and Water Digital Lead you will capitalise these opportunities through the development and implementation of a digital strategy for the Land and Water BU which aims to position the BU as a national capability and a “go to” in delivering digital solutions. You will form part of the BU leadership team, manage Digital committees and act as a key decision maker in the initiation of strategies and policies and investments which drive digital transformation within the business unit.

**Your duties will include**:

- Lead the development and implementation of a Digital Strategy for CSIRO Land and Water that seeks to maximise the national impact and commercial potential of CSIRO’s wide range of existing data sets and achieves digital transformation within the Land and Water Business Unit.
- As a member of the Land and Water Leadership Team, contribute to Land and Water strategy development and implementation and act as a key decision maker in the initiation of strategies and policies which drive digital transformation within the Business Unit.
- Build significant collaborative relationships with Australian universities and international research organisations, and drive close collaboration with Data61, CSIRO’s data science and engineering BU.
- Lead Land and Water Business Unit level communities of practice and committees that assist in raising awareness, build capability and project level decision making on matters of digital transformation.
- Chair and/or represent the Land and Water Business Unit on organisational level committees such as the Science Digital Transformation Program Committee to ensure the BU is well positioned to leverage and align its digital transformation with the rest of the organisation.

**Location**: Brisbane or Canberra preferred. Other locations may be considered where the team has a presence.

**Salary**: AU$169k - AU$212k plus up to 15.4% superannuation

**Tenure**: Specified term of 3 years

**Reference**: 88841

**To be considered you will need**:

- A PHD (or equivalent combination of qualifications and significant research experience) in digital technologies such as AI, data analytics or digital delivery models, and a good understanding of the science challenges in land and water.
- Extensive industry, commercialisation or applied research experience developing and deploying digital solutions.
- Proven experience in development of digital capabilities for an organisation to achieve digital transformation and experience delivery digital solutions.
- Evidence of creating, leading strategic digital initiatives for an enterprise or a large team.
- A network of national and international collaborators in applied data and/or environmental sciences.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, evidenced by high-level reporting, presentation and negotiation abilities, and the capacity to identify and influence critical stakeholders to gain support for complex proposals/ideas.

For full details about this role please view the Position Description

**Eligibility**:
**Flexible Working Arrangements**:
We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work.

**Diversity and Inclusion**:
We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish.

**About CSIRO**:
At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and d