Head of Engineering Enterprise

Brief Description
About Us:
We are proudly owned by Auto & General Insurance Company. The A&G group is made up of trusted and well-known brands such as iSelect, Compare the Market and Budget Direct. In late 2024, iSelect and Compare the Market formed a new aggregation business within the A&G group that continues to support millions of Australians to compare and buy their personal finance, and household products such as insurance, energy, and loans.

The Opportunity:
Are you ready to elevate your career to the next level?
We're seeking a Head of Engineering - Enterprise to lead the design, delivery, and evolution of the organization's common technology platform, ensuring it is robust, scalable, and fit for purpose across all verticals and brands. This role is responsible for developing reusable services, standardizing infrastructure and security, and enabling self-service capabilities for business and operations teams. The role partners closely with Commercial and Shared Service engineering teams to drive platform migrations, ensure technical alignment, and deliver on the strategic vision for a unified, future-ready technology foundation.

• Execute the technical strategy for the enterprise platform, ensuring alignment with business priorities and future growth.
• Lead the development and maintenance of reusable services and platform capabilities that support all verticals and brands.
• Drive and oversee migrations from legacy systems to the common platform, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum value.
• Enable self-service for business, operations, and partner teams through effective tooling and interfaces.
• Foster cross-functional alignment on technical standards and best practices.
• Build, lead, and develop high-performing engineering teams, promoting a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Commercial and Shared Services teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery, while monitoring platform health and reporting key metrics.
• Champion change management to support smooth transitions during organizational or technical transformation.

Benefits:
At Compare the Market and iSelect we offer a dynamic and collaborative work environment where your talents will be recognised and rewarded. You'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact and contribute to our continued success, we also provide:

• Vibrant and social community who have annual celebrations, family fun days and regular events.
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements, including the option of one day working from home each week or a 9-day fortnight.
• Enjoy additional leave days - 'ME' leave and 'Volunteer Day' leave.
• Employee discounts on Car, Home, Travel insurance.
• Income protection insurance provided to support you in the event of non-work-related illness or injury.

About you:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent industry experience).
• Extensive experience (8+ years) in software engineering, with significant leadership in platform or enterprise engineering roles.
• Proven track record in designing, building, and maintaining large-scale, reusable technology platforms and services.
• Deep expertise in infrastructure, security, event-driven architectures, and cloud technologies (e.g., AWS).
• Experience driving migrations from legacy systems to modern platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to enable self-service and automation for non-engineering teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience leading teams through change and transformation.
• Excellent communication, coaching, and technical leadership abilities.
• Familiarity with agile delivery, CI/CD, and modern engineering toolchains (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps).

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At Compare the Market and iSelect and we're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we embrace diversity.
This role is available to candidates with unlimited Australian working rights only.
Compare the Market and iSelect are committed to protecting your privacy. All applications and personal information are kept confidential and securely stored in line with Australian privacy laws, used only for recruitment purposes, and not shared with third parties outside the Auto & General Holdings Group without your consent.