Chapter Area Lead

Chapter Area Lead - Engineering

• You are passionate, driven, collaborative and focused on building the skills for the future in our Engineers
• You are a leader of high performing engineers, pushing the boundaries of software engineering, automation and a DevSecOps culture and operating model
• Together we will steer the path towards the bank of the future

Join Our BB Technology Team
Are you ready to shape the future of Engineering in Business Banking Technology? We're looking for a passionate Chapter Area Lead to lead the Engineering capability in the Business Bank.

Do work that matters:
Technology is the enabling force behind information technology functions for the Group to achieve the highest levels of customer experience, security and reliability, velocity, and innovation.

In Business Banking Technology (BB Tech)
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we provide technology solutions to all domains across Business Banking. We are empowering businesses and our people to succeed with tomorrow's technology, our purpose is to become the leading digital business bank, powered by the next horizon of technology

See yourself in our team:
Our team thrives on a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. We believe in fostering an inclusive environment where all team member's ideas and contributions are valued. We encourage open communication, mutual respect, and a strong sense of community. Our commitment to professional growth and development ensures that our team members are always learning and evolving. We take pride in our work and strive to deliver exceptional results while maintaining a healthy work-life balance

Our Chapter Area Lead is a leader of leaders focused on the management and development of Chapter Leads, designing the chapter area capability roadmap and supporting the implementation of our strategic workforce plan, and collaborating with Crew Tech Leads & Centre of Expertise Leads to deliver on customer outcomes.

As a Chapter Area lead for BB Tech Enablement, you will be responsible for but not limited to:

• Leading the world class engineering teams to deliver modern, future ready technology and data, including microservice-based Service Domains API's and Data Products on the cloud, optimised for Agentic and Gen-AI
• Embed a customer centric DevSecOps culture, supported by world-class platforms and automated controls, within the domain and Chapter Area.
• Driving the adoption of AI Powered Engineering capabilities within the Engineering community.
• Define and lead the capability uplift approach for the Chapter Area with a strong focus on Chapter Leads.
• Ensure consistency through standardisation of tooling and methodologies within Chapter Area continuously improving technical standards, processes and practices within Chapter Area.
• Foster a positive people experience for all Chapter members by building culture, connection and community; Role models a culture of engineering empowerment, autonomy, psychological safety and constructive challenge.
• Collaborates with Crew Tech Leads to set trackable goals e.g. OKR's that enable Crews to deliver on their strategy and mature capabilities
• Leverages metrics to inform continuous improvement opportunities that increase the effectiveness of the Chapter; seeks feedback to inform and leverage metrics
• Facilitate the constructive resolution of conflicts which may arise both internally & externally to the Chapter
• Collaborates across Chapter Areas and with the Engineering Practice to create a culture of sharing and learning and maintains technical experience commensurate with their specific Chapter

Skills And Experience
We use a broad range of tools, languages, and frameworks. We don't expect you to know them all but experience or exposure with some of these (or equivalents) will set you up for success in this team;

• Experience leading large, virtual, teams in a scaled agile environment
• Experience consulting with senior executives
• Experience in leading a DevSecOps culture and operating model; Background in Full-cycle Engineering
• Experience leading Engineering teams who work with the following technologies - .Net, , React, Kotlin, Swift, AWS (Lambda, Fargate, ECS), API's (REST & GraphQL), Github actions
• Highly developed Leadership, people and communications skills; sound Financial control and reporting skills
• Grounded understanding in AWS or Azure Cloud architecture and integration, demonstrating experience in deploying and managing cloud-based solutions

Working with us:

Whether you're passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career with CommBank is for you.

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive, and flexible workplace with flexible work locations. One where we're driven by our values, and supported to share ideas, initiatives, and energy. One where making a positive impact for customers, communities and each other is part of our every day.

Here, you'll thrive. You'll be supported when faced with challenges and empowered to tackle new opportunities. We're hiring engineers from across Australia and have opened technology hubs in Melbourne and Perth. We really love working here, and we think you will too.

We're looking for people who truly live our values, Care, Courage and Commitment and we'll offer you great opportunities to develop you career with us

If this sounds like the role for you then we would love to hear from you. Apply today

If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We're keen to support you with the next step in your career.

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If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We're keen to support you with the next step in your career.

We're aware of some accessibility issues on this site, particularly for screen reader users. We want to make finding your dream job as easy as possible, so if you require additional support please contact HR Direct on

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