General Manager Digital and Information

Description:

Lead enterprise digital strategy, sponsor and champion reform, and uplift systems, services, digital capabilities and outcomes for Queensland’s Building and Construction industry. Lead a transformative digital portfolio that powers ease of doing business and modernise core systems, uplift cyber resilience, and enhance frontline services Join a purpose-driven executive team with momentum, passion and a clear vision As General Manager, Digital and Information, you will lead the Commission’s enterprise technology and digital transformation functions during a pivotal moment in its evolution. This is a leadership role with both strategic and operational depth: championing the modernisation agenda, uplifting cyber maturity, and enabling transformation initiatives that improve customer outcomes and regulatory impact.

About The QBCC

The QBCC is Queensland's independent building and construction regulator, established under the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991 . Its mission is to educate, protect and support both the industry and the community by building public confidence through fair, transparent and accountable regulation.

The Commission is modernising how it delivers services, enforces legislation and engages with stakeholders. It is investing in culture, systems and capability to become a more responsive, values-driven regulator, one that is trusted by consumers, respected by industry, effective in protecting the public interest and supporting its staff in its pursuit of operational excellence.

As the Commission continues its digital journey, it is investing in modern digital services, deeper collaboration with industry, and a more responsive, forward-leaning internal culture. The General Manager, Digital and Information will play a pivotal role in shaping and enabling this transformation – culturally, operationally and technologically.

About The Role

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and leading a team of approximately 55, the General Manager, Digital and Information, is accountable for:

• Overseeing the delivery of secure, resilient and modern enterprise IT services, including architecture, applications, infrastructure and service management.
• Ensuring the Commission maintains a strong cyber security posture, meets its business continuity obligations, and is operationally prepared to respond to digital risk or service disruption.
• Ensuring that its core systems are reliable, resilient, available, stable and scalable in line with the organisation's transformation agenda and risk appetite statements
• Leading the QBCC's information governance and records management functions, ensuring compliance with legislative and operational requirements while modernising supporting systems and processes.
• Implementing and refining the QBCC's Technology Strategy, aligning enterprise architecture with future-state goals and capability uplift.
• Accountable for the sponsorship of major digital transformation initiatives, working in close partnership with the Transformation and Change Division to deliver key outcomes on time, on budget, to quality expectations and benefit realisation.
  
  
  

This role blends strategic clarity with hands-on oversight. You will shape direction, manage risk, uplift capability, and ensure that systems, services and teams are fit for purpose in an organisation undergoing significant transformation and reform.

About You

This role is a unique opportunity for a seasoned digital executive with the technical depth, leadership presence and track record of delivering digital transformation that shapes the future of an organisation undergoing significant transformation.

You Will Bring

• Senior leadership experience across enterprise ICT, digital and cyber portfolios, with a record of delivering modern, resilient and customer-focused services.
• A track record of leading and executing complex transformation programs, with the judgment and resilience to operate across ambiguity, competing demands and high expectations.
• Strong understanding of cyber security, business continuity and digital risk and take a leadership and influential role when the pressure is on.
• The ability to lead vendor and commercial negotiations with confidence and discipline, securing outcomes that add value, are commercially sound and progress the QBCC's strategic plan.
• Appetite to quickly adapt to new technologies and realise early business value and benefit
• A collaborative, calm and capable leadership style, with the ability to build trust quickly and bring others on the journey.
• An exceptional communicator who is able to break complex ICT concepts into language that is tailored to their audience
  
  
  

This is not a development opportunity and will require someone with a proven track record of executive leadership in ICT. If you have the technical credibility, industry recognition, are strategically minded and ready to lead a core ICT function through change, we encourage you to apply!

How To Apply

To apply for this exciting opportunity, please submit your resume and a written statement (maximum 2 pages) on how you have demonstrated the capabilities outlined in the Candidate Attribute section of the position description.

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