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Head of Technology, TDD Engineering & Capability Ampol · Alexandria, New South Wales, au
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Head of Technology, TDD Engineering & Capability

🗓️ Posted 2026-09-10 Alexandria, New South Wales, au Full-time Hybrid ICT
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market A$16,666–A$25,000/mo

About the Company

Ampol is Australia's only owned fuel brand, powering better journeys for over 100 years. The company is more than fuel; it is inspired by the people, businesses, industries, and communities it engages with. Ampol is committed to a digital transformation, with a Tech, Digital & Data team dedicated to data-driven decision-making, advanced technology integration, and creating seamless, personalised customer experiences.

About the Role

At Ampol, technology is a strategic enabler of our transformation, growth, and customer ambitions. We're looking for an exceptional technology leader to establish and lead our newly created TDD & Engineering Capability function. This is a rare opportunity to define the vision, shape the operating model, and build a high-performing engineering organisation that delivers enterprise-wide impact. You'll lead multiple engineering disciplines and play a pivotal role in ensuring Ampol's technology platforms are secure, scalable, resilient, and ready to support the future of our business. You'll influence technology strategy at the highest levels, partner with senior leaders across Technology, Digital & Data and Group Functions, and help drive the engineering excellence, automation, innovation, and operational resilience that will power the next chapter of Ampol's evolution. This is more than a technology leadership role. It's an opportunity to build capability, shape culture, elevate engineering standards, and create the conditions for teams across Ampol to do their best work.

Responsibilities

  • ● Develop and execute Ampol's platform and engineering strategy, ensuring alignment to both business and technology objectives.
  • ● Establish and lead a newly formed engineering capability, creating a high-performance culture built on accountability, innovation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
  • ● Provide leadership across Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, DevOps, Integration, Networking, Cloud, End User Computing, Quality Engineering & Testing, and Robotic Process Automation capabilities.
  • ● Drive engineering excellence through modern software engineering practices, standards, automation, DevSecOps, platform engineering, and continuous delivery.
  • ● Partner closely with Architecture, Cyber Security, Digital, Data, and business leaders to deliver enterprise technology outcomes.
  • ● Ensure technology platforms are highly available, secure, resilient, and fit for purpose across a complex enterprise environment.
  • ● Build and develop future leaders through coaching, succession planning, capability uplift, and talent development.
  • ● Identify emerging techn