• Based at our Geelong or Burwood Campus + hybrid work arrangements
• Full-time and continuing
• HEW 10 $153,668 + 17% Superannuation

Benefits for working with us!

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About the role

Research at Deakin is enabled by a diverse and distributed ecosystem spanning specialist platforms, enterprise capabilities, locally managed solutions, shared services and external partners.

Sitting within Digital's Systems & Solutions team, you'll be accountable for the day-to-day delivery, support, performance and lifecycle of a focused set of Research applications and services. Beyond these direct responsibilities, you’ll play a broader role in shaping how Digital supports Research, helping to improve the consistency, effectiveness and sustainability of digital capabilities and services across the University.

Partnering with our faculties, institutes and portfolios, a key focus will be building a clearer picture of the technology capabilities and services that enable Research. Through this process, governance and shared approaches will be strengthened, while ensuring specialised research needs are identified and supported appropriately.

The objective isn’t to centralise every capability within Digital. It’s to make the distributed ecosystem work more effectively by improving visibility, strengthening ownership and lifecycle accountability.

There isn't a fully defined roadmap waiting for you. You'll need the curiosity and initiative to understand the landscape, build trusted relationships and turn ambiguity into a practical direction for improvement.

While leading a small team, much of your impact will come through engagement, collaboration and influence across a much broader university community.

As the Senior Manager, Research Platforms, you will:

Lead the delivery and operation of Digital's Research platforms and services, ensuring they are effectively supported, maintained, secure, reliable and continuously improved.

Create greater visibility and cohesion across the Research technology ecosystem, its capabilities, services, dependencies and ownership.

Connect Research with Digital capability, identifying where shared services and established capabilities can better enable Research.

Strengthen governance and accountability, creating practical ownership and lifecycle models across a distributed environment.

Turn ambiguity into direction and action, establishing priorities and driving meaningful service and capability improvements.

Build stronger partnerships between Research and Digital, bringing different needs and perspectives together while influencing priorities, investment and decisions across the broader Research technology landscape.

About you

You’re an experienced Digital/IT services leader who combines sound judgement with a pragmatic and collaborative approach. Your leadership style enables you to develop teams, work effectively with senior stakeholders and specialists, and build credibility across different areas of an organisation.

Experience within higher education would be highly regarded. Direct Research technology leadership is valuable, but it isn’t the only path to this role. Equally important is a strong understanding of digital services, genuine interest in Research and the researcher experience, and the curiosity to learn and understand a specialised environment.

You’ll also bring relevant postgraduate qualifications and/or extensive relevant professional experience.

Help us understand why this opportunity is the right fit for you

Along with your CV, please include a brief, tailored cover letter telling us:

• what draws you to the intersection of Research and Digital;
• how your experience relates to the challenge we've described; and
• what you would bring to creating greater clarity, cohesion and direction across the Research technology landscape.

We'd value a concise and considered explanation of why this particular opportunity resonates with you and what you believe you could contribute.

For a confidential discussion regarding this role, please contact Kevin Brown (Associate Director, Business Systems) on kevin.brown@deakin.edu.au

For a copy of the position description, please see below:

 Senior Manager Research Platforms - HEW 10_PD.pdf

Applications for this position close on Sunday 18th October, 11:55pm

Are You Ready?

Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic, and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.

We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.

Pre-employment safety and suitability checks: In accordance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence, appointment to this role is subject to successful completion of relevant pre-employment checks, including Working With Children Checks and candidate gender-based violence declarations.

Candidates may be asked to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Gender‑based Violence, or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Gender‑based Violence during the course of their previous employment, or otherwise in a legal process.  A declaration is not required from individuals who have experienced gender‑based violence.  A ‘Yes’ response does not automatically exclude a candidate from employment, and any information provided will be treated confidentially and considered only for relevance to the role and the University’s safety obligations.