Brisbane | Executive Leadership | Full-Time

Are you ready to shape the future of AI within a large-scale, highly regulated environment?

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Head of AI to lead the development and execution of an enterprise-wide AI strategy that drives innovation, operational efficiency, automation, customer experience, and commercial growth.

This is a rare opportunity to build and scale AI capability from the ground up, influence executive-level strategy, and deliver meaningful transformation across an established national business.

The Opportunity

Reporting directly to the CIO, you will lead the organisation’s AI vision, roadmap, governance, and delivery capability. You will work across technology, operations, product, sales, risk, and executive leadership to identify and implement high-impact AI initiatives that create measurable business value.

This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution and is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments where innovation, governance, and commercial outcomes must coexist.

Key Responsibilities

AI Strategy & Leadership

• Develop and execute the enterprise AI strategy and roadmap
• Drive executive and board-level alignment on AI opportunities, risks, and investment
• Identify and prioritise high-value AI and automation initiatives
• Lead AI governance, policy, and risk management frameworks
• Provide thought leadership on emerging technologies including generative AI, agentic systems, and orchestration platforms

Build AI Capability Across the Business

• Establish and lead an AI Centre of Excellence
• Uplift AI literacy and capability across teams
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across technical and non-technical functions
• Lead change management and adoption of AI-enabled solutions
• Foster innovation and communities of practice across the organisation

AI Engineering & Delivery

• Integrate AI into modern software development practices
• Drive scalable, secure, and resilient AI-enabled architectures
• Improve engineering productivity through AI tooling and automation
• Oversee AI operationalisation, monitoring, model performance, and governance
• Optimise AI tooling, licensing, and infrastructure costs

Security, Risk & Compliance

• Ensure AI solutions meet security, privacy, and regulatory obligations
• Collaborate closely with risk, legal, and compliance teams
• Establish robust governance around explainability, monitoring, auditability, and model risk
• Mitigate risks relating to bias, misuse, data leakage, and adversarial threats

AI Foundations & Data

• Build scalable AI platforms, tooling, and frameworks
• Drive enterprise data strategy and governance
• Improve data quality, accessibility, and infrastructure
• Develop reusable AI services and APIs to accelerate innovation

About You

You are a commercially minded AI leader with deep technical expertise and a proven ability to influence at executive level.

You will bring:

• Extensive experience in AI/ML, including generative AI and large language models
• A strong track record delivering AI solutions at scale within regulated environments
• Expertise across cloud architecture, software engineering, data platforms, and AI operations
• Experience leading cross-functional technical teams and enterprise transformation initiatives
• Strong understanding of AI governance, risk, compliance, and security frameworks
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• A pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset with the ability to move from concept to production

Experience within financial services, fintech, lending, or similarly regulated industries will be highly regarded.

What’s on Offer

• Executive-level leadership opportunity
• Significant influence over enterprise technology strategy
• Opportunity to build and scale AI capability organisation-wide
• High-impact transformation role with strong executive visibility
• Collaborative and innovation-focused culture
• Brisbane-based leadership position

If you are passionate about shaping the future of AI and driving meaningful business transformation, we’d love to hear from you.

How to Apply

Ready to take the next step? Click Apply Now and include your CV

Contact us
Oliver Wright
oliver@edisontalent.com.au
0448 447 363

• Initial 4-month contract
• Large enterprise solutions
• Flexible working conditions

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Oracle & SQL Database Administrator to support and enhance critical enterprise database environments across both on-premises and cloud platforms on an initial 4-month contract.

In this role, you will be responsible for the administration, performance, availability, and security of Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL databases across production and non-production systems. You’ll work within a collaborative Database Services team, contributing to high availability, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives, while acting as a key escalation point for complex technical issues.

Key responsibilities include:

• Installing, configuring, patching, upgrading, and maintaining database platforms and related tools
• Supporting Oracle environments (OCI Exadata, RAC, Data Guard, TDE)
• Managing SQL Server and PostgreSQL (AWS RDS) databases
• Monitoring performance, investigating incidents, and resolving complex issues
• Performing backups, restores, refreshes, reorgs, and data extracts
• Developing automation and scripting (Linux/Windows, PL/SQL, T-SQL)
• Providing Level 3 support and managing vendor escalations (Oracle, Microsoft)
• Supporting tools such as Oracle Cloud Control, TOAD, SQL Developer, SSMS, SSRS, SSIS, SSAS
• Contributing to backup, high availability, and disaster recovery solutions
• Supporting release and change management processes
• Maintaining documentation and improving operational processes
• Providing technical guidance, mentoring, and best practice advice to stakeholders

What Are We Looking For

We’re looking for a highly capable DBA with strong cross-platform experience and the ability to operate in complex enterprise environments.

Skills mix we are looking for:

• Proven experience with Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL administration
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (OCI and/or AWS RDS)
• Strong knowledge of high availability and disaster recovery solutions
• Experience with database performance tuning and troubleshooting
• Scripting capability across PL/SQL, T-SQL, and/or shell scripting
• Experience using enterprise database tools and monitoring platforms
• Strong understanding of database security and best practices
• Excellent problem-solving skills and stakeholder engagement

Highly desirable:

• Experience across public and private sector environments
• Exposure to Exadata environments
• Experience mentoring or supporting junior team members

What Will You Get Out of It

• Opportunity to work on mission-critical enterprise systems
• Exposure to modern cloud and hybrid database technologies
• A collaborative, high-performing technical environment
• The chance to influence database strategy, automation, and improvements
• Flexible working arrangements
• Ongoing professional growth and exposure to complex technical challenges

How to Apply

Ready to take the next step? Click Apply Now and include your CV

Contact us
Oliver Wright
oliver@edisontalent.com.au
0448 447 363