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Engineering Director - Core IT
canva
Melbourne, AUS
Full-time
Onsite
Discovered 2 weeks ago
IT strategyTechnology roadmappingPeople leadershipWorkforce technologyDevice managementAccess management
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Role Overview
Lead Canva's Core IT function as the company scales and technology needs evolve.
Set strategy, build capability, and deliver the IT foundations required for a fast-growing global company.
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IT strategyTechnology roadmappingPeople leadershipWorkforce technologyDevice managementAccess management
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Role Overview
Lead Canva's Core IT function as the company scales and technology needs evolve.
Set strategy, build capability, and deliver the IT foundations required for a fast-growing global company.
What You'd Be Doing
- Translate business priorities into a coherent IT technology roadmap.
- Lead and develop high-performing teams with clear direction and accountability.
- Build workforce technology covering onboarding, devices, tools, access, AI, automation, and collaboration.
- Use data to measure service quality, prioritize work, identify risks, and communicate progress.
- Represent IT in organizational and company-wide forums.
- Own high-priority initiatives and keep them on track for delivery.
Candidate Profile
- Experience leading internal technology functions at meaningful scale.
- Ability to build high-trust relationships with executives and engineering teams.
- Curiosity about how technology can improve the way people work.
- Ability to set a vision, build teams to deliver it, and maintain quality.
- Commercial understanding of how technology decisions connect to business and financial outcomes.
- Ability to lead through others and create conditions for teams to perform well.
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