Head of IT Delivery

About OES OES is a global education services partner, working with universities, employers, and industry bodies to deliver market-leading online learning solutions. Our purpose is to enhance lives through education, and our vision is to be the world’s most impactful enabler of education. We are a values-led organisation that empowers our people to make a meaningful impact every day. Through collaboration, innovation, and a student-focused approach, we create engaging learning experiences while supporting our teams to grow, develop, and thrive in a culture that embraces change and continuous improvement. The Opportunity: As OES continues to grow and evolve, we are seeking an experienced Head of IT Delivery to lead our global technology delivery function and play a pivotal role in advancing our technology delivery capability. This is a key leadership position responsible for the successful delivery of enterprise technology platforms and initiatives, while fostering a culture centered on continuous delivery, scaled agile ways of working, platform excellence, and operational reliability. Leading teams across Australia, South Africa and the UK, you will work closely with executive and business leaders to ensure technology delivery supports strategic objectives, enhances customer outcomes, and drives organisational growth. Reporting to the Group Executive of IT, you will oversee the end-to-end delivery operating model across multiple platforms, programs, and agile delivery teams. This opportunity is ideally suited to an accomplished technology leader who thrives in complex, fast-paced environments and has a proven track record of leading large-scale delivery functions, driving transformation, and embedding modern delivery practices. You will be accountable for defining and executing delivery strategy, leading portfolio planning and governance, developing high-performing teams, and creating a delivery environment that is predictable, scalable, and aligned to business priorities. Success in this role will come from your ability to balance strategic thinking with operational excellence, ensuring technology investments are delivered efficiently and generate measurable business value. Key Responsibilities: Provide strategic leadership across OES’s technology delivery function, ensuring the successful delivery of platforms, products, and enterprise-wide initiatives. Champion and mature scaled agile practices, including portfolio planning, PI planning, delivery governance, and cross-functional squad alignment Foster a culture of continuous improvement, automation, DevSecOps, and continuous delivery to improve speed, quality, and reliability of technology outcomes. Lead delivery planning, prioritisation, capacity management, budgeting, and governance to ensure technology investments align with strategic business objectives. Oversee the delivery and ongoing evolution of critical enterprise platforms, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions that support business growth. Build, mentor, and inspire leaders, delivery managers, and technology teams, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration, and excellence. About you: We’re looking for a strategic technology leader who combines strong delivery discipline with commercial acumen and people leadership. You will bring: Extensive senior leadership experience leading large-scale technology delivery functions. A proven track record delivering complex platform programs and enterprise technology portfolios. Deep experience operating within Scaled Agile Frameworks (SAFe), PI Planning and team-of-teams delivery models. Strong understanding of continuous delivery, DevSecOps and modern engineering practices. Experience managing technology budgets, vendor partnerships, and commercial outcomes. The ability to influence executive stakeholders and drive organisational change. Experience across enterprise platforms such as Salesforce, AWS, Microsoft technologies, and digital platforms. A passion for building high-performing teams and delivering technology that creates real business value. What’s in it for you? At OES, we’re transforming lives through education. You’ll join a high-performing, values-led organisation where your work directly influences business decisions, drives meaningful outcomes, and supports some of the world’s leading education providers. If you enjoy working with smart people, solving complex challenges, and making a genuine impact, you’ll thrive here. We empower our leaders to think strategically, challenge convention, and deliver meaningful outcomes while building high-performing teams and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. We offer a flexible hybrid working model, comprehensive wellbeing initiatives, professional development opportunities, paid parental leave, study assistance, income protection insurance, and a range of health and lifestyle benefits designed to support our people both personally and professionally. If you are a proven technology leader passionate about driving delivery excellence, leading transformational change, and creating lasting business impact, we would love to hear from you. Apply now with your CV and cover letter. At OES, we are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment, where we encourage candidates of any nationality, age, background, disability, and gender identity to apply. If you feel aligned to the role and would like to further explore your suitability, we welcome your application and would love to consider your fit for the role at OES.