Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $116,413 - $140,849
Grade: VPS 5
Occupation: IT and telecommunications
Location: Melbourne
Reference: VG/DE/FPIS/1952957
Key Responsibility
Product Strategy and Roadmap
• Develop and maintain the strategic roadmap for the contact centre platform.
• Identify opportunities for platform enhancement and future-state capabilities.
• Present recommendations through architecture and governance forums.
• Support the transition towards digital and omni-channel customer engagement solutions.
Operational Performance and Resilience
• Monitor platform health and vendor performance against agreed service levels.
• Support incident management, risk mitigation, change planning, and service improvement activities.
• Drive adoption of best-practice release, testing, and platform management processes.
Stakeholder Engagement
• Build strong relationships across internal contact centre teams and business stakeholders.
• Facilitate forums and feedback mechanisms to understand user needs.
• Translate business requirements and feedback into actionable product improvements.
Governance and Delivery
• Coordinate delivery activities across service, architecture, and operational teams.
• Ensure alignment with security, procurement, and governance requirements.
• Contribute to investment planning, business case development, and strategic decision-making.
Commercial and License Management
• Monitor and optimise licensing utilisation and costs.
• Identify opportunities for commercial efficiencies and entitlement optimisation.
• Support vendor and contract management activities.
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
We're looking for a collaborative and customer-focused professional who combines strong product leadership capabilities with a pragmatic approach to operational technology management.
Essential Skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
• A customer-centric mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.
• High attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.
Highly Regarded Experience
• Experience managing contact centre technologies and platforms.
• Knowledge of IVR design, call routing, workforce optimisation, reporting, or related contact centre capabilities.
• Familiarity with customer experience (CX) or service design principles.
• Experience translating technical capabilities into business outcomes.
• Strong vendor and supplier management experience.
For more details regarding this position please see attached position descriptions.
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Applications close 11:59pm on Sunday 1st November, 2026.