Careers at TAFE NSW

TAFE NSW Life-Changing Careers

Director Strategy and Architecture

Location Negotiable (subject to campus availability)

Full-time Permanent Opportunity

Total Remuneration Package $247,865 to $272,811

At TAFE NSW, we are dedicated to life-changing impact.

That’s why we offer world-class training and education that delivers the skills needed for the jobs of today and tomorrow.

Life-changing impact starts with an incredible team that sees their career as an opportunity to transform someone’s world. Whether that’s inspiring students, supporting each other, or helping our communities and industries flourish. 

We live by TAFE NSW values: Customer Focus, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence. They define who we are, how we work and inspire our performance.   

We invest in our people

At TAFE NSW, you will discover a diverse, dynamic, and collaborative environment, where you can innovate, create value, and do meaningful work.

We provide you with tools and ongoing training and professional development, health and wellbeing programs with a variety of flexible working options.

About the Role

As Director Strategy and Architecture, you will lead strategic planning and enterprise architecture for digital services across TAFE NSW. Reporting to the Chief Information Officer (CIO), you will shape the digital strategy and technology roadmap, ensuring investment is aligned to organisational priorities and delivers long-term impact. This role is at the heart of data services, policy, funding, and architecture, overseeing enterprise frameworks, advising senior leaders, and coordinating inter-agency digital initiatives in a large, complex government environment. The role also drives strategic partnerships and outcomes through effective commercial management of TAFE NSW digital suppliers.

You will establish and govern enterprise-wide architecture standards across business, application, data, and technology domains, while championing data governance, privacy compliance, risk management, and evidence-based decision-making.

You will prepare business cases and policy proposals to secure funding for major initiatives and act as a trusted adviser to the CIO, Executive Leadership Team, and Board on digital strategy, investment, risk, and emerging opportunities.

By anticipating sector trends and leading the design of secure, scalable, and resilient technologies, you will position TAFE NSW to remain future-ready and digitally agile. At the same time, you will foster collaboration with government agencies, stakeholders, and providers to maximise interoperability and ensure digital initiatives align with broader sector strategies.

About You

You are a strategist with deep expertise in enterprise and solutions architecture, digital transformation, and technology governance. Equally comfortable navigating and balancing tactical challenges and long-term planning, you thrive in complex environments where strategy is balanced with execution. Furthermore, you will be experienced with information data management, risk and governance frameworks, and commercial management.

You bring strong financial acumen, proven success in developing multi-year technology roadmaps, and the ability to secure investment through evidence-based proposals. As a trusted adviser, you are confident influencing key stakeholders, building strong partnerships, and guiding decisions that shape digital futures.

Your leadership style is inclusive and values-driven, fostering high-performing, customer-oriented teams that embrace innovation and collaboration. Experience working across government, education, or other large, complex organisations will be highly regarded. This is your opportunity to set the strategic blueprint for digital innovation at one of Australia’s largest education providers and deliver outcomes that matter to communities across NSW.

To find out more about the role, click to view the Role Description

Our commitment to Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion

We are committed to creating a culturally safe and accessible workplace where dignity, trust, respect, and the promotion of diversity and inclusion are valued, so you can safely bring your whole self to work and connect with your community through our many diverse employee networks. If you require an adjustment in the recruitment process, please contact our Talent Acquisition Lead listed below.

A career of life-changing impact awaits you. Apply now!

Applications close Sunday 5 October 11.55pm AEST

To apply for this role, click on 'apply now' and provide:

• Your current resume; and
• A cover letter addressing the essential requirements and your suitability for the role.

Role-specific enquiries: contact Jasminca Vody, Executive Assistant to the Chief Information Officer at jasminca.vody@tafensw.edu.au or 0403 080 286.

General recruitment and adjustment enquiries: contact Kristie Taig, Talent Acquisition Lead at kristie.taig2@tafensw.edu.au or 02 7921 3984.

For helpful insights into preparing your application, TAFE NSW’s recruitment process, and getting interview ready, read through our Application Process and the interactive Capability Application Tool.  

This is a child-related position. A Working with Children Check is a prerequisite for anyone in child-related work. It involves a national criminal history check and review of findings of workplace misconduct. 

To be eligible for positions at TAFE NSW, you need to be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand passport.

A Talent Pool, valid for 18 months, may be created for this position, and position(s) of the same classification that subsequently becomes vacant, may be filled via this recruitment.

Location is negotiable across our TAFE NSW campuses. Please note your preferred campus location is not guaranteed and is subject to campus availability at the time of offer. 

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