General Manager Digital Enablement Technology

Join to apply for the General Manager Digital Enablement Technology role at News Corp Australia What's the role? The General Manager, Digital Enablement Technology drives the strategy and execution of NCA’s digital publishing ecosystem—technology that supports 14 million monthly visitors and 60 million video streams. You’ll oversee platforms and tools that sit above our core web and app publishing stack, including video and audio players, digital interactives, content workflow, digital rights management & syndication, digital print editions, and reusable editorial storytelling tools, while also supporting B2B and off-platform distribution. This is a strategic leadership role. You’ll translate complex technical realities into clear commercial outcomes, influence priorities, and ensure platforms support emerging storytelling formats. Operating at the centre of a cross‑functional ecosystem, you’ll collaborate with Digital Product, Editorial, Engineering, Architecture, Delivery, and global teams to align roadmaps, strengthen platform stability, and maximise delivery velocity. Leading a team of three direct reports, you’ll modernise ways of working, build capability, and evolve the technology foundations that underpin NCA’s digital journalism. You’ll also partner with horizontal teams and Technical Product Management to translate strategy into engineering‑ready solutions, ensuring scalable, efficient, and future‑ready publishing platforms. In addition to the management and oversight of existing platforms and tools, this role is accountable for leading the technology streams of a multi‑year program to assess and then replace our current print‑centric platforms with digital‑first planning and authoring tools across our newsrooms. Key Responsibilities Build strong, trusted relationships across Technology, Digital Product, Editorial, global teams, and vendors. Lead the technology stream delivering digital‑first planning and authoring tools for Editorial stakeholders to replace components of our existing authoring stack. Develop and communicate technology roadmaps aligned with business priorities and global stakeholders. Oversee delivery across core platforms, triage new initiatives, and contribute to governance, prioritisation, and standards forums. Mentor and guide your team across strategy, planning, finance, and technical decision‑making. Drive continuous improvement in delivery models—uplifting automation, efficiency, and velocity while reducing rework and manual effort. Manage vendors, commercial agreements, SLAs, and budgets, ensuring cost optimisation and disciplined financial oversight. Who are you? A senior technology leader with 10+ years’ experience in a similar‑scale environment and a Bachelor‑level degree in a relevant discipline. Commercially astute, with strong financial literacy and confidence in budgeting, forecasting, and value‑driven decision‑making. Strategic and execution‑focused, able to simplify complexity and bring diverse stakeholders along the journey. Experienced in leading teams across line management, matrix structures, offshore/embedded partners, and specialist service providers. Pragmatic, positive, and resilient—thriving in fast‑changing environments and shifting priorities. Collaborative and engaging, skilled at building consensus and influencing outcomes across complex stakeholder landscapes. Curious and improvement‑minded, able to translate technical depth into clear, actionable business insight. News Benefits Exclusively ours – Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family. Health & wellbeing – Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices). Time off – News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave. Helping you grow – Development opportunities (including diversity and inclusion‑focused education series) and recognition. Financial wellbeing – Support on making the most of your money. Perks & discounts – Exclusive offers across a range of products and services. Giving back – Make a difference to our communities. Workplace inclusion and facilities – Engage with your passions through various employee‑resource groups and accessibility to multi‑faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms. Who are we? News Corp Australia is the nation’s most influential media organisation, operating more than 150 household‑name brands across print, digital and multimedia. We lead the way in travel, fashion, food, health, homes and lifestyle, and we are the largest publisher across print and digital, reaching more than 16 million Australians each month. What’s next? Apply now or for more information on careers at News Corp Australia visit Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion We know that diversity strengthens our teams and newsrooms as we seek to tell stories that represent the diverse communities of Australia that we serve. Our people make us unique and we all have a story. We encourage people of all ages, backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, abilities and gender identities to apply. Inclusion is important to us and we want everyone at News to bring their whole‑selves to work. 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