Description:
As our Technology Director, you'll be a strategic leader across Today's digital and technology work. You'll work with a multidisciplinary team of designers, developers, strategists and researchers to deliver digital experiences that are inclusive, accessible, and designed for impact.Your role is to guide clients through uncertainty—bringing clarity, technical vision, and delivery excellence to complex programs. You'll help organisations use technology thoughtfully and ethically, particularly as they navigate new capabilities like AI, data and automation.
You'll lead and grow our internal technology capability, champion delivery quality, and help set our offer apart in the social impact space.
You'll be ambitious and creative, want to make a sizeable dent, and be energised and excited by the impact technology can have. We want someone who will think big, stretch us and deliver world-class work.
Requirements
Your focus
- Advising client teams on digital and technology strategy
- Leading a growing team of engineers, architects and developers
- Lifting technical delivery quality and consistency across projects through processes and tools
- Contributing to commercial performance and developing our offer
- Staying across trends and helping clients experiment with emerging tech, including AI
- Working closely with peers across design, strategy and delivery
- Senior leadership experience in digital or technology teams
- Deep knowledge of modern web and application development
- Experience in building and architecting large-scale, complex applications so you can directly mentor our team
- Experience across the SDLC (requirements gathering, definition, estimation, agile delivery management, quality assurance, ongoing support)
- Experience shaping digital services and product strategy
- Confidence in communicating complex technical ideas in accessible, human language
- A track record of delivering quality, scalable and inclusive technology solutions
- A strong point of view on the role of technology in social and environmental impact
- A collaborative, kind, and thoughtful approach to leadership
- The ability to mentor others and build team capability
- An appreciation for good design and the value of cross-disciplinary work
- A love of working on complex problems that matter
- Infrastructure as code
- Cloud architectures on AWS/Azure
- Frontend applications (Typescript, React, NextJS, Vercel)
- CMS (CraftCMS, Drupal)
- Integrations with CRMs and other systems through middleware
About Today
We're Today, Australia's most awarded social impact agency. We use design and technology to make change happen at pace and scale.
We work across mental health, climate, justice, housing, education, and more—tackling society's most important challenges in partnership with the people they affect most.
Our team includes strategists, researchers, designers, technologists, and makers of all kinds, and we work across the country with people from many backgrounds and experiences. Learn more about our values and work at today.design/careers.
Our commitment
We're an inclusive employer. We actively seek applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disabilities, those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers, and the LGBTIQA+ community.
We understand that people don't always apply unless they meet every criterion. If this role speaks to you, we encourage you to apply.
Why Today?
- You'll work on meaningful, community-focused projects
- We offer a flexible, inclusive work environment and generous leave policies
- You'll be supported to grow through a strong career framework and learning culture
- We prioritise your well-being with a thoughtful benefits program
- You'll help shape a growing business with big ambitions
- Full-time role
- Our preference is you're based in Sydney/Gadigal Lands
- Hybrid, but the expectation is the majority of your week is in-studio
- Some travel interstate to visit studios/clients is required (e.g. a few days per month)
- Be legally able to work in Australia without restriction
Apply now.
Accessibility
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7 Apr 2025;
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