A FEW OTHER THINGS WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT…

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• We know how important keeping that balance between work/life is and have a range of flexible working options on offer, including part time work. We are open to this conversation during our recruitment process - if you want to know more just ask.
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• Successful candidates joining the carsales family are required to undergo a National Police Record check and must have full-time Australian working rights on an ongoing basis.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

The Head of Artificial Intelligence will shape both the strategic direction of AI initiatives and the teams that bring them to life. Collaborating closely with cross-functional stakeholders to align AI strategies with broader business objectives, ensuring scalable, high-impact outcomes. With a commitment to mentoring and capability building.

• Own carsales’ strategy for technologies enabling AI solutions
• Collaborate with senior leaders to align company-wide priorities and create long-term, commercially sound plans
• Actively engage in outlining the investment needed to achieve strategic objectives and inform annual planning
• Drive behavioural and cultural standards across your vertical (Tech & Data) and across collaborating functions (Product, Design, Marketing)
• Take an oversight role into Science and ML engineering initiatives and ensures they are aligned with carsales’ commercial and technical goals
• Provide guidance to senior leadership across carsales in solving the problems necessary to advancing the AI agenda
• Deep dive when necessary to bring a strategic lens to critical decisions within a delivery group
• Provide technical leadership to specialists working on ML/AI initiatives, getting hands-on when needed
• Hold your teams, collaborators and themselves accountable for delivering strategic outcomes to a high standard
• Establish disciplines that balance innovation velocity with operational reliability