Senior Platform Manager – AI & ML Platform

Location: Melbourne (Hybrid – 3 days onsite)
Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Salary: Up to $247k pkg + Bonus
Eligibility: Australian Permanent Resident OR Citizen

About the Role
Circuit Recruitment is working with a major Australian organisation seeking a Senior Platform Manager to lead the delivery and ongoing development of their AI and ML platform.

This role is accountable for managing the engineering, operations, and continuous improvement of the platform that supports large-scale data science and machine learning initiatives. The position will oversee strategy, delivery, and governance ensuring the platform remains scalable, secure, and aligned with business and compliance objectives.

The successful candidate will collaborate closely with data, analytics, and technology leaders to drive adoption of modern AI/ML tooling, enhance platform reliability, and ensure strong alignment between infrastructure capabilities and strategic data outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the AI/ML platform roadmap, ensuring scalability, performance, and security.
• Manage and mentor an established team of platform engineers and specialists.
• Oversee platform operations, governance, and integration with wider data and technology ecosystems.
• Collaborate with data science and analytics teams to ensure the platform meets current and future AI/ML requirements.
• Drive automation, standardisation, and cost optimisation across the platform environment.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, risk, and data management frameworks.

About You

• Demonstrated experience leading platform or infrastructure teams in enterprise-scale environments.
• Strong technical understanding of cloud services (Azure) and modern data or AI/ML platforms.
• Experience managing platform operations, governance, and delivery in a complex, multi-stakeholder organisation.
• Proven ability to define roadmaps, manage delivery, and drive continuous improvement.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence across technical and non-technical groups.

Why Join?
This is a key leadership opportunity to shape the future of AI and ML enablement within a large, forward-thinking organisation investing heavily in data and technology innovation.

You’ll play a central role in building a platform that supports advanced analytics and machine learning at scale, within a collaborative environment that values innovation, ownership, and growth.