• Executive Leadership Opportunity
• Leading agribusiness
• Darling Downs based role

About the company:

Headquartered on the Darling Downs, McLean Farms is a large-scale, family-owned Australian agribusiness with a long and successful history of operating across diversified agricultural and food production sectors.  An established market leader, it has gained its reputation through its commitment to operational excellence, innovation, sustainability, and long-term growth.

Operating across multiple integrated business units, the organisation manages extensive farming, livestock, cropping, feed production, and food manufacturing operations which are supported by advanced technology and modern production systems. With a strong focus on continuous improvement and responsible production practices, the business continues to invest significantly in digital capability, infrastructure, automation, and sustainable operations.

Employing approximately 370 staff across a substantial multi-site footprint, the organisation fosters a collaborative and values-driven culture focused on performance, accountability, and innovation. With company is gearing for strong growth, they have identified a need for an experienced technology executive in the role of Chief Information Officer (CIO), to play a pivotal role in leading the company’s ICT strategy and implementation.

About the role:

This outstanding opportunity exists for an accomplished and commercially minded CIO to join a growing organisation in a key executive leadership capacity. Reporting directly to the CEO, the CIO will lead the organisation’s enterprise-wide technology strategy, ICT operations, governance, cyber security, and digital transformation agenda. This role will play a critical part in enabling operational performance, supporting long-term growth, and ensuring technology capability aligns with broader business objectives.

Leading a dedicated ICT team of eight, this position requires a strategic minded, hands-on technology executive who can balance innovation with operational stability, while fostering a high-performance culture across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute the organisation’s ICT strategy and technology roadmap aligned with business objectives;
• Provide strategic technology advice to the CEO and executive leadership team;
• Lead enterprise-wide digital transformation and technology modernisation initiatives;
• Oversee ICT governance, cyber security, risk management, business continuity, and compliance frameworks;
• Manage ICT operating and capital budgets, investment prioritisation, and vendor relationships;
• Ensure reliable, scalable, and secure ICT infrastructure and operational systems;
• Drive data governance, analytics capability, and technology-enabled decision making;
• Lead and develop a high-performing ICT team focused on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement;
• Identify emerging technologies and innovation opportunities to support operational and commercial outcomes;
• Partner with business leaders to deliver practical and commercially effective technology solutions.

About You:

• 10 years+ Proven experience in a senior ICT leadership role such as CIO, Head of IT, ICT Manager, or equivalent;
• Demonstrated capability in developing and implementing enterprise-wide ICT strategies;
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale ICT transformation and systems implementation projects;
• Experience operating within complex, multi-site, or operationally intensive environments;
• Strong commercial acumen with experience managing ICT budgets, vendors, and investment outcomes;
• Deep understanding of ICT governance, cyber security, enterprise architecture, and risk management frameworks;
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and executive influencing capability;
• A collaborative leadership style with experience building high-performing teams;
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving capability;
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into business outcomes.

Qualifications:

• Degree qualification in ICT or minimum 5 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree qualification.

What’s on Offer:

• Collaborative and growth-focused environment;
• Competitive base salary between $230,000 – $250,000 plus superannuation.

If you’re an experienced technology professional looking to build on your well established IT career, this position offers a hands-on executive leadership role with real responsibilities and prospects for career growth. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. Please apply by clicking the ‘Apply Now’ link below, or via the Jobs page at www.bluhat.com.au. All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality.