Senior Manager, AI & ML Delivery

About Us At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers. About the Role We're seeking an experienced Senior Manager, AI & ML Delivery to lead the delivery of AI-enabled solutions across ANZ. This is a senior engineering leadership role responsible for accelerating the adoption and value realisation of AI capabilities through hands-on technical leadership, Forward Deployed Engineering practices, and strong engagement with business stakeholders. You'll work at the intersection of business strategy, technology, and customer outcomes, translating complex challenges into scalable, governed and impactful AI solutions. Banking is changing and we’re changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you’ll be building your future, while helping to build ours. Role Type: Permanent Role Location: Melbourne or Brisbane Work Hours: Full-Time What will your day look like? As a Senior Manager, AI & ML Delivery, you will: Leading Forward Deployed Engineering delivery from problem discovery through production outcomes. Building and shipping AI-enabled products across DevOps, frontend and backend, using agentic coding as a core engineering practice. Working directly with business and technology teams to turn complex problems into scalable, production-ready solutions. Setting engineering standards for architecture, code quality, CI/CD, observability, security and operational resilience. Rapidly prototyping, validating and iterating solutions with users, then industrialising successful patterns for reuse. Owning technical delivery end to end while remaining close to the code and unblocking engineers on complex implementation challenges. Applying proven product management practices to define customer problems, prioritise roadmaps, validate value and measure outcomes. Coaching engineers and lifting capability in agentic software development, modern engineering practices and product thinking. Communicating technical trade-offs, delivery risks and product outcomes clearly to senior stakeholders. What will you bring? To be successful in this role, you will bring: Deep, hands-on software engineering experience across DevOps, frontend and backend, with the ability to lead by coding. Strong practical fluency in agentic coding, including the effective use of AI coding agents across the software delivery lifecycle. Proven experience leading FDE or similarly hands-on engineering teams delivering solutions in complex enterprise environments. Industry-proven product management experience, with a track record of taking products from discovery and prioritisation through delivery, adoption and measurable outcomes. Strong architecture and engineering judgement across APIs, cloud platforms, CI/CD, testing, observability, security and production operations. A product mindset: customer obsessed, outcome focused, comfortable testing assumptions quickly and changing direction based on evidence. The ability to move seamlessly between code, product decisions and stakeholder conversations without becoming a coordination-only leader. Excellent communication, facilitation and influencing skills, with the ability to make complex technical decisions clear and actionable. So why join us? From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive. But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career. We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more. At ANZ, you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you're a candidate with a disability or access requirement, and have an enquiry about the support provided, please let us know on your application or visit ANZ Accessibility and Inclusion Programs for alternate contact methods. To find out more about working at ANZ, visit . You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 126447 . Job Posting End Date 06/11/2026, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)