TAL
Insurance
CloudModernisationProgramDirector
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“Cloud Modernisation Program Director at TAL. Skills: Cloud modernisation, Enterprise transformation, AI enablement. Lead application migration strategy. Lead application migration execution”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver measurable outcomes; Accelerate cloud adoption; Operate as data-driven enterprise; Operate as AI-enabled enterprise; Realise value from applications
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Understanding of cloud platforms, Experience across application modernisation, Experience across data platforms, Experience across AI enablement, Proven experience leading large-scale enterprise transformation programs, Background in cloud modernisation, Background in platform transformation initiatives, Demonstrated experience operating at a senior executive level, Proven experience in managing large vendor relationships, Experience in managing complex, multi-stream delivery programs
What You'll Do.
Lead application migration strategy
Lead application migration execution
Govern migration execution
Establish executive governance forums
Lead SteerCo meetings
Provide end-to-end oversight
Manage application migration risks
Lead executive engagement with Microsoft
Lead executive engagement with delivery partners
Ensure alignment to migration strategy
Ensure alignment to migration outcomes
Integrate application migration with target cloud architecture
Integrate application migration with platform engineering
Integrate application migration with data strategy
Oversee business readiness for migrated applications
Oversee adoption for migrated applications
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Executive Leadership; Strategic vendors
Communication Scope
Performance reporting; Stakeholder engagement
Process & Methodology
Program management
Full Job Description
* Join us in shaping the future of the insurance industry, driven by innovation and a 150-year legacy of protecting people * Take advantage of well-being initiatives designed to support your mental and physical health, ensuring a balanced lifestyle * Work alongside diverse, passionate colleagues and leaders who inspire, support, and value your contributions. For over 150 years, we've never stopped finding better ways to protect Australians. As one of the nation’s leading life insurers, we’re driven by ambition and a sense of purpose. Our responsibility to our customers, partners, and the broader community is at the heart of everything we do. At TAL, we’re empowered to experiment, innovate, and create better products and services. Backed by Daiichi Life, one of the world’s largest insurers, we deliver financial security to millions of Australians through our care and expertise. Bring your curious mind and ambition to shape our industry and help us become the progressive, digitally enabled, leading insurer we aim to be. The Cloud Modernisation Program Director is a senior executive role responsible for leading TAL’s enterprise-wide transformation from legacy systems to a modern, cloud-based Microsoft ecosystem. With a strong focus on large-scale application migration, the role ensures the structured and risk-managed transition of critical business systems while maintaining operational stability and regulatory compliance. This includes driving the prioritisation and sequencing of migration waves, managing key dependencies, and delivering measurable outcomes across multiple application portfolios. Operating at the executive level, the Program Director provides strategic oversight, governance, and performance reporting across a complex, multi-stream program spanning application migration, data platform uplift, and AI enablement. The role partners closely with Executive Leadership and strategic vendors, including Microsoft, to drive alignment between business objectives,
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