IT Development Manager

Who Are We?

Are Media is Australia’s leading omnichannel content company for women. Every day we influence, inform, inspire, and connect with 6 in 10 Australian women across magazine media, digital, video, social, e-commerce, customer review sites, podcasts, events and experiences. Our brands include The Australian Women’s Weekly, Better Homes & Gardens, Woman’s Day, marie claire, TV WEEK, New Idea, Now to Love, Australian Gourmet Traveller, BEAUTY/crew and ELLE. Through our Change AREgenda we drive meaningful and positive change for women

Are Media employs Australia’s best content creation talent and we are proud that our greatest strength is our people.

Why Are Media?

Join Australia’s leading content company for women and be part of an inspiring, creative and collaborative team. We offer excellent people programs including:

A day of leave for your birthday,
4 days of volunteering leave each year,
An inclusive parental leave program that supports all parents, families & carers,
FREE digital access to all our titles, and
Our unique Are Media Learning Academy (Digital Academy, Lunch N Learns, Mentoring and much more).
At Are Media, you'll be in the office four days a week, with one day to work from home.

About the role

We’re looking for an IT Development Manager that has broad experience across Websites and core business applications and integrations to lead a team of developers working on some exciting projects.

As IT Development Manager, reporting to the Technology Director, you will play a critical role in defining the strategic direction and associated roadmaps for the application software landscape which includes over 15 websites.

What you need:

10+ years’ experience in software engineering and/or software development.
5+ years experience working in a senior IT position within a fast-paced and constantly evolving environment.
Proven experience as a Senior Leader in IT system strategy development, design & architecture of application landscapes.
Ability to manage, coach, and develop a cross-functional team.
Task and work management, ensuring on-time delivery.
A strong background in CMS such as WordPress and a good understanding of backend systems and front-end design.
Proven experience in streamlining application deployment processes and conducting architecture reviews
Proven experience in software development using an array of code bases including; .NET, PHP, Python, React , SQL
Proven experience of both Azure & AWS services