Group It - Director Of Operations
North Sydney, New South Wales, Au
Joined Ardent Leisure as the Director of Operations to deliver and improve the service and operations of areas within the Group IT function. Led a 30+ multi-disciplinary team covering IT operations, infrastructure and delivery platforms that provide global and business services across the Ardent Leisure brands within Australia and NZ, including: Dreamworld, WhiteWater World, SkyPoint, AMF Bowling, Kingpin Bowling, Goodlife Health Clubs and d’Albora Marinas.~ Achievements ~✓ Formalised shared service support model and toolset, using Agile operational techniques including Kanban, Scrum and DevOps frameworks and established regular communication with business unit leadership.✓ Ensured smooth business operations by maximising system uptime of core applications and underlying infrastructure, rapid incident response and resolution, maintained service desk support quality and drove ongoing continuous improvement within each business unit support team.✓ Managed a multimillion dollar Opex budget, including establishing Enterprise Agreements with Microsoft and AWS, as well as vendor management across key suppliers, including Dell, Microsoft, Oracle, AAPT/TPG and Macquarie Telecom. ✓ Completed an IT Risk Assessment across the Ardent Group and commenced a series of Risk Remediation projects. Introduced a suite of Policies & Procedures, including IT Change Management and Incident Management plans.✓ Delivered a series of strategy workshops to Ardent leadership, including digital and future state structural plans.