At carsales, we're all about making buying and selling a great experience. Since 1997, we’ve been evolving with the new economy to help people choose how they move today and tomorrow. 

When it comes to your career, we want to provide big opportunities to help you make a big impact. But for this to be possible, we strive to feel small. Small enough to quickly change tack, small enough to learn from different departments and small enough to connect authentically with leadership. 

Our General Managers of Engineering play a critical leadership role, guiding multi-disciplinary teams to deliver high-impact, customer-focused products. They combine technical expertise with a strong focus on people, fostering a culture of collaboration, growth, and continuous improvement.

These leaders work closely with cross-functional partners to align engineering efforts with business goals, ensuring scalable, high-performing solutions. With a commitment to mentoring and team development, General Managers of Engineering help shape both the product vision and the people who bring it to life. 
 

What’s on offer 

• A place where you can move your career forward, where you’ll be continuously backed to make new ideas happen, and the chance to do work that makes real, significant impact in the world.  
• We’re proud to be recognised as one of Australia’s Best Workplaces™ by Great Place to Work®, a Family Friendly Workplace, a WORK180 endorsed employer for women and WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality. 
• The support of a highly engaged, high-performing team including a leadership team that’s you’ll actually have face time with.  
• 24 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers, four weeks paid secondary caregivers leave, paid reproductive health leave. 

We are looking for two senior Engineering leaders to bring to life an ambitious vision buying and selling vehicles.  

• The GM of Engineering (Consumer Product) will lead carsales’ engineering function responsible for B2C products and solutions, delivering personalised, trusted experiences for consumers looking to buy and/or sell vehicles. 
• The GM of Engineering (ACIL) will lead carsales’ engineering function responsible for B2B offerings, providing our B2B customers end-to-end products and solutions that help their businesses thrive. 

What you’ll do 

• Own the engineering strategy and execution for carsales' B2B or B2C business, covering product development, platform architecture, and engineering practices 
• Collaborate with product, data and technology leaders to guide the vision of the engineering and product delivery landscape 
• Build an exceptional team and drives behavioural and cultural standards across their vertical 
• Hold your teams, collaborators and themselves accountable for delivering strategic outcomes to a high standard 
• Lead the strategic planning and execution of our engineering roadmap and architectural evolution 
• Oversee the evolution of platforms and internal systems, while driving the pragmatic adoption of emerging technologies and architectural patterns 
• Distil company-level objectives into business unit-level sub-objectives, and proactively create alignment at all levels 
• Ensure engineering initiatives are aligned with carsales' operational and commercial goals 
• Establish disciplines (within engineering and with collaborating teams) that balance innovation velocity with operational reliability for speed to market and sustainable scale 

What we are looking for? 

• Success building strong engineering teams and an all-of-business-first culture 
• Proven experience developing technology strategy that enables company-level objectives, and fostering alignment across diverse stakeholders 
• Demonstrated influence skills to navigate cross-functional dynamics, enable robust debate and create unified commitment ('disagree and commit') towards shared objectives 
• Advanced understanding of software engineering fundamentals, architecture principles, and system design, along with related domains such as infrastructure, data and operations 
• Technical agility to lead decision-making across disciplines including: core backend (e.g. .NET/Java) and front-end (e.g. React/Angular) frameworks, cloud infrastructure, architecture & design patterns (e.g. API design), data-intensive systems, DevOps (CI/CD, SRE), and security 
• Track record defining and leading teams in executing practical engineering roadmaps aligned to business objectives 
• Experienced guiding senior leadership on advancing product development and technical excellence agendas 
• Able to independently negotiate complex trade-offs between technical architecture, commercial requirements and strategic considerations behind a multi-year plan 
• The operating range to work broad and deep, communicating appropriately with stakeholders at a range of levels 

A few other things we want to let you know about...

• carsales is an equal opportunity employer who prides themselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage everyone of all ages, genders and backgrounds to apply. If you’re a candidate with a disability or you’ll need some adjustments to be at your best, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.
• We know how important keeping that balance between work/life is and have a range of flexible working options on offer, including part time. We are open to this conversation during our recruitment process if you want to know more just ask!
• We are a proud Circle Back Initiative Employer which means we are committed to responding to every job applicant.
• Successful candidates joining the carsales family are required to undergo a National Police Record check and must have full-time Australian working rights on an ongoing basis.