Royal Melbourne Institute Of Technology | Director

Overview: Salary Academic Level E ($210,658) with leadership allowance +17% Superannuation Fixed term (3 years), full time position for the Director, Hub for Apple Platform Innovation (HAPI), based at the Melbourne CBD Campus 0.3FTE will be dedicated to the Director appointment and 0.7FTE will focus on the underlying level D (Associate Professor) or E (Professor) position RMIT's School of Computing Technologies is excited to announce a leadership opportunity within the new Hub for Apple Platform Innovation (HAPI). This role offers the chance to lead RMIT's collaboration with Apple, integrating industry-leading insights and technology into our curriculum. If you're passionate about innovation, education, and impactful industry partnerships, we encourage you to explore this opportunity.
About the Role As Director of HAPI, you will:
Guide transformative education initiatives that merge the academic and industry worlds, preparing students for thriving careers within Apple's ecosystem.
Develop and deliver industry-aligned courses in partnership with Apple professionals, ensuring curriculum relevance through studio and project-based learning focused on design, coding, and user-centered technology.
Cultivate a thriving environment for research and research translation , promoting projects that leverage Apple's platform, fostering innovation and entrepreneurial thinking.
Expand strategic relationships with Apple and other industry partners to enhance student learning experiences and open doors to impactful real-world applications.
This role offers a platform to influence the future of Apple-related education and research at RMIT, and to contribute to driving innovation through design-informed mobile applications.
Key Responsibilities: Set the strategic direction of the Hub, establishing priorities aligned with RMIT's vision.
Oversee the development of courses, minors or majors, and research initiatives with a focus on Apple technology, ensuring a real-world application in learning.
Champion interdisciplinary projects, integrating students from STEM and other fields to innovate within the Apple ecosystem.
Build and nurture collaborative partnerships across the university and with industry leaders, leveraging Apple technologies across RMIT's educational offerings.
Coordinate the contributions of academics, mentors and developers to the hub activities.
To be successful in this position, you'll meet the following Key Selection Criteria: Established academic career relevant to the activities of HAPI at Level D/E.
A clear, visionary approach to leading education initiatives that bridge academia and industry.
Demonstrated strengths in creating effective learning environments for a diverse range of students, including through project-based learning.
Significant professional standing/leadership experience in Apple design and/or development education.
Proven ability to foster relationships with industry partners, particularly with large technology companies like Apple leading to impact.
Excellent interpersonal communication, teamwork and organisational skills as well as demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively and collegially to manage complex projects and engage multiple stakeholders.
Experience with leading and managing teams, effectively coordinating the integration of resources, processes, systems, people and policies.
Capacity to influence positive change within a complex organisational setting.
Extensive experience in supervising students and staff to deliver outcomes.
Demonstrated experience in planning, implementing and reviewing strategic initiatives.
Qualifications: relevant postgraduate qualification and relevant industry experience, with membership of associations/accreditations that are applicable to the role.
Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children and National Police Check.
About the RMIT School of Computing Technologies The School of Computing Technologies (SCT) provides world class computing research and innovative information technology education. We place a significant emphasis on diversity and interdisciplinarity and aspire to transform the future of technology through integration of varied perspectives and through our distinctive research.
In the 2024 QS University Rankings by discipline, RMIT University was ranked 170 globally for Computer Science and Information Systems and 57 in Library and Information Management. Education programs in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security and Information Technology are offered in the School of Computing Technologies, one of Australia's largest and leading educational facilities in the field.
We are a national leader in industry-connected learning in computing, data science, and IT. We have recently redesigned our undergraduate programs to provide a common foundation in programming for all SCT undergraduates. Our approach is centred on an innovative Bootcamp2Studio model that makes use of immersive and challenge-based pedagogy to drive higher-level learning. We provide students with practical learning experiences that will prepare them to contribute meaningfully to our world through their work.
The School is led by the Dean, School of Computing Technologies, and has three disciplines:
Cyber Security & Software Systems (CSSS)
Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (DSAI)
Interaction, Technology & Information (ITI)
Our PhD students and faculty conduct world leading research in many areas of Computing and Computing applications, including in:
Information Interaction and Information Retrieval
Human-Computer Interaction
Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing
Data Science and Machine Learning
Recommendation and Big Data Analysis
Cybersecurity
Software Engineering
Digital Health
Computer Science Education
For more information about our School, its discipline structure and teaching and research focus areas please visit our website.
To Apply: Click the 'Apply' link at the top of this page and ensure that you upload all three documents listed below:
CV Covering Letter Responses to the Key Selection Criteria For further information about this position, please see the Position Descriptions hyperlinked below or contact Professor Karin Verspoor, Dean of School of Computing Technologies via email
For further information regarding our recruitment processes, please contact Jennifer Pham, Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor via email or Aleksandra Besia, Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor via email
Director Hub for Apple Platform Innovation (HAPI)
Professor Level E - School of Computing Technologies
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