Job Description
About Ampol
At Ampol, we believe in the Power of Us - the extraordinary power of people to connect, act, and make a difference.
As a leading energy company operating across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and from the United States, our work spans fuel supply, energy solutions, convenience retail, infrastructure, trading and shipping. Every role at Ampol plays a part in something bigger - powering progress for our customers, communities, and people.
Your career here is yours to shape. We back our people with real opportunities, the tools to grow, and a culture that rewards ownership and initiative. Whether you’re deepening your expertise or taking on something new, we’ll support you to power a career that works for you.
We’re building a workplace where everyone feels welcome, respected, and valued - because when people are free to be themselves, powerful things happen
Tech, Digital & Data @ Ampol
Technology, Digital and Data at Ampol are dedicated to empowering our business through technology-enabled differentiation, strengthening our foundations to build sustainable value for the future. Our team thrives on the challenge of innovation—dreaming up big ideas, questioning the norm, and tackling complex problems. Together, we are shaping a future that not only meets the needs of today but anticipates the demands of tomorrow.
Our approach is anchored in data-driven decision-making and advanced technology integration, allowing us to create seamless and personalized customer experiences that truly resonate. By prioritizing value-based decisions and outcomes, we ensure that TDD drives meaningful impact and measurable outcomes for the Ampol Group, leaving a lasting impact on our business and our customers.
About the role:
The Commercial Director owns the ‘commercial lens’ across all technology investments, vendor relationships, and contract obligations, ensuring Ampol extracts maximum value from its technology spend while managing commercial risk with rigor and transparency.
This role demands a leader who combines deep commercial expertise with genuine technology fluency, someone who can speak the language of both the boardroom and the engineering floor. The ideal candidate brings a career with commercial transformation at an enterprise scale, complemented by a technical foundation that earns credibility with technology teams. They will have led commercial functions across complex, multi-category portfolios in regulated industries, and will bring the discipline of structured commercial methodologies together with the pragmatism required to operate effectively in a fast-moving technology environment.
This is a leadership role with direct people management accountability for a team of three, spanning contract management across Group TDD, and software asset management. The Commercial Director is expected to be a ‘player coach’ leading the team while personally driving strategic commercial outcomes at the most senior levels.
Key Responsibilities
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Builds and embeds TDD's commercial management frameworks, templates, and governance to support Contract Owners across the full contract lifecycle, from mobilisation through closure.
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Acts as a central advisory function, translating contract data into insights while supporting Contract Owners in managing performance, risk, and contract changes.
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Establishes a vendor governance framework with scorecards, risk tracking, and segmentation-based engagement tailored to supplier criticality. Maintains portfolio-wide oversight of vendor compliance and performance, partnering with Procurement, Legal, and other stakeholders to align vendor strategy with enterprise policy and risk appetite.
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Drives cost optimisation through spend analysis, benchmarking, and TCO modelling, and owns the TDD Productivity agenda with benefits tracking pipeline and executive reporting.
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Provides independent assurance over contract lifecycle management, proactive renewals, and risk surfacing, alongside a software asset management strategy covering licensing compliance and cost reduction across SaaS and other models. Supports investment decisions through commercial due diligence and post-investment value checks.
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Leads and develops a team spanning contract management, software asset management, and technology finance across AU and NZ.
Qualifications & Experience
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Extensive senior experience leading commercial or financial governance in complex technology, managed services or digital environments.
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A proven track record of building, transforming, and leading commercial functions at enterprise scale, with a demonstrable impact on cost optimization vendor performance.
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Strong knowledge of technology contract structures, licensing models, including SaaS, perpetual, consumption-based and hybrid, and commercial frameworks including total cost of ownership, outcome-based pricing, and value-based contracting.
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A technical foundation or strong technology fluency that enables credible engagement with technology teams, experience in IT delivery, systems, or technical roles is highly valued and differentiating.
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Proven ability to engage and influence C-suite executives, board members, and senior stakeholders, translating complex commercial data into clear, actionable insights for strategic decision-making.
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Experience leading commercial functions across both in-house and outsourced delivery models, including managing teams across multiple geographies and cost centers.
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Relevant tertiary qualifications in commerce, finance, business, computer science, or related discipline. PRINCE2 or equivalent project management certification is a strong advantage
Benefits
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Our total remuneration is competitive. This is across base salary, a performance incentive, employee share offers and a 25% discount on Fuel for two privately used cars!
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We are flexible. Many of our teams have embraced hybrid work, balancing time spent remote working, with time spent at an office to connect and work together where it adds value.
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We value recognition. We have an internal recognition platform amplifying the achievements of those who do great work and demonstrate our capabilities and values.
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Career development and learning opportunities including LinkedIn Learning and other tailored training solutions.
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BabyCare Package - financial and flexible support for parents transitioning back to work.
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Need some wheels? Novated Lease options are available.
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Invest in your future with the Employee Share Scheme
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Access to Ampol's Benefits & Recognition platform providing you access to retail discounts and cashbacks at over 500+ retailers in Australia that assist with everyday living expenses
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Care for your Community. Spend one paid day a year volunteering with one of our Ampol Foundation partners.
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We’re an equal opportunity workplace. We not only embrace diversity and inclusion; we celebrate what makes you unique. We welcome applications from people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, and diverse sexualities and genders (including if you identify as transgender). We also highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply for roles with Ampol.
