"Director, Strategic Partnerships (Industry)"

About This Opportunity

The Director, Strategic Partnerships (Industry) will support the Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships in delivering The University of Queensland’s ambitions to be part of the solution for industry challenges.

The successful applicant will lead the Strategic Partnerships Office’s major portfolios of work including development and stewardship of enterprise level partnerships and major initiatives. The team is responsible for triaging industry engagement, progressing a pipeline of major initiatives and supporting relationship management.

In addition to team management, this role will lead the development, implementation and monitoring of the Strategic Partnerships function budgets, policies, governance, strategies, digital systems, operational and business plans.

Want to Apply?

If you’d like to have a confidential discussion or would like to obtain the full appointment booklet pack, please contact Lachlan Inch, Principal Advisor, Talent Acquisition via talent@uq.edu.au. As part of the internal UQ community, we’re genuinely committed to finding an exceptional leader we’ll continue to work with longer-term, so we’ll ensure we also support you throughout the recruitment process.

When you’re ready to submit an application, we ask that you please create a profile via our careers website and upload the following documents:

• Resume
• Cover letter providing a highlight of your experience and key achievements

Other Information

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion. We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, or people with a disability. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to talent@uq.edu.au.

You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment. The successful candidate may be required to complete a number of pre-employment checks, including: right to work in Australia, criminal check and education check.

Applications close Sunday 5 October 2025 at 11.00pm AEST (R-55576). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for Tuesday 14 October 2025.