Cerebral Palsy Alliance (CPA) is a global leader in cerebral palsy research, services and assistive technology innovation. As the world’s largest private funder of cerebral palsy research, CPA integrates research, clinical expertise, service delivery and technology to deliver measurable outcomes for people with disability. Through its world-class interventions and its innovation accelerator, Remarkable, CPA connects research, entrepreneurship and emerging technology to advance inclusion and impact.
With over an 80-year legacy, CPA supports thousands of Australian families, contributes to a 50 million+ global cerebral palsy community, and mobilises more than 2,500 employees and 150,000 donors and partners to deliver sustainable, system-level change. CPA offer a diverse service delivery portfolio ranging from childhood intervention, therapy services, home & community supports, supported employment and supported independent living. CPA are here for every age, every stage and every ability.
The Opportunity
The Chief Digital & Innovation Officer (CDIO) is a newly created role and pivotal member of the Executive Leadership Team, responsible for setting and delivering CPA’s enterprise-wide technology, digital transformation and innovation strategy. This role will ensure CPA leverages forward-thinking, fit-for-purpose technology to enable high-quality services, operational efficiency and workforce effectiveness. In addition, this role will have oversight of Remarkable, helping to scale assistive technology strategies internationally and leverage assistive technology opportunities for CPA clients.Working in close partnership with the Chief Information Officer, the CDIO brings enterprise-wide strategy, future-state design and transformation leadership. The role will define and execute a clear, integrated digitisation roadmap for the next five years and beyond, aligning technology investment with organisational priorities and Strategy 2030. The CDIO will lead the strategic adoption of emerging technologies, including AI, automation, advanced analytics and digital platforms, ensuring investments are secure, scalable, ethical and aligned to CPA’s purpose and values.
This is a rare opportunity to deliver a step-change in how CPA designs services, equips its workforce and uses data and technology to support people with disability and their families.
Key Responsibilities:
Reporting directly to the CEO and partnering with the Executive Leadership Team, as Chief Digital & Innovation Officer, you will shape future-state capability through strategic investment in technology, data, AI and emerging innovation aligned to Strategy 2030. In addition, you will:
- Drive responsible adoption of AI, automation and data capability across the organisation.
- Sponsor major enterprise transformation programs with strong governance and benefits realisation.
- Support enterprise data, analytics and insight capability to improve decision-making and performance.
- Build organisation-wide change capability to embed new systems and digitally enabled ways of working.
- Advise the CEO and Board on technology opportunity, risk and investment direction.
- Partner closely with the CIO to align operational delivery with long-term strategic intent.
- Leverage external partnerships and innovation initiatives and foster industry relationships to accelerate capability and sector impact.
You are a highly experienced technology and transformation executive with a proven track record of translating enterprise strategy into execution in complex organisations. You bring deep experience across digitisation, data and analytics, emerging technologies and large-scale change leadership.
As the successful candidate, you are commercially astute, strategically minded and comfortable operating at Board and Executive level. You balance ambition with disciplined delivery, ethical governance and people-centred change. Most importantly, you are motivated by purpose and committed to using technology to create meaningful impact.
What’s on Offer
- Working for an organisation with a strong team culture, where staff are proud to work for CPA.
- A unique Executive Leadership role with mandate to shape CPA’s 5+ year enterprise digital and innovation strategy as a sector leading organisation.
- The opportunity to deliver genuine organisation-wide transformation and innovative impact.
- Influence at CEO and Board level, shaping strategic investment, AI adoption and future-state design.
- A distinctive platform that connects enterprise digitisation with external innovation through Remarkable’s accelerator ecosystem.
- The ability to create sector-leading impact by modernising service delivery and workforce capability at scale in a highly respected organisation.
For a confidential discussion or role related questions, please contact Simon Wybenga or Sarah Curran at The Orchard Talent Group at cerebralpalsyalliance@orchardtalent.com.au. To apply, please submit your current CV and a statement of suitability via the link.
Applications close 22nd March 2026.
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