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About the Role

The Emerging Technology & Innovation Specialist identifies future technology opportunities, validates them with customers and partners, and translates those insights into roadmap recommendations and investment decisions that shape the future of Telstra Enterprise. This role operates at the intersection of strategy, innovation, and execution, working with senior leaders to turn emerging technologies into tangible customer outcomes.

Responsibilities

Explore emerging technologies and identify opportunities that create value for our Enterprise customers.
Translate customer insights, market trends and technology signals into practical roadmap recommendations.
Support innovation initiatives through demonstrations, proof of concepts, showcases, discovery activities and technology trials.
Work closely with Product, Sales, Strategy, Technology and external partners to evaluate future opportunities.
Prepare decision-ready recommendations, business cases and roadmap inputs for leadership.
Coordinate innovation forums, portfolio governance activities and stakeholder engagement across the business.
Capture learnings from pilots and innovation activities to help shape future product strategy and commercial opportunities.
Help maintain visibility of emerging technology priorities and ensure leaders have clear, evidence-based information to support decision making.

Requirements

A genuine interest in emerging technologies, particularly AI, Agentic AI, Network as a Product (NaaP), network APIs, mobility, collaboration and secure networking.
Experience working across innovation, product, strategy, technology or transformation environments.
Strong commercial thinking with the ability to connect customer problems to future opportunities.
Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence across multiple teams.
Experience translating complex technical concepts into clear, actionable recommendations.
Strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to bring structure to ambiguity.
A collaborative approach and the confidence to work across Product, Sales, Technology, Strategy and partner ecosystems.

Skills

Artificial Intelligence
Network as a Product (NaaP)
network APIs
secure networks
mobility
Agentic AI
collaboration

Work Type

Permanent

Benefits

Performance-related pay
Access to thousands of learning programs
Global presence across 22 countries; opportunities to work where we do business.
Purchased annual leave scheme
Additional Telstra day off
Additional 30% off Telstra products and services
Toolkit provided (laptop + mobile phone)

About the Company

We're an iconic Aussie brand with a global footprint. Our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. We're all about providing the best experience and delivering the best tech on the best network.
This includes making Telstra the place you want to work. For you, that means a having career that grows with you and working with a team powered by human connection that prioritises wellbeing and choice.
We’re all about helping our customers connect faster, better and smarter. And that’s where you come in, to help us realise our purpose to build a connected future so everyone can thrive.

Equal Opportunity

When you join our team, become part of a welcoming and inclusive community where everyone is respected, valued and celebrated.
We actively seek individuals from various backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and abilities because we know that diversity not only strengthens our team but also enriches our work.
We have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind, and we prioritise creating a workplace culture where everyone is safe and can thrive.
We work flexibly at Telstra. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you.
When you apply, you can share your pronouns and / or any reasonable adjustments needed to take part equitably during the recruitment process.