About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Lead – Technology Asset Management to join our Workplace Technologies team. This role involves owning the lifecycle management of Origin’s hardware asset portfolio, supporting approximately 8,000 employees across 135 sites and managing a technology asset portfolio valued at approximately $7–10 million. The portfolio includes laptops, desktops, mobile phones, tablets, printers, print services, audio visual and video conferencing technology, and other end-user computing hardware.
Responsibilities
- Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of Origin’s hardware assets, including laptops, desktops, mobiles, tablets, print devices, meeting room technology and associated hardware across multiple locations.
- Oversee ordering, deployment, refresh, retirement and inventory, maintaining appropriate stock levels, device-to-user ratios and accurate asset information within the CMDB/ITSM environment.
- Manage internal and external suppliers, leasing arrangements and commercial relationships, ensuring hardware, services, reporting and new products are delivered effectively.
- Own financial management and planning across the portfolio, including budget oversight, forecasting and reporting for leased and purchased assets.
- Drive governance and continuous improvement across hardware asset management, maintaining lifecycle processes and documentation while identifying opportunities to automate workflows, reduce manual handling and improve overall asset management.
Requirements
- Strong Hardware Asset Management experience gained within a large and complex organisation.
- Ability to manage both operational detail and longer-term lifecycle strategy.
- Proven experience managing a large and diverse hardware asset portfolio, including laptops, desktops, mobiles, tablets, print and meeting room technology.
- Strong experience across the full hardware asset lifecycle, including large-scale refresh programs, lifecycle planning and inventory management.
- Proven capability managing external suppliers, commercial relationships and financials, including budgets, forecasting and reporting.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across Technology, Procurement, Finance and the broader business.
- Strong process and documentation capability.
- Experience driving continuous improvement and automation within asset management.
- Experience with ITAM/ITSM platforms such as ServiceNow will be highly regarded.
- Background checks may be required, including police checks, AusCheck, medical assessment and/or drug and alcohol testing.
Skills
- Hardware Asset Management
- Lifecycle Management
- Technology Asset Management
- Supplier Management
- Commercial Management
- Lifecycle Planning
- Service Management
- Financial Management
- Budget Oversight
- Forecasting
- Reporting
- Governance
- Continuous Improvement
- Automation
- Stakeholder Management
- Process Management
- Documentation
- ITAM/ITSM platforms (e.g., ServiceNow)
Location
- Sydney
- Melbourne
- Brisbane
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experienced
Education Level
- Relevant tertiary qualifications will be highly regarded
About the Company
- At Origin, being useful is more than a tagline - it’s how we approach work every day. As a collective, we’re a team that thrives on finding better ways, working together, and owning our impact. From powering homes to delivering award-winning internet and helping to lead Australia’s energy transition. If you’re driven by purpose and excited to be part of something bigger, we’d love to have you on the journey.
- Origin is powered by people who believe in creating change.
- Origin recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to fostering a diverse, gender equitable workforce, where everyone is welcome, and all applications are evaluated on merit and potential.
- We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people living with disabilities, culturally diverse people, any stage in life, people with intersex variations and people within LGBTQ+ communities, including trans and gender diverse.
