Lecturer / Senior Lecturer (technopreneurship) - School of IT

[What the role is]

As academic staff, you will play an active role in the academic, professional and personal development of your learners to prepare them for work & life. You will mentor PET and CET learners in transforming IT solutions into viable startup ventures, bridging technical innovation with business success.

[What you will be working on]

Curriculum & Teaching

• •Design, evaluate and enhance the Technopreneurship curriculum with a strong technical core in software engineering, applied AI and cloud, co-developing content with industry partners.
• •Teach and supervise PET and CET courses, including professional short courses in areas such as full-stack development, solution architecture and applied AI.
• •Mentor learners through the full build cycle, from requirements and architecture to development, testing and handover to clients.

Technical Project Delivery

• •Lead and guide hands-on IT product development with learners, taking projects from architecture and solution design through build, deployment and client handover.
• •Set technical direction and review architecture, code quality and delivery, so that solutions are production-ready and fit for client use.
• •Bring current engineering practice across front-end, back-end, full-stack, cloud and generative/agentic AI into student projects.

Industry Collaboration

• •Work with industry partners and SMEs to source real problem statements and shape them into deliverable student projects.
• •Plan, lead and manage IT project development with industry and SMEs through to client adoption.
• •Connect learners to industry and commercialisation opportunities where these strengthen the project outcome.

[What we are looking for]

Essential

• •At least 5 years of experience in IT roles with hands-on software development and delivery.
• •Relevant qualifications in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or related technical fields.
• •Strong technical background across software development (front-end, back-end, full-stack) and solution architecture.
• •Proficiency in traditional AI and generative/agentic AI.
• •Proficiency in cloud technologies.
• •Demonstrated experience building products end to end, from architecture and solution design to build, deployment and handover to clients.
• •Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to connect effectively with diverse learners and industry clients.

Preferred

• •Track record as a product manager or technical lead who has taken products from zero to client delivery.
• •Experience owning the full delivery lifecycle: architecture, solutioning, build and handover to clients.
• •Prior teaching or mentoring experience in software engineering or product development.
• •Hands-on, delivery-focused approach.