Chief Executive Officer

What is unique about us?

Smartrak is a fleet telematics and EV fleet management SaaS business operating across Australia and New Zealand. Smartrak proudly leads the charge as the foremost provider of advanced EV fleet management and Sustainable Transportation solutions and is dedicated to facilitating EV enablement, addressing administration, and streamlining fleet management throughout Australia and New Zealand. Our expertise positions us as the preferred choice for government agencies, councils, healthcare, and utilities organisations, assisting them in their transition to Net Zero by enhancing fleet visibility, optimising utilisation, right sizing their fleets, and effectively managing their electrified vehicles.   

Smartrak is part of the Omegro portfolio of Enterprise Asset Management businesses. Being a part of a business within this portfolio means that you have access to a global network of SaaS businesses, shared learning, best practice, and career development opportunities that go well beyond a standalone company. You will have the opportunity to lead Smartrak’s growth and success, whilst having access to a global network of SaaS and vertically aligned CEOs and business leaders, the best of both worlds!   

As a people-first organisation, Smartrak believes in liberating the potential of our people. We develop career paths for team members and foster a culture of collaboration and learning, underpinned by our values: 

• Bias for action 

• Commitment to each other’s success 

• Embrace a challenge 

• Reliability in our promises 

• We can learn from everyone  

We are looking for an experienced leader who aligns with our values and has a passion for customer obsession, bias for action, and coaching team members to ensure the success of strategy, operational and developmental goals. As Smartrak continues to grow its client base across Australia, this role will bring a clear commercial experience and focus on strengthening existing customer relationships, expanding into new opportunities, and ensuring every business decision supports long-term customer value, revenue growth, and market relevance.  

In a bit more detail, you will:  

• Develop and execute the strategic plan to ensure strong growth, profitability and operational effectiveness. 

• Set a high-performance culture for customer obsession, connection and satisfaction, including key account ownership. 

• Champion internal talent management activities and succession planning to support the business’ growth objectives, team development, engagement, values and culture alignment.   

• Manage business risk, including compliance and regulatory requirements.   

Who will I report to? 

Group Leader, Omegro  

Who will report to me? 

The Senior Leadership team, currently consisting of heads of Departments including Finance, People & Culture, Customer Success, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing.   

About you 

We are looking for a commercially minded professional, who has strong experience in successfully leading and coaching people to achieve operational excellence, whilst modelling our values. The right person must think both strategically and operationally, and be able to coach through change, growth and challenges to achieve the forecasted business goals.   

You are naturally customer-obsessed and commercially sharp. You understand that sustainable growth comes from deeply knowing our customers, anticipating their needs, and turning that insight into practical sales and marketing strategies.   

This role is perfect for someone who has a drive for data-based decisions, professional growth, excels in a changing environment, and appreciates the advantages of working within a smaller organisation, supported by a large corporation.   

What will you bring? 

We are looking for a team member that has: 

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Senior Leader in a SaaS business working in a role (e.g. Chief Executive Officer, Chief of Operations, Chief Technology Officer) that drives business success and growth through enabling and coaching other leaders.  

• Tertiary qualifications in Business or a related field.  

• A thorough understanding of organisational financial management.  

• A growth mindset and demonstrated change management experience in an AI enabled environment.  

• Highly developed emotional intelligence, verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to connect, be consultative and influential.  

• A strong intrinsic motivation to build a team, inspire and coach others. The ability to lead and nurture multiple stakeholders with differing behavioural preferences, whilst exhibiting a high degree of positive influence, kindness and clarity. 

• Strategic decision-making strength, with a bias for action using data driven insights.  

• Confidence and experience in your ability to partner with leadership teams to align business vision to strategic objectives, data, and results.  

• Experience in the telematics industry is highly desirable.  

• The ability to travel between our offices in Melbourne (Australia) and Hamilton (New Zealand), as well as domestic and international travel as required.  

Why Smartrak?  

At Smartrak, we prioritise your work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements to suit your needs. We offer fitness benefits and social club involvement, BUT the real draw is the potential to create long lasting and meaningful impact commercially, to the environment, our clients and team, whilst working alongside a great team within Smartrak.  

To get to know us better head to smartrak.com and Omegro.com    

To apply: 

Please submit your resume and a cover letter (no longer than 1 page in length) addressing the criteria outlined in “what will you bring” section. Applications close 16 August.