# AI Operations Lead

Imagine Tomorrow with Us |Ata whakaarohia tō āpōpō At Fonterra Te Mātāpuna, we want everyone to feel they can be themselves. Whether you're early in your career or ready for your next step, Fonterra offers a unique opportunity to grow with a global dairy co-operative that values care, collaboration, and contribution. Owned by New Zealand dairy farmers and supported by a dedicated team, we are all working together to create a better future. Imagine tomorrow with us, where your career can grow, and you can create positive change. About the Opportunity |Mō tēnei tūranga As an AI Operations Lead you will shape how AI is managed, governed and run across Fonterra’s Everyday, Embedded and Custom AI landscape. In this role, you'll establish and continuously improve the practices, principles, guardrails, and controls that support the safe, secure, and cost-effective operation of AI. From deployment and assurance through to monitoring, change, and retirement, you'll define the operational approach that enables AI solutions to deliver value while meeting enterprise standards for security, performance, quality, and cost management. Partnering across Technology, Data & AI, Cyber Security, IT Op

- **Id**: 3724320
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/fonterra-ai-operations-lead>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Auckland, New Zealand
- **Countries**: NZ
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T04:30:25Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T00:53:41Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4822
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Hybrid work, Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Dairy Products, Dairy Farming, Food Ingredients

## Company

- **Id**: 1857291
- **Name**: Fonterra
- **Domain**: fonterra.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/fonterra>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Avature

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 4
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 12
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **New Zealand** — Iso: NZ; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T04:30:25Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 12
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

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