The AFL has announced that a restructuring of the league's executive team, ultimately to lessen the load on Laura Kane. Kane's current role will be split into two positions: Football Operations and Football Performance.

The 34-year-old will be responsible for Football Operations, which will help deliver AFL, AFLW, VFL and VFLW, and the Coates Talent League competition matches, as well as the league's mental health response and ongoing concussion management.

The Football Performance role will be responsible for MRO, Umpiring, Game Analysis, Player Movement, Laws of the Game, Innovation and club engagement within football, and will be appointed in due course.

GM of Game Development Rob Auld will undertake more responsibility regarding the talent pathways, which were previously under the football department banner.

League CEO Andrew Dillon acknowledged that the expansion of the game has caused him and his team to review the current positions, and realign them to the demands it now has across a calendar year.

"The game is the reason we exist; it is as big and as good as it has ever been, and the AFL football department must continue to evolve," Dillon said.

"It must be structured, resourced and led in a way that can ensure everyone - the clubs, players, coaches, umpires and officials can continue to perform at the highest possible level.

"Laura will continue to play a major leadership role within the AFL, but the overall responsibility has grown so much that the traditional leadership role for an individual executive in footy is no longer the best model.

"Her leadership, expertise and ongoing relationships within our industry is an important part of our next phase, including driving the growth of the AFLW competition, and leading the newly formed healthcare and medical team, in which so much work is undertaken behind the scenes with clubs and players.

"Footy is at the heart of everything we do, it has to be front and centre. It's the reason people care, the reason they're passionate, the reason they show up every week. My focus is making sure we keep working closely with our clubs, coaches and players to keep our game strong, and to ensure footy remains the number one sport in the country, by every measure.

"The games are competitive, anyone on any given day can win, and more people than ever are playing, participating and watching right across the country. That's a credit to the many people who've come before us, and my priority is to build on this into the future.

"In order to get to 10 million fans, two million members and one million participants, I need to set us up in the right way, and these changes announced today reflect that commitment.

"The game must always continue to be at the forefront."

AFL EGM Inclusion and Social Policy Tanya Hosch has also departed after nine years in the role.

Hosch - who was the first Indigenous person and second woman to join the League's executive ranks - will leave her post on June 6.

Amid Dillon's restructuring, the First Nations Engagement and Inclusion has been incorporated by the Corporate Affairs portfolio.