AI Portfolio Delivery Manager

MYOB; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid workplace

Home office financial help

Corporate discounts and vouchers

Wellbeing partnership with Sonder

In-house training and LinkedIn Learnng

Job summary

MYOB is seeking a Portfolio Delivery Manager to lead AI delivery across products and platforms, turning strategy into shipped value. You’ll balance speed with reliability, security and cost guards, helping teams ship fast and learn quickly.

Reporting into the GM of Data and AI, you’ll set the delivery model, manage dependencies at scale, and drive rapid experimentation from idea to production in a hybrid, centrally located environment in Melbourne.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in portfolio or program delivery leadership in a SaaS or high-growth tech organisation.
• Strong enterprise agile leadership and mentoring experience.
• Experience building operating models and managing complex dependencies at scale.
• Outstanding collaborator, driving engagement and influence without authority.
• AI/ML awareness (SDLC/MLOps, experimentation, guardrails, responsible AI).
• Consulting background and modern delivery tooling experience valued.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the AI portfolio delivery model to improve time-to-first-value.
• Lead cross-team planning with senior Product & Tech leaders, aligning priorities and sequencing critical work.
• Handle dependencies and flow, exposing bottlenecks and improving decision speed.
• Enable fast, safe delivery by embedding lightweight governance and guardrails.
• Partner with Architecture and Security to align delivery to target-state and secure-by-design patterns.
• Protect engineering focus, challenge roadmaps, and keep plans executable.
• Drive rapid AI experimentation and learning from idea to production.

Skills

Portfolio leadership

Agile leadership

Mentoring

Dependencies management

Collaboration

AI/ML awareness

Consulting background

Tools

Delivery tooling

Job description

We’re a leading business management solution with a core purpose: helping more businesses in Australia and New Zealand start, survive and succeed.

At MYOB, we believe what’s good for one business is good for all business—and for all of us. Whether you support them, work for them, or dream of building your own, when businesses run smoothly, everybody feels it. Owners, employees, customers, suppliers—even families. That’s why we’re here: to give every person in business the tools they need to focus on what really matters and do Big Things—whatever big looks like for them.

And for you? Joining MYOB means being part of that impact. It means using your skills to help businesses thrive, shaping the future of work, and growing alongside the people and communities we support. Because while we’re the business of software, we’re really in the business of people. And that makes MYOB Everyone’s Business.

About the Role

MYOB is building its future with AI at the centre! We’re looking for a Portfolio Delivery Manager who thrives on removing blockers, crafting transparency from complexity, and accelerating value at scale.

Reporting into the GM of Data and AI, you’ll set and run the AI delivery operating model across products and platforms—turning strategy into shipped outcomes. Balancing speed with reliability, security, and cost guardrails, you’ll help teams ship fast, learn quickly, and scale what works.

What you'll do

• Own and evolve the AI portfolio delivery model to improve time-to-first-value


• Lead cross-team planning with senior Product & Tech leaders, aligning priorities and sequencing critical work


• Handle dependencies and flow, exposing bottlenecks and improving decision speed


• Enable fast, safe delivery by embedding lightweight governance and guardrails


• Partner with Architecture and Security to align delivery to target-state and secure-by-design patterns


• Protect engineering focus, challenge roadmaps, and keep plans executable


• Drive rapid AI experimentation and learning from idea to production

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience in portfolio or program delivery leadership in a SaaS or high-growth tech organisation


• Strong enterprise agile leadership and experience in mentoring


• Consistent record building operating models and managing complex dependencies at scale


• Outstanding collaborator, driving engagement and influence without authority


• AI/ML awareness (SDLC/MLOps, experimentation, guardrails, responsible AI)


• Consulting background and modern delivery tooling experience highly valued

At MYOB our values are at the heart of everything we do. If you want to work and collaborate where opinions are valued, and your ideas can make a difference, come to a place where Your Work Matters.

• Enjoy a flexible, hybrid workplace that brings balance to how you work, all of our centrally located offices come together fora number of in-person celebrations and social events


• Set up your home office with a little financial help from us, and take advantage of great corporate discounts and vouchers from top retailers


• Benefit from our partnership with Sonder, which supports the wellbeing of our team members


• Unlock your potential via in-house training and programs, LinkedIn Learning, conferences and study assistance


• Access to a variety of leave options available to support your wellbeing, including up to an additional four weeks of purchased leave, generous parental leave, domestic violence leave, transgender leave, community leave, study leave, and more


• Join our communities, built around ‘Wellness’, ‘Belonging’ and the ‘Planet’ where you can make a meaningful contribution

At MYOB, we’re all about embracing difference and backing people to be their true selves. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and big believers that the best hires don’t just fit our culture — they add to it. That means bringing your unique contributions, lived experiences, and fresh perspective to the table.

We’re proud to be a Circle Back Initiative Employer and we commit to responding to every applicant.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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