Benefits Management & Risk Specialist — AGSVA Baseline

XPT Software; Sydney; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software Australia PTY Ltd is seeking a Benefits Management & Risk Specialist to manage benefits, risks, issues and dependencies across a major reform program. Active AGSVA Baseline clearance is mandatory, with the role focusing on governance, assurance and stakeholder engagement.

The successful candidate will establish frameworks, run workshops, monitor actions, and align benefits with scaled agile delivery. Strong communication and leadership across senior stakeholders are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience managing benefits, risks, issues and dependencies in large-scale transformations.
• Strong governance, assurance and reporting capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with senior stakeholders.
• Active AGSVA Baseline clearance (mandatory).
• Experience coaching and mentoring program teams.
• Ability to align benefits with scaled agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain benefits, risk, issues and dependencies frameworks and artefacts.
• Lead program-level benefits management including measurement and realisation tracking.
• Review and escalate program risks in accordance with governance requirements.
• Establish and maintain processes for identifying, recording, managing, escalating and closing program issues.
• Monitor, analyse and report risks, issues and dependencies impacting delivery.
• Identify internal and external dependencies across policy, regulatory, technology and organisational change workstreams.
• Facilitate benefits, risk, issues and dependencies workshops with accountable owners and delivery teams.
• Uplift benefits reporting capability to meet internal and external requirements.
• Support integration of benefits, risks, issues and dependencies into program planning and roadmaps.
• Provide strategic advice and undertake assurance activities as directed.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Benefits management

Workshop facilitation

Agile SAFe experience

Governance reporting

Education

Tertiary or professional qualifications in program or project management

Tools

SAFe

Job description

XPT Software Australia PTY Ltd is seeking a Benefits Management & Risk Specialist to manage benefits, risks, issues and dependencies across a major reform program. Active AGSVA Baseline clearance is mandatory, with the role focusing on governance, assurance and stakeholder engagement.

The successful candidate will establish frameworks, run workshops, monitor actions, and align benefits with scaled agile delivery. Strong communication and leadership across senior stakeholders are essential.