EL1 Delivery Manager

Talent Corp; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Corp is seeking an experienced Delivery Manager in Sydney to lead the delivery of strategic data assets and analytics products for a federal government organisation. You will guide a multidisciplinary team of technical specialists and align business requirements with technical solutions to enhance decision-making and organisational performance.

You will work within a Data & Analytics team, managing roadmaps, backlogs, and cross-functional delivery activities across CRM, data and

Qualifications

• Experience leading data teams and delivering data & analytics change programs.
• Strong ability to manage technical specialists to deliver robust solutions within timelines.
• Excellent planning across discovery, design, build and implementation of data products.
• Experience in Agile and hybrid delivery environments; use Jira to plan, track and measure progress.
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement skills with ability to influence outcomes and resolve delivery challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical business analysts, data engineers, data analysts and testers to deliver high-quality data solutions.
• Manage delivery scope, schedules, resources, dependencies, risks and issues.
• Develop and maintain delivery roadmaps aligned with program milestones.
• Prioritize development backlogs based on business value and feasibility.
• Work with business stakeholders to define requirements and maintain documentation and traceability.
• Review designs against requirements and data governance, privacy, security and quality standards.
• Coordinate design and testing across CRM, data and integration platforms.
• Report progress, risks and issues to senior stakeholders and governance forums.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

Agile & hybrid delivery

Data & analytics domain

Tools

Jira

MS Project

Job description

12-month contract | Potential 12-month extension
Surry Hills | Hybrid - minimum 3 days onsite per week
Australian citizenship required

We are seeking an experienced Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of strategic data assets and analytics products for a federal government organisation.

Working within a Data & Analytics team, you will manage multidisciplinary specialists and bring together business requirements and technical solutions to support better decision-making and organisational performance.

About the role

• Lead technical business analysts, data engineers, data analysts and testers to deliver high-quality data solutions.
• Manage delivery scope, schedules, resources, dependencies, risks and issues.
• Develop and maintain delivery roadmaps aligned with program milestones.
• Manage and prioritise development backlogs based on business value and feasibility.
• Work with business stakeholders to define clear requirements and maintain documentation and traceability.
• Review business and technical designs against requirements and data governance, privacy, security and quality standards.
• Coordinate design and testing across CRM, data and integration platforms.
• Report progress, risks and issues to senior stakeholders and governance forums.

About you

You will bring:

• Demonstrated success leading data teams and delivering data and analytics change programs.
• Experience managing technical specialists to deliver robust solutions within agreed timelines.
• Strong planning skills across the discovery, design, build and implementation of data products.
• Experience working in Agile and hybrid delivery environments, using Jira to plan, track and measure progress.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to influence outcomes and resolve delivery challenges.
• Experience with project management tools such as MS Project and methodologies such as Agile, PRINCE2 or PMBOK.

Highly regarded

• Knowledge of data management principles and frameworks such as DMBOK.
• Hands-on data analysis experience using SQL or Python.
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake or Databricks.
• A commitment to improving outcomes for Australians with disability.