ERP Transformation: Governance Lead (Remote)

[axr] Recruitment & Search; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

[axr] Recruitment & Search is seeking a Program Manager for a late-stage ERP transformation at a mid-size industrial business. This 12-month contract features direct Board reporting and a highly competitive package, with largely remote work and time in our South-West Sydney office.

The role focuses on governance, translating complex delivery updates into decision-ready Board reports, and managing risk alongside the CEO, CFO and Board.

Qualifications

• Proven governance/program management on a large ERP or systems transformation.
• Track record of reporting confidently to C-suite and Board, translating complexity into plain language.
• Strong stakeholder management; push back and hold people to account without burning relationships.
• Solutions mindset; provide Board options and recommendations, not just problems.
• Exposure to industrial project-based businesses or leases is useful.
• Hands-on early, with a shift to a remote rhythm once across the detail.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of program governance across the final stages of the implementation, managing risk and derisking remaining work.
• Oversee training, data conversion and testing workstreams; surface gaps early and avoid missed items.
• Report directly to the CEO, CFO and Board with clear, decision-ready updates.
• Lead governance of change management and assess readiness for change, communicating it up and down.
• Coordinate a senior delivery team to close the governance gap between delivery and Board.

Skills

Governance

Stakeholder mgmt

C-suite reporting

ERP transformation

Job description

[axr] Recruitment & Search is seeking a Program Manager for a late-stage ERP transformation at a mid-size industrial business. This 12-month contract features direct Board reporting and a highly competitive package, with largely remote work and time in our South-West Sydney office.

The role focuses on governance, translating complex delivery updates into decision-ready Board reports, and managing risk alongside the CEO, CFO and Board.