Healthtech Delivery & Release Lead

Healthdirect Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Paid parental leave

Wellbeing program

Learning journeys

Job summary

Healthdirect Australia is seeking a Delivery & Release Manager to translate prioritised NHSD roadmap initiatives into coordinated delivery plans and manage cross-team software releases. You will work with Product, Engineering, Data and Service Operations to ensure timely deliveries while mitigating risks and dependencies.

The role emphasizes Agile practices and governance reporting in a hybrid Sydney setting.

Qualifications

• Three to five years’ experience in delivery and/or release management within a software delivery environment.
• Strong track record of planning and managing software releases and deployments in complex environments.
• Sound knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methodologies with delivery-release integration.
• Hands-on experience with project and issue management tools such as Jira and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Translate prioritised roadmap initiatives into clear delivery plans, schedules, milestones and dependencies across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Coordinate delivery with Product, Engineering, Data, Service Operations and business stakeholders to define scope and coordinate delivery.
• Track progress, capacity, risks, issues and dependencies, driving timely resolution or escalation.
• Prepare clear sprint- and release-level status reporting for governance forums and internal stakeholders.
• Facilitate cross-team communication, surface competing priorities and represent the team in planning and reporting forums.
• Plan, schedule and coordinate NHSD software releases across multiple teams and initiatives.
• Align release schedules and dependencies with Healthdirect Release Managers and Product and Delivery Managers.
• Identify and mitigate release risks to minimise service disruption during deployments.
• Continue to improve release practices and documentation in line with change management policies.
• Provide early visibility of upcoming deployments to stakeholders and technical teams.

Skills

Delivery management

Release management

Agile

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem-solving

Time-management

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Tools

Jira

Microsoft Office

Job description

Healthdirect Australia is seeking a Delivery & Release Manager to translate prioritised NHSD roadmap initiatives into coordinated delivery plans and manage cross-team software releases. You will work with Product, Engineering, Data and Service Operations to ensure timely deliveries while mitigating risks and dependencies.

The role emphasizes Agile practices and governance reporting in a hybrid Sydney setting.