Principal Project Manager / PMO Lead

NSW Department of Communities and Justice; Parramatta; On-site; AUD 154,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing Programs

Employee Assistance Programs

Flexible, autonomous work environment

Competitive pay and conditions

Job summary

Department of Communities and Justice in Parramatta, NSW, Australia seeks a Principle Project Manager / PMO Lead to drive end-to-end delivery of complex digital and ICT projects and lead PMO services for the portfolio. You will ensure governance, planning, controls and evidence-based delivery to support senior leaders.

The role reports to senior leadership, requires tertiary qualifications in relevant fields or equivalent experience, and offers ongoing, full-time employment with competitive pay

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership of a PMO or portfolio governance function across multiple delivery approaches.
• Strong expertise in integrated delivery planning, financial and resource controls, risk, change and benefits management.
• Ability to provide frank, evidence-based advice to executives and influence contested delivery decisions.
• Proven capability managing suppliers, multidisciplinary teams and delivery assurance in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned projects from business case and initiation through implementation, operational transition and closure.
• Control project scope, schedule, finances, resources, risks, issues, dependencies and changes against approved baselines.
• Lead multidisciplinary delivery teams and suppliers, resolving performance and contractual issues.
• Establish proportionate PMO governance, methods, templates and controls across agile, waterfall and hybrid delivery.
• Maintain an integrated view of milestones, capacity, investments, dependencies, risks and benefits across the portfolio.
• Provide reliable executive dashboards, forecasts, decision papers and evidence-based delivery advice.

Skills

PMO leadership

Integrated delivery planning

Financial/resource controls

Risk/change management

Evidence-based advisory

Supplier management

Education

Portfolio/Program/Project management qualification

PMO/Agile certification (desirable)

Job description

Department/Agency: Department of Communities and Justice

Location: Parramatta, NSW, AU, 2150

Principle Project Manager / PMO Lead

Employment type – Ongoing – Full-time

Salary – Clerk Grade 11/12 $154,231- $178,369 plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

Lead the end-to-end delivery of assigned complex, high-risk digital and ICT projects and lead Program Management Office (PMO) services for the assigned portfolio or program environment. The role is accountable for achieving approved project outcomes and for establishing proportionate governance, integrated planning, controls, reporting, assurance and delivery practices that provide senior leaders with reliable evidence, improve delivery confidence and support public value.

What you’ll do

• Lead assigned projects from business case and initiation through implementation, operational transition and closure.
• Control project scope, schedule, finances, resources, risks, issues, dependencies and changes against approved baselines.
• Lead multidisciplinary delivery teams and suppliers, resolving performance and contractual issues.
• Establish proportionate PMO governance, methods, templates and controls across agile, waterfall and hybrid delivery.
• Maintain an integrated view of milestones, capacity, investments, dependencies, risks and benefits across the portfolio.
• Provide reliable executive dashboards, forecasts, decision papers and evidence-based delivery advice.
• Coordinate health checks, stage gates and assurance, arranging independent review of projects directly managed.

What we’re looking for

• Demonstrated leadership of a PMO or portfolio governance function across multiple delivery approaches.
• Strong expertise in integrated delivery planning, financial and resource controls, risk, change and benefits management.
• Ability to provide frank, evidence-based advice to executives and influence contested delivery decisions.
• Proven capability managing suppliers, multidisciplinary teams and delivery assurance in regulated environments.
• Tertiary qualifications in portfolio, program or project management, business, information technology or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant knowledge, skills and experience. A recognised portfolio, program, project, PMO or agile certification is desirable.
• Experience in delivering projects in NSW Government or other regulated service-delivery organisations.
• Experience in improving portfolio management tools, dashboards and delivery governance.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Applications close 20 November 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Raymond Brown on 0422453355 or at [e-mail]

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Meryl Georges on 8688 7252 or via [e-mail]

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.