Program Director

Profectus; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Profectus seeks an experienced Program Director to lead a multi-year registry modernisation program for an Australian Government agency. You will oversee three workstreams, 20+ projects and ~350 staff, driving program leadership, governance reporting and benefits management.

You will manage complex RAID, engage executives and drive risk mitigation across hybrid environments, ensuring regulatory alignment and successful delivery across cloud and mainframe modernisation initiatives.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in program delivery.
• Leading large technology-enabled business transformation programs (50m+ or 200+ people).
• Experience in the Australian Public Service or regulated environments at SES-facing level.
• Financial, schedule and benefits management across multi-year funding cycles.
• Delivery in hybrid agile and waterfall environments.
• Executive communication, influence and steering committee management.
• Experience with legislative or regulatory reform programs, registries or licensing systems.
• Legacy-to-cloud modernisation including mainframe to modern platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall program leadership across three workstreams and 20+ projects.
• Oversee integrated plans, business cases, finances, benefits and resourcing.
• Lead reporting to the Program Steering Committee and external governance bodies.
• Identify and mitigate RAID items and drive corrective action.
• Lead and develop workstream leads and project managers; manage staffing.
• Collaborate with agency executives and delivery partners across engineering, data, product and change.
• Ensure legislative decisions remain with the agency and escalated as needed.
• Coach agency leaders and build succession for key roles.
• Establish program leadership playbooks and forums for lasting use post-partner exit.
• Track capability uplift and dependency reduction against transition criteria.

Skills

Program leadership

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Financial management

Leadership

Education

MSP, PRINCE2, SAFe certification

Tools

Dynamics 365

OutSystems

.NET

Databricks

Boomi

AWS

Azure

Job description

Profectus is seeking an experienced Program Director to lead a multi-year registry modernisation program within an Australian Government agency. The program spans more than 20 projects across three workstreams and around 350 people, and is replacing an ADABAS/Natural mainframe, Siebel CRM and Lotus Notes environment with Dynamics 365, OutSystems/.NET, Databricks, Boomi, AWS and Azure. The work covers program leadership, steering committee and assurance reporting, financial and benefits management, and building the agency’s own program leadership capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide overall program leadership in support of the Senior Responsible Officer across three workstreams and more than 20 projects
• Oversee integrated plans, business cases, finances, benefits and resourcing
• Lead reporting to and engagement with the Program Steering Committee and external governance and assurance bodies
• Identify and treat risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies (RAID) early and drive corrective action
• Lead and develop workstream leads and project managers, and manage overall program staffing
• Work as one team with agency executives and other delivery partners across engineering, data, product and change
• Make sure legislative, policy and regulatory decisions remain with the agency and are escalated appropriately
• Coach agency program leaders and build succession for key leadership roles
• Establish program leadership practices, playbooks and forums the agency can sustain after partner exit
• Track and report capability uplift and dependency reduction against agreed transition criteria

Required Experience

• 15+ years in program delivery
• Leading large technology-enabled business transformation programs ($50m+ or 200+ people)
• Leading programs in the Australian Public Service or a regulated environment at SES-facing level
• Recovering or stabilising complex programs and restoring stakeholder confidence
• Financial, schedule and benefits management across multi-year funding cycles
• Delivery in hybrid agile and waterfall environments
• Executive communication, influence and steering committee management
• Legislative or regulatory reform programs, registries or licensing systems
• Legacy-to-cloud modernisation, including mainframe to modern platforms
• MSP, PRINCE2, SAFe or equivalent certification

Security Clearance Requirements

• Must be an Australian Citizen
• Must have a current AGSVA Baseline Security Clearance (minimum)

Working Arrangements

• Onsite at client premises
• Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane or Traralgon (VIC)

Why Profectus

Profectus partners with Australian Government agencies to deliver trusted ICT capability across complex delivery programs. We take a long term, relationship driven approach, supporting our people across the full lifecycle of their engagement while contributing to outcomes of national importance.