Program Director

Profectus; Canberra; On-site; AUD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Profectus is seeking an experienced Program Director to lead a multi-year registry modernisation program within an Australian Government agency. The program covers over 20 projects and more than 350 staff, delivering a major platform shift to Dynamics 365, .NET, Databricks, Boomi, AWS and Azure.

You will provide overall program leadership, executive reporting, and governance engagement while building the agency’s internal leadership capability.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in program delivery.
• Experience leading large technology-enabled transforms.
• Experience in APS or regulated SES-level programs.
• Experience with multi-year funding and complex governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall program leadership across three workstreams and more than 20 projects.
• Oversee integrated plans, finances, benefits and resourcing.
• Lead reporting to and engagement with the Program Steering Committee and governance bodies.
• Identify RAID risks early and drive corrective action.
• Lead and develop workstream leads and project managers and manage staffing.
• Collaborate with agency executives and delivery partners across engineering, data, product and change.
• Ensure legislative decisions remain with the agency and escalated appropriately.
• Coach agency program leaders and build succession for key roles.
• Establish program leadership practices, playbooks and forums for ongoing sustainability.
• Track capability uplift and dependency reduction against transition criteria.

Skills

Program leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Executive communication

Hybrid agile/waterfall

Education

MSP

PRINCE2

SAFe

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.