Program Director ( Baseline Clearance )

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd; Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd is seeking a Program Director (Baseline Clearance) to provide overall leadership for the RegistryConnect program, reporting to the SRO. The role spans Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, and other Australian client locations, with executive-level accountability for program finances and governance.

Qualified candidates will have experience leading large government technology programs, managing Steering Committees and external assurance, and guiding complex

Qualifications

• Essential: led a large, multi-year government technology and business transformation program.
• Desirable: registry, regulator or financial services program experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead program execution across the Companies Register, Professional Registers, and Stabilise, Secure and Decommission workstreams.
• Draw together business cases, plans and finances; prepare budget cycle submissions.
• Lead reporting to the Program Board, Steering Committee and external assurance bodies.
• Initiate and track improvement and corrective actions to keep the program on track.
• Build the capability of ASIC program leaders so leadership can transfer to ASIC.

Job description

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd | Contract

Program Director ( Baseline Clearance )

Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Australia | Posted on 11/03/2026

• Country Australia

About Us

AboutXPT

• XPT SoftwareAustralia PTY Ltd, incorporated in 2016, is a Software Services company
  
• XPT works with topclients across Australia in Banking, Insurance, Telecom,Retail, Energy, Mining and Manufacturingdomains.
  
• We have 120+technocrats in Australia working at our clientlocations.
  
• XPT SoftwareAustralia is part of group companies which has globalpresence across India & Europe.
  
• We have served100+ clients globally, fulfilling their onsite-offshoreneeds.
  

Job Description

ProgramDelivery Leadership

This Domain supports the Senior ResponsibleOfficer (SRO) with program oversight, plans, finances, reporting, staffing andcorrective action across about 25 projects in three workstreams (SOR 5.b, Table6).

Program Director

Purpose: provide overall leadership of RegistryConnect in support of the SRO. Seniority: Executive or principal. Reports to: SRO (Paul Franklin, per thebriefing).

Responsibilities

• Lead program execution acrossthe Companies Register, Professional Registers, and Stabilise, Secure andDecommission workstreams.
• Draw together business cases,plans and finances; prepare budget cycle submissions.
• Lead reporting to the ProgramBoard, Steering Committee and external assurance bodies.
• Initiate and track improvementand corrective actions to keep the program on track.
• Build the capability of ASICprogram leaders so leadership can transfer to ASIC.

Essential: led a large, multi year government technology and business transformationprogram (100 plus people); steering committee and external assuranceengagement; program finance and business case accountability. Desirable: registry, regulator or financial services program; Commonwealth budget andgateway processes; legacy modernisation.