Program Manager

Maurice Blackburn Lawyers; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Maurice Blackburn Lawyers is seeking a Program Manager to translate strategy into action within the Personal Legal Services Innovation & Delivery team in Melbourne. You will shape governance, establish PMO practices and craft an integrated roadmap across multiple workstreams to drive delivery and realise benefits.

You will influence senior stakeholders, manage budgets and forecasts, and collaborate with Change Management to embed enduring change.

Qualifications

• Experience in program, project or PMO management across complex multi-workstream programs.
• Strong governance, planning and prioritisation skills.
• Experience managing program budgets, forecasts and financial risks.
• Track record of delivering measurable benefits against a business case.
• Confidence working directly with senior executives and leadership forums.
• Ability to build trust, create alignment and drive outcomes in a highly matrixed environment.
• Experience coordinating vendors or external partners.
• Experience with AI-enabled tools and automation for planning, reporting or analysis.
• Good judgement around privacy, security and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Establish and run governance and PMO practices across the Personal Law Strategic Program
• Build and maintain the integrated program roadmap, bringing together priorities, milestones and dependencies
• Create clear, executive-ready reporting across progress, risks, issues, budgets and benefits
• Help identify, track and ultimately realise the benefits behind our strategic investments
• Coordinate priorities, dependencies and resource constraints across multiple projects and teams
• Manage program forecasting, variance reporting and financial risks
• Lead strategic initiatives from initiation through delivery and benefits realisation
• Partner with our Change Management Practice to help ensure change is embedded and sustained
• Influence teams and stakeholders across the business, often without formal authority

Skills

Program governance

PMO management

Budgeting & forecasting

Stakeholder management

Vendor coordination

Change management

Leadership

Reporting & analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

AI tooling

Tools

Jira

Airtable

Confluence

Power BI

Advanced Excel

Job description

For over 100 years, Maurice Blackburn has stood up for those who need us most. With courage and compassion, we extend access to justice to countless Australians. We look beyond the immediate challenge to support people in moments that matter across theirlives, andcontinually push for better solutions for our clients. We invest in and empower our people to stand up for what we believe in and go fearlessly forward together.

We work on real cases, achieving important and positive results in real people’s lives, which is why we are one of Australia’s mostrespected law firms.Maurice Blackburn, experience you can count on.

About the role

Help turn strategy into action across one of Maurice Blackburn’s most important strategic programs.

We’relooking for a Program Manager who thrives on bringing structure to complexity, aligning people around what matters and turning strategy into tangible outcomes.

Sitting within ourInnovation & Delivery team in Personal Legal Services,you’llplay a key role in driving the Personal Law Strategic Program.You’llhelp shape andoperatethe program’s PMO capability, connect the dots across multiple initiatives, and give leaders a clear view of progress, priorities, risks,investmentand benefits.

Thisisn’ta role whereyou’llinherit a program plan and simply keep it updated.You’llhelpshape how the program runs-establishinggovernance and reporting, building the integrated roadmap, and working across teams to keep priorities aligned and delivery moving.

Whatyou’llbe doing

You’llbe at the centre of the program, working across Innovation & Delivery, Digital & Technology, Client Acquisition, our legalpracticesand Shared Services to bring teams,prioritiesand investments together.

You’ll:

• Establish and run governance and PMO practices across the Personal Law Strategic Program
• Build andmaintainthe integrated program roadmap, bringing together priorities,milestonesand dependencies
• Create clear, executive-ready reporting across progress, risks, issues,budgetsand benefits
• Helpidentify,trackandultimately realisethe benefits behind our strategic investments
• Coordinate priorities, dependencies and resource constraints across multiple projects and teams
• Manage program forecasting, variancereportingand financial risks
• Lead strategic initiatives from initiation through delivery and benefits realisation
• Partner with our Change Management Practice to help ensure change is embedded and sustained
• Influence teams and stakeholders across the business, often without formal authority

Whatyou’llbring

We’relooking for someone who can think beyond individual projects andoperateconfidently at aprogram level-balancing the big picture with the detail needed to keep delivery on track.

You’llbring a strong background inprogram,projector PMO management, including experienceestablishingor building PMO capability across complex, multi-workstream programs.

You’llalso bring:

• Strong program governance,planningand prioritisation skills
• Experience managing meaningful program budgets,forecastsand financial risks
• A track recordof delivering measurable benefits against a business case
• Confidence working directly with senior executives and leadership forums
• The ability to build trust, create alignment and drive outcomes in a highly matrixed environment
• Strong reporting,presentationand stakeholder management skills
• Experience coordinating vendors or external partners as part of program delivery
• Experience with tools such as Jira,Airtable, Confluence, Power BI, advanced Excel or similar
• Practical experience using AI-enabled tools and automation to improve planning, reporting or analysis
• Good judgement around privacy, security and confidentiality when delivering technology-enabled change

Experience in legal, professional services or another regulated environment would be valuable, as would Agile, PRINCE2, PMP or change management certification. Butwe’rejust as interested in how you think, how you work with people and the outcomesyou’vedelivered.

The kind of personwho’llthrive in this role

You can zoom out and see the whole program, then zoom back in when something needs attention.

You’recomfortable creating structure where itdoesn’tyet exist. You ask the right questions, spot dependencies before they become problems, and can turn a messy set of updates into a clear story for an executive audience.

Most importantly, you know successful deliveryisn’tjust about hittingmilestones.It’sabout making sure the organisation achieves the outcomes and benefits it set out to deliver.

Ifyou’relooking for a Program Manager role where you can shape how a major strategic programoperates-and help turn ambitious plans into measurable outcomes-we’dlove to hear from you.

Our shared valuesrepresentwhat we stand for and guide how we act, with Courage; Compassion; Collaboration; Fairness and Tenacity.

We love that you have a life outside of work andwe’rehappy to support yours. We provide you a safe,supportiveand collaborative environment, backed by inclusive leaders and progressive people policies, where you can be your authentic self and thrive. Here we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, enriched by differences in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion,ageand family arrangements. Applications from First Nations People are encouraged.

Are you ready to join us on a journey to extend access to justice to more Australians, in an organisation and role in which every action you take makes a difference?

Our Circle Back Initiative partnership meanswe’recommitted to responding to every applicant.

Additional Information

Our Circle Back Initiative partnership means we’re committed to responding to every applicant.

Please note that all successful candidates will be required to undergo background checks as part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant workplace