Program Manager

Queensland Health; Logan City; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Metro South Health is seeking a Program Manager to lead complex capital infrastructure initiatives across its health facilities. You will guide project initiation through to completion with a focus on delivering on time, within budget, and to the highest safety standards.

In this role, you will manage multidisciplinary teams, coordinate with clinical and executive stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement in project delivery.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success delivering complex capital or infrastructure projects on time and within budget using established project management methodologies.
• Proven leadership experience managing multidisciplinary project teams while fostering collaboration, accountability and a strong safety culture.
• Highly developed communication, negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and build trusted partnerships.
• Strong analytical, planning and risk management capabilities, with the initiative to solve complex problems and deliver practical outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, procurement and delivery of complex, high-risk capital projects, ensuring quality, budget and timeframe objectives are achieved.
• Manage multidisciplinary project teams, consultants and contractors while overseeing project performance, schedules, financial outcomes and contract management.
• Develop strong partnerships with clinical, technical and executive stakeholders to successfully deliver integrated infrastructure solutions.
• Drive a culture of safety, innovation and continuous improvement while ensuring projects align with Metro South Health's strategic objectives.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Risk management

Safety culture

Job description

Program Manager | Lead Complex Capital Infrastructure Projects

Use your leadership and project management expertise to deliver major health infrastructure projects while enjoying the benefits of Queensland's leading public health service

Your new role:

Starting in December 2026, this is an exciting opportunity to lead the delivery of major capital infrastructure projects that directly support the future of healthcare across Metro South Health. Working within the Assets & Infrastructure Division, you'll provide strategic leadership and expert project management from project initiation through to completion. You will:

• Lead the planning, procurement and delivery of complex, high-risk capital projects, ensuring quality, budget and timeframe objectives are achieved.
• Manage multidisciplinary project teams, consultants and contractors while overseeing project performance, schedules, financial outcomes and contract management.
• Develop strong partnerships with clinical, technical and executive stakeholders to successfully deliver integrated infrastructure solutions.
• Drive a culture of safety, innovation and continuous improvement while ensuring projects align with Metro South Health's strategic objectives.

About you:

You're an experienced project management professional who thrives on leading complex infrastructure projects and building strong relationships with diverse stakeholders. You combine technical expertise with exceptional leadership and communication skills to consistently deliver successful outcomes. You have:

• Demonstrated success delivering complex capital or infrastructure projects on time and within budget using established project management methodologies.
• Proven leadership experience managing multidisciplinary project teams while fostering collaboration, accountability and a strong safety culture.
• Highly developed communication, negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and build trusted partnerships.
• Strong analytical, planning and risk management capabilities, with the initiative to solve complex problems and deliver practical outcomes.

What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About the Asset & Infrastructure Division

The Assets and Infrastructure Business Division (A&I) enables Metro South Health to continue to expand its scope and capacity of clinical services through the effective leadership of master-planned facility renewal and redevelopment. A&I undertake infrastructure planning through the development of business cases to deliver on the priorities identified within the Metro South Health Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP). We further deliver the identified Priority Capital Works and Capital Infrastructure projects within defined guidelines.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.