Program Manager

Ambition Group Limited; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 212,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambition Group Limited in Sydney is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead a Critical Infrastructure Renewal program from planning to delivery. The role manages a broad portfolio of ageing infrastructure across technology and physical assets, with live services and strong stakeholder collaboration.

You will head a team of program managers and business analysts, establish governance, oversee integrated planning, and report to executives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of program management experience in large, high-value programs.
• Background in telecommunications or infrastructure delivery.
• Experience leading technology refresh or live infrastructure renewal programs.
• Proven governance establishment and moving a program from set-up into delivery.
• Confident communication with senior executives; clear briefings.
• Experience leading a team of program managers.
• Public sector experience is beneficial but not mandatory.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Mobilising the program: governance, delivery baseline and integrated plan.
• Leading a team of program managers and BAs across parallel workstreams.
• Owning program reporting and governance for executive briefings and updates.
• Engaging with assurance bodies and meeting requirements.
• Building strong relationships with customers, vendors, engineering and operations.
• Prioritising renewal work based on condition, criticality, risk and supportability.
• Planning delivery around live operational constraints for safe cutovers and decommissioning.
• Identifying gaps in processes and driving organisational change.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Governance establishment

Infrastructure delivery

Job description

Program Manager: Critical Infrastructure Renewal Program

• Sydney, hybrid (2-3 days in the office)
• 12-month initial contract, with strong potential for extension
• Rate: $1150 - $1200 p/d plus super

Lead a large-scale infrastructure renewal program through the move from planning to delivery.

A well-established organisation that provides essential services is renewing a significant portfolio of ageing infrastructure. The groundwork has been done, and they now need an experienced Program Manager to turn it into delivery.

This is a program of significant scale and real public impact. It covers the renewal of a broad portfolio of critical infrastructure, across both technology and physical assets, delivered while services stay live. You will lead a team of program managers and business analysts, working closely with internal stakeholders and customer organisations.

This role suits someone who wants to make a visible, lasting difference to how a program is run, not only deliver it.

Responsibilities include:

• Mobilising the program: establishing governance, a credible delivery baseline and an integrated plan, and moving it into the delivery phase
• Leading a team of program managers and BAs across multiple parallel workstreams
• Owning program reporting and governance, including the inputs that feed executive briefings and program updates
• Engaging with assurance bodies and meeting their requirements
• Building strong working relationships with customers, vendors, engineering and operations teams
• Prioritising renewal work based on condition, criticality, risk and supportability
• Planning delivery around live operational constraints so cutovers, migrations and decommissioning are safe and well tested
• Identifying gaps in current processes and systems and driving practical organisational change and uplift

Experience needed:

• 10+ years of program management experience, with a track record of leading large, high-value programs (well in excess of $100M)
• Significant background in telecommunications or infrastructure delivery
• Experience leading technology refresh, asset lifecycle or infrastructure renewal programs in a live environment
• Demonstrated success establishing governance and moving a program from set-up into delivery
• Confident communication with senior executives, including preparing clear, concise briefings
• Experience leading and developing a team of program managers
• Public sector experience is beneficial but not mandatory
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance