Program Manager

Data#3; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Data#3 in Sydney is seeking an experienced Program Manager to provide senior program-level leadership for a major, multi-year technology and data transformation program.

You will oversee integration across streams, governance, and executive reporting, manage finances and vendor relationships, and lead PMs and workstream leads through a matrix organisation to deliver the program’s outcomes.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading large, complex technology, data or transformation programs with end-to-end accountability.
• Strong governance, financial management, risk and dependency management.
• Experience managing major vendors, delivery partners or systems integrators.
• Ability to lead through matrix structures with established project managers and workstream leads.
• Sound judgement and adaptability through ambiguity and change.
• Ability to translate complex delivery, financial and risk matters into executive reporting.
• Inheriting a functioning program and adapting approach to the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Overall program integration, priorities and delivery oversight.
• Integrated planning, milestones, risks, issues and dependencies.
• Program governance, assurance, executive reporting and escalation.
• Financial management, forecasting and reporting.
• Drive time-critical program decisions through to resolution.
• Senior stakeholder management across business, technology and executive leadership.
• Vendor and delivery partner management, including commitments and performance.
• Leading and coordinating Project Managers, workstream leads and matrix resources.

Skills

Program management

Governance

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Data transformation

Financial management

Job description

• Initial contract to December 2026, with potential extension
• Hybrid role based in Central Sydney

Data#3 is seeking an experienced Program Manager to provide senior program-level leadership for a major, multi-year technology and data transformation program. The program is a large, organisation-wide transformation covering data infrastructure, data security and governance, integrated tools and user experience, and the development of a sustainable service and operating model.

It is well established and well run, and is now moving into its delivery phase. Procurement is complete, the major delivery partner is mobilising, and governance, delivery structures and workstream leadership are in place. The coming months are focused on vendor mobilisation and rebaselining, technical readiness and architecture, new data capability delivery, key platform decisions, and governance and operating model activities, ahead of major infrastructure delivery next year.

Duties of the role

Existing Project Managers and workstream leads will continue to run their established streams. You will provide the program-level leadership and integration layer across them, rather than rebuild or take over workstream delivery.

You will be accountable for:

• Overall program integration, priorities and delivery oversight
• Integrated planning, milestones, risks, issues and dependencies
• Program governance, assurance, executive reporting and escalation
• Financial management, forecasting and reporting
• Driving time-critical program decisions through to resolution
• Senior stakeholder management across business, technology and executive leadership
• Vendor and delivery partner management, including commitments and performance
• Leading and coordinating Project Managers, workstream leads and matrix resources

Skills and experience

• Significant experience personally leading large, complex technology, data or transformation programs with end-to-end accountability
• Strong program governance, financial management, risk and dependency management
• Experience managing major vendors, delivery partners or systems integrators
• Proven ability to lead through matrix structures and established Project Managers and workstream leads
• Sound judgement, pragmatism and confidence operating through ambiguity and change
• Ability to translate complex delivery, financial and risk matters into clear executive reporting
• Comfortable inheriting a functioning program and adapting your approach to the organisation, rather than applying a previous delivery model unchanged