Program Manager

Greenstone Financial Services; Sydney; On-site; AUD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site gym

On-site café

Weekly free lunch

Job summary

Greenstone Financial Services is seeking an accountable Program Manager to lead the Governance & Regulatory Delivery Program (GRDP). You will own end-to-end delivery, coordinating twenty-five workstreams, managing risks and shaping the integrated roadmap with clear governance and change control.

The role requires a decade of governance/risk experience in financial services, proven program leadership, and ability to drive business impact through structured delivery and stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years’ relevant experience in risk management, assurance, audit or governance roles within Financial Services.
• Track record in leading and implementing risk uplift programs and new regulators - compliant risk management frameworks.
• Experienced Program Manager/Senior Project Manager with qualifications and expertise in project management methodologies and change management.
• Experience in process design, improvement and business efficiency/optimisation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of the program, accountable for scope, schedule, quality, risk and benefits.
• Build and maintain the integrated roadmap across all twenty-five workstreams, including dependencies, capacity and critical path.
• Reconcile and absorb the existing Risk Uplift project schedules and deliverables and accelerate them.
• Manage workstream transitions into business as usual, with clear handover criteria and change management.
• Run the monthly Steering Committee with agenda, papers, decisions and actions, and explicit trade-offs against BAU priorities.
• Establish and maintain the evidence register and a common evidence standard for documenting progress and outcomes.
• Maintain program-level risk, issue, assumption and dependency registers, and elevate concerns early.
• Work with key stakeholders to agree time, delegates and priorities, and hold owners to account for delivery.

Skills

Risk management

Governance

Program management

Change management

Stakeholder management

Project management methodologies

Job description

base salary + super + onsite gym and cafe

Greenstone is recruiting an accountable Program Manager to run and oversee the Governance & Regulatory Delivery Program (GRDP), a centrally coordinated program of governance, regulatory, risk and compliance workstreams. Roughly twenty-five initiatives have been identified, and need to now be scoped, prioritised and then managed with project management rigor.

Key responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Own end-to-end delivery of the program, accountable for scope, schedule, quality, risk and benefits
• Build and maintain the integrated roadmap across all twenty-five workstreams, including dependencies, capacity and critical path
• Reconcile and absorb the existing Risk Uplift project schedules and deliverables and accelerate them
• Manage workstream transitions into business as usual, with clear handover criteria, business owners and change management
• Run the monthly Steering Committee with agenda, papers, decisions and actions, and explicit trade-offs against business-as-usual priorities
• Establish and maintain the evidence register and a common evidence standard, so that program progress and outcomes can be documented and evidenced
• Maintain program-level risk, issue, assumption and dependency registers, and elevate all concerns early
• Work with each key stakeholder to agree time, delegates and priorities, and hold owners to account for business delivery

What are we looking for?

• Minimum 10 years’ relevant experience in risk management, assurance, audit or governance roles within Financial Services (at least one of insurance, banking, superannuation, funds management for example)
• Track record in leading implementing of risk uplift programs and new regulators - compliant risk management and compliance frameworks
• Experienced Program Manager/Senior Project Manager with qualifications and expertise in project management methodologies and change management
• Experience in process design, improvement and business efficiency/optimisation initiatives

Our Promise to Our People Benefits We are passionate about our core values of Customer First, We Care, One Team, and Results Driven, which define how we approach our work. We recognise that our colleagues are the key to our success. That's why you can expect to be rewarded for the hard work you put in through job satisfaction, career development and the fantastic range of benefits we offer:

• State of the art building facilities including a dedicated & subsidised on-site company café (weekly free lunch) & on-site gym
• Health & well-being initiatives and programs
• Opportunity to take part in in-house leadership & emotional intelligence workshops
• Quarterly award functions and a grand annual conference to recognise our people
• Morsl market (a fully automated self-serve, food and drink marketplace with a wide variety of meals, snacks and drinks)

Who We Are Greenstone distributes insurance products under trusted brands in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Some of our brands are Buddy, Australian Seniors, New Zealand Seniors, OneChoice, Real Insurance, North Cover, FiftyUp and Guardian.

We are the leading distributor of direct Insurance products in the Australian insurance market. Since launching into the Financial Services sector in 2007, Greenstone has experienced a commanding volume of growth being recognised for our credible brands, customer focused values and people-driven work culture.

We are passionate about our core values, which contribute towards the positive culture that supports our employees, our customers and our community.

Location Great central location in Norwest Business Park, Norwest, only a short walk from Norwest Metro station and also direct bus access from Parramatta and Blacktown.

Greenstone specialises in the design, marketing, distribution and administration of personal insurance products. Formed in 2007, Greenstone has focussed on developing simple and affordable direct insurance products for its customers. Greenstone have expanded their insurance product offering to include term life, funeral, income protection and pet insurance products. These insurance products are distributed through Greenstone's Proprietary Brands (Real Insurance, Australian Seniors Insurance Agency, Guardian Insurance and Prime Pet Insurance) and Affinity Brands. Greenstone also distributes its proprietary and affinity products as well as third party insurance products.

Greenstone specialises in the design, marketing, distribution and administration of personal insurance products. Formed in 2007, Greenstone has focussed on developing simple and affordable direct insurance products for its customers. Greenstone have expanded their insurance product offering to include term life, funeral, income protection and pet insurance products. These insurance products are distributed through Greenstone's Proprietary Brands (Real Insurance, Australian Seniors Insurance Agency, Guardian Insurance and Prime Pet Insurance) and Affinity Brands. Greenstone also distributes its proprietary and affinity products as well as third party insurance products.