Project Director

Peoplebank Australia QLD; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autopia car leasing

Salary packaging for superannuation

Next Job Program

Multiple pay runs per week

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Peoplebank Australia QLD is seeking a Project Director to lead a major government-sector modernisation initiative in Brisbane, focused on vehicle registration and licensing services. The role oversees a large-scale program, coordinating stakeholders, governance, budgets and vendor management across multi-year timelines.

The position requires executive delivery leadership, experience with legacy systems, and strong change management capabilities, with long-term engagement potential and

Qualifications

• Executive leadership delivering complex business and digital transformation.
• Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and governance structures.
• Experience with legacy system modernisation and government delivery requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for a large-scale transformation program, aligning stakeholders and delivery outcomes to a roadmap.
• Drive end-to-end program delivery, including planning, governance, budgets, procurement, risks, vendor management and reporting.
• Lead technology and business transformation, including platform transition, data migration, integration and change management.

Skills

Executive leadership

Delivery governance

PRINCE2

Stakeholder engagement

Risk & issues management

Architecture & security oversight

Job description

Competitive daily rate, No agency charges

Role - Project Director

• Legacy system replacement
• Complex multi-year project
• Long term, 12 months
• 3 X 12 months possible extensions
• Brisbane CBD based
• Competitive daily rate
• Open to Brisbane based candidates only

About the role

Our government-sector client is seeking to engage an experienced Project Director to lead a major modernisation initiative aimed at improving vehicle registration and licensing services and replacing legacy technology within the transport sector.

In this role, you will

• Provide strategic leadership for a large-scale transformation program, aligning stakeholders, teams, priorities, and delivery outcomes to a clear roadmap.
• Drive end-to-end program delivery, overseeing planning, governance, budgets, procurement, risks, vendor management, and executive reporting.
• Lead technology and business transformation, including platform transition, data migration, integration, compliance, change management, operational readiness, and capability uplift.

Required skills

• Executive leadership delivering complex business and digital transformation, including legacy system modernisation
• Coordination of multidisciplinary teams and delivery partners across business and technical workstreams
• Integrated planning, commercial and financial control, governance and assurance, and executive-level reporting
• Senior stakeholder engagement, decision support, and resolution of complex risks, issues, and cross-dependencies
• Service transition leadership, organisational change, capability uplift, and benefits realisation
• Oversight of architecture, data, security, privacy, and operational readiness within a controlled delivery environment
• Experience applying PRINCE2
• Experience delivering within Queensland Government enterprise architecture, assurance, and digital investment governance requirements
• Experience managing legacy coexistence, data migration, operational readiness, and knowledge transfer

Closing date 2nd November

Discover our exclusive contractor benefits at Peoplebank

• Peoplebank offers a suite of benefits for our direct contractors. Save with car leasing through Autopia and utilise salary packaging for superannuation and approved items.
• Benefit from PeopleSense Employee Assistance Program for emotional support.
• Seamlessly transition between contracts with our Next Job Program.
• Multiple pay runs a week
• Genuine contractor care - regular touch points with a dedicated account manage

Explore these benefits today and enhance your contracting experience with Peoplebank.

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