Project Director

Department of Health - Queensland; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A Queensland government department is seeking a Project Director for the eHealth Digital Capital Program. The role involves managing high-risk ICT projects while coordinating the Cairns Hospital kitchen redevelopment. Successful candidates must demonstrate expertise in ICT project management and stakeholder engagement in a healthcare environment. This position offers competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and opportunities for career development within a supportive team focused on transforming healthcare services in Queensland.

Benefits

Competitive salary + generous superannuation and leave loading

Flexible working arrangements

Career training and development

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex ICT projects in a healthcare setting.
• Ability to work under tight timeframes and manage dependencies.
• Skills in developing digital solutions collaboratively with diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of complex projects within the eHealth Digital Capital Program.
• Oversee digital components of the Cairns Hospital kitchen redevelopment.
• Ensure project outcomes meet Queensland Health's quality standards.

Skills

ICT project management

Kitchen management systems

Stakeholder engagement

Risk mitigation

Job description

Reporting to the Program Director (Digital Lead), the Project Director is responsible for the delivery of large scale, complex and high-risk IM/ICT projects within the eHealth Digital Capital Program.

This role will manage recently identified urgent dependencies and oversee the digital delivery components of the Cairns Hospital kitchen redevelopment. You will provide customer centric delivery, ensuring project outcomes are achieved and digital solutions are delivered that are responsive to customer needs. You will provide expert advice and strategic input into the development of project deliverables to ensure they meet quality standards and comply with Queensland Health policies, strategies, and Architecture.

Are you right for this role?

We're looking for an experienced Project Director who can confidently lead complex, high-pressure digital and infrastructure delivery in a healthcare environment. You will bring deep expertise in ICT project management, critically with exposure to kitchen management systems or similarly integrated management systems and be able to navigate tight timeframes, critical dependencies, and multidisciplinary stakeholder groups.

This role requires someone who can rapidly mobilise, provide clear direction, and drive coordinated ICT planning and delivery across a major construction program.

You will be skilled at developing interim and long-term digital solutions, collaborating closely with clinical, operational, and infrastructure teams, and producing high-quality artefacts that can be reused across multiple hospital projects.

Most importantly, you will be motivated by enabling safe, reliable hospital operations and ensuring the successful transition to a new on-demand food service model that underpins broader Hospital Rescue Plan outcomes. If you thrive in complex environments, excel at risk mitigation, and can deliver clarity and momentum where it's urgently needed, this role is designed for you.

To be considered for this exciting opportunity submit your CV or resume and a short statement (maximum 2 pages) addressing your experience in each of the key areas outlined above via Smart Jobs today.

About the Digital Capital Program – eHealth Queensland

eHealth Queensland is one of the largest Information Communication Technology operations in the state. It is responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of information systems and technologies so that Queensland Health employees and health providers have access to information that supports the delivery of health care.

Queensland Health is currently undertaking one of the largest health infrastructure programs ever seen in Australia. The largest of these, the Hospital Rescue Plan (HRP) is a visionary program designed to bring service and capabilities to more Queenslanders than ever before. The Hospital Rescue Plan will deliver 3 new hospitals, a new Queensland Cancer Centre, and the expansion of 11 existing hospitals resulting in 2,600 additional beds across Queensland.

This program represents an opportunity for you to make your mark on the future of healthcare and help to shape the future of health centres across Queensland, for Queenslanders for generations to come.

Do you want to be a part of a dynamic, fast paced and agile project team? Do you want to make a real difference in laying the foundations; and building clinical care capability that will provide digital healthcare solutions in the home and at the bedside now and in the future?

Benefits of working with eHealth Queensland

By joining eHealth Queensland you will work within a fast-paced, challenging and supportive environment where every employee plays a critical role in our ongoing success.

You will enjoy a variety of benefits, including:

• Competitive salary + generous superannuation and leave loading
• Flexible working arrangements
• Career training and development

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Queensland Health is the state's largest healthcare provider. We are committed to ensuring all Queenslanders have access to a range of public healthcare services aimed at achieving good health and well-being.

Through a network of 16 Hospital and Health Services, as well as the Mater Hospitals, Queensland Health delivers a range of integrated services including hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency services, community and mental health services, aged care services and public health and health promotion programs.