Senior Delivery Leader - Agile Data & AI (Federal)

Publicis Groupe; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and benefits

Generous paid leave and holidays

Wellness program and employee support

Flexible work-life balance

Job summary

Publicis Sapient in Canberra is seeking a Senior Manager for Agile Program Management to lead delivery across a federal government engagement focusing on Microsoft-enabled data and AI transformation.

You will guide several Scrum teams, drive pragmatic governance, and ensure value delivery, quality, security and adoption across the program. Strong executive engagement and cross-functional leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading technology delivery in federal government or large-scale programs.
• Strong background in Agile and SAFe, coordinating multiple Scrum teams.
• Experience delivering Microsoft-enabled data and AI transformations.
• Ability to engage executives and surface delivery decisions credibly.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams across product, data, AI, security and change.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery across multiple Data, AI and Microsoft transformation workstreams.
• Lead multiple Scrum teams, align priorities and milestones across the program.
• Apply Agile and SAFe practices to improve flow, transparency and value delivery.
• Partner with client executives to provide clear delivery direction and decisions.
• Mobilise multidisciplinary teams spanning delivery, product, data and security.
• Turn complex priorities into achievable delivery plans and team accountability.
• Establish governance and delivery rhythms across planning, reviews and demonstrations.

Skills

Agile & SAFe practices

Delivery leadership

Executive stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Power Platform

Dynamics 365

Azure AI

Job description

Publicis Sapient in Canberra is seeking a Senior Manager for Agile Program Management to lead delivery across a federal government engagement focusing on Microsoft-enabled data and AI transformation.

You will guide several Scrum teams, drive pragmatic governance, and ensure value delivery, quality, security and adoption across the program. Strong executive engagement and cross-functional leadership are essential.