Senior ICT Project Lead

Grampians Health; Ballarat; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Salary packaging for living expenses

Access to Fitness Passport

Staff rewards and recognition programs

Job summary

Grampians Health is seeking a Senior ICT Project Lead to drive end-to-end delivery of the ARIA Medical Oncology and Radiology Oncology decoupling projects in Ballarat. The role covers planning, governance, technical delivery, vendor coordination, stakeholder engagement, testing and implementation to operational handover.

The role requires a tertiary IT or project management qualification and extensive experience leading complex ICT initiatives, preferably in healthcare.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading complex ICT projects through full delivery lifecycle (preferably healthcare).
• Experience managing scope, schedules, budgets, resources, governance, risks, issues and dependencies.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multidisciplinary technical and business teams across application, infrastructure, data, cyber security, testing and service transition.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ARIA MO/RO Decoupling Project from initiation through implementation and closure; maintain an integrated project plan.
• Establish governance, reporting, decision-making; adhere to change control; RAID management and escalation pathways.
• Coordinate internal teams, vendors and delivery partners; manage interdependencies and milestone delivery.
• Build relationships with Oncology, Pharmacy, clinical, operational, Digital Health, vendor and partner stakeholders.
• Produce and maintain project artefacts including project plan, schedule, budget, governance reports, requirements and traceability, test and cutover plans, readiness assessments and close report.

Skills

ICT project leadership

Delivery lifecycle management

Stakeholder management

Vendor coordination

Governance & reporting

Risk & issues management

Communication & negotiation

Education

Tertiary qualification in information technology or substantial equivalent

Job description

Fixed-Term Full-Time (12-Month Contract) | 80 hours per fortnight + monthly ADO

$57.58 per hour (HS6)

About the Role

The Senior ICT Project Lead is responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of the ARIA Medical Oncology and Radiology Oncology decoupling works to create 2 separate specialised systems. The role provides senior project leadership across planning, governance, technical delivery, vendor coordination, stakeholder engagement, testing, implementation, and transition to operational support.

Reporting to the Technology Program Manager, the Senior ICT Project Lead will be accountable for establishing delivery controls, managing scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, dependencies, and resources, and ensuring that solution design, data migration, integration, testing, cutover, clinical readiness, and operational handover activities are completed to agreed quality, safety, and governance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the ARIA MO/RO Decoupling Project from initiation through implementation and closure, maintaining an integrated project management plan covering scope, schedule, budget, resources, quality, benefits, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
• Establish fit-for-purpose project governance, reporting, decision-making, adhere to established change control processes, RAID management, and escalation pathways, providing clear and timely advice to project sponsors and governance forums.
• Coordinate internal teams, vendors, and delivery partners; clarify responsibilities; manage interdependencies; and hold workstream leads accountable for agreed deliverables and milestones.
• Build trusted working relationships with the Oncology teams, Pharmacy, clinical, operational, Digital Health, the vendor, and partner stakeholders.
• Produce and maintain high-quality project artefacts, including the project management plan, schedule, budget, governance reports, requirements and traceability records, RAID and decision logs, test and cutover plans, readiness assessments, support documentation, and closure report.

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualification in information technology, project management, or substantial equivalent industry experience.
• Extensive experience leading complex ICT projects through the full delivery lifecycle, preferably in healthcare or another safety-critical environment.
• Demonstrated capability managing project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, governance, risks, issues, dependencies, vendors, and executive reporting.
• Proven experience coordinating multidisciplinary technical and business teams across application, infrastructure, integration, data, cyber security, testing, change, and service transition workstreams.
• Demonstrated experience planning and governing data migration, system integration, testing, cutover, go-live, contingency, early life support, and operational handover activities.
• Highly developed stakeholder management, facilitation, negotiation, written communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence senior clinical, operational, technical, and vendor stakeholders.

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to Fitness Passport membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Job applications close: 11 December 2026.

About Grampians Health

Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell.

Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Diversity and Inclusion

All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check. All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.