Senior Program Director - Government Tech Transformation

Profectus; Canberra; On-site; AUD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Profectus is seeking an experienced Program Director to lead a multi-year registry modernisation program within an Australian Government agency. The program covers over 20 projects and more than 350 staff, delivering a major platform shift to Dynamics 365, .NET, Databricks, Boomi, AWS and Azure.

You will provide overall program leadership, executive reporting, and governance engagement while building the agency’s internal leadership capability.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in program delivery.
• Experience leading large technology-enabled transforms.
• Experience in APS or regulated SES-level programs.
• Experience with multi-year funding and complex governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall program leadership across three workstreams and more than 20 projects.
• Oversee integrated plans, finances, benefits and resourcing.
• Lead reporting to and engagement with the Program Steering Committee and governance bodies.
• Identify RAID risks early and drive corrective action.
• Lead and develop workstream leads and project managers and manage staffing.
• Collaborate with agency executives and delivery partners across engineering, data, product and change.
• Ensure legislative decisions remain with the agency and escalated appropriately.
• Coach agency program leaders and build succession for key roles.
• Establish program leadership practices, playbooks and forums for ongoing sustainability.
• Track capability uplift and dependency reduction against transition criteria.

Skills

Program leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Executive communication

Hybrid agile/waterfall

Education

MSP

PRINCE2

SAFe

Job description

Profectus is seeking an experienced Program Director to lead a multi-year registry modernisation program within an Australian Government agency. The program covers over 20 projects and more than 350 staff, delivering a major platform shift to Dynamics 365, .NET, Databricks, Boomi, AWS and Azure.

You will provide overall program leadership, executive reporting, and governance engagement while building the agency’s internal leadership capability.