Senior Program Director, Infrastructure Delivery

Sydney Water; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Environment

Competitive Remuneration

Continuous Professional Growth

24/7 Wellbeing Support

Discounted Private Health Insurance

Family First

Fitness Passport

Novated Leasing

Job summary

Sydney Water is seeking a Program Director to lead delivery of a multi-billion dollar infrastructure portfolio in Sydney. The role requires shaping project execution, aligning multi-disciplinary teams, and delivering safe, reliable outcomes for communities.

You will manage complex contracts, partner with delivery partners, and drive commercial strategies while maintaining strict governance and safety standards. Hybrid work arrangement and strong leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Significant experience delivering complex infrastructure projects or portfolios.
• Strong commercial and financial management capability.
• Experience setting portfolio-wide commercial, procurement and delivery strategies.
• Ability to lead large, multidisciplinary teams and establish clear accountability.
• Sound judgement managing competing priorities, dependencies and delivery issues.
• Experience working with delivery partners across complex contractual arrangements.
• Highly developed stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of Sydney Water’s allocated portfolio of infrastructure projects.
• Provide clear direction across the portfolio, optimise priorities, sequencing and resources.
• Maintain oversight of financial and commercial performance, risks and dependencies.
• Lead strategic interventions and recovery where performance is at risk.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and engage with partners to achieve outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Portfolio management

Commercial acumen

Stakeholder management

Delivery management

Contract management

Negotiation

Risk management

Job description

Sydney Water is seeking a Program Director to lead delivery of a multi-billion dollar infrastructure portfolio in Sydney. The role requires shaping project execution, aligning multi-disciplinary teams, and delivering safe, reliable outcomes for communities.

You will manage complex contracts, partner with delivery partners, and drive commercial strategies while maintaining strict governance and safety standards. Hybrid work arrangement and strong leadership are essential.