Senior Technical Project Manager - ICT & Policy Delivery

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations; Canberra; On-site; AUD 129,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations in Canberra seeks an Executive Level 1 Technical Project Manager to lead the delivery of complex technology projects across the Enterprise Technology Division. You will provide end-to-end leadership for initiatives spanning policy, capital works, and cross‑team collaboration to ensure successful delivery within scope, time and budget.

Reporting to the Director of the Business Management Team, the role requires strong coordination across

Qualifications

• Formal project-management qualifications such as PRINCE2, MSP, PMP, Agile Project Management or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate complex ICT projects from initiation through delivery, transition and closure, ensuring outcomes are delivered within agreed scope, budget, timeframes and quality expectations.
• Work collaboratively with initiating teams to establish an agreed delivery approach, clarify business and technical requirements, define responsibilities and confirm the information, decisions and resources required to commence delivery.
• Identify, map and actively manage dependencies across infrastructure, cloud, platforms, networks, cyber security, applications, architecture, service management and operational teams.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, forecasts, risk and issue registers, dependency logs, decision records and other project controls.
• Provide accurate, timely and evidence-based advice on project progress, expenditure, risks, dependencies, decisions and emerging delivery impacts.
• Build productive relationships across business and technical teams.
• Assess proposed changes to scope, schedule or priorities and ensure changes are appropriately documented, agreed and approved.
• Proactively identify delivery barriers, information gaps and unresolved dependencies, escalating matters where necessary and presenting practical options and recommendations to senior decision-makers.

Education

Formal project-management qualifications such as PRINCE2, MSP, PMP, Agile Project Management or equivalent

Job description

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations in Canberra seeks an Executive Level 1 Technical Project Manager to lead the delivery of complex technology projects across the Enterprise Technology Division. You will provide end-to-end leadership for initiatives spanning policy, capital works, and cross‑team collaboration to ensure successful delivery within scope, time and budget.

Reporting to the Director of the Business Management Team, the role requires strong coordination across