SM Technology Delivery Planning

Transport for NSW; Burwood; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Transport for NSW in Burwood, NSW, is seeking a senior Technology Delivery leader to oversee the end-to-end Enterprise Applications pipeline, prioritise initiatives, and forecast capacity across portfolios. You will consolidate delivery demand and coordinate across multiple programs to enable informed executive decisions.

You will establish standardized delivery methods, govern technology procurement, and drive the maturity of the overall delivery ecosystem while reporting to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership across the end-to-end technology delivery pipeline for Enterprise Applications, ensuring initiatives are effectively prioritised, sequenced, integrated, and prepared for delivery.
• Maintains forward visibility of delivery demand across portfolios and enables informed decision-making through capacity forecasting, dependency management, and portfolio-wide planning across the technology delivery lifecycle.
• Establishes standardized delivery methods and scalable patterns that enhance consistency and predictability across teams.
• Leads for technology procurement and vendor governance, optimizing commercial partnerships to achieve the best outcomes.
• Drives executive-level reporting and continuous improvement to mature the delivery ecosystem.

Job description

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SM Technology Delivery Planning

Organisation/Entity: Transport For NSW

Job category: Projects

Job location: Burwood, NSW, AU, 2134

Job reference number: 108209

Employment type: Permanent Full-Time

Salary range: An attractive remuneration package

You’re open to a change of direction and a new challenge.

You're passionate about public service and ready to lead a team of professionals, share your expertise and guide decision-making to help shape the future of our State.

In this role, you'll:

Provide strategic leadership across the end-to-end technology delivery pipeline for Enterprise Applications, ensuring initiatives are effectively prioritised, sequenced, integrated, and prepared for delivery. This role maintains forward visibility of delivery demand across portfolios and enables informed decision-making through capacity forecasting, dependency management, and portfolio-wide planning across the technology delivery lifecycle.

A major focus involves establishing standardized delivery methods and scalable patterns that enhance consistency and predictability across teams. You will also provide senior oversight for technology procurement and vendor governance, optimizing commercial partnerships to achieve the best outcomes. Through executive-level reporting and continuous improvement, you will drive the maturity of our delivery ecosystem.

This is a pivotal opportunity to influence the technological direction of a major infrastructure network while championing excellence and integrity.

As part of the Technology Delivery Practice Leadership team, You will lead

• Technology delivery governance, assurance, and planning activities across Group Technology portfolios, facilitating Technology Delivery Assurance Forums and driving effective oversight of delivery performance, risks, dependencies, and quality outcomes.
• You will establish and embed consistent delivery standards, governance frameworks, and planning disciplines that support successful project execution, operational excellence, and alignment with strategic business priorities.
• You will also lead vendor and partner governance, driving consistent performance, commercial, and cost management practices across a complex and evolving technology landscape spanning SAP, Rail, Platforms, and Metro portfolios. This includes overseeing multi-vendor commercial and billing governance, ensuring contract compliance, financial transparency, and effective management of delivery partners across both project and operational environments.

In addition,

• You will provide leadership for the Technical Business Analysis practice, establishing technical analysis standards, governance, and best practices to ensure the production of high-quality business, technical, and system specification artefacts.
• You will foster capability development, workforce planning, and continuous improvement across the practice, enabling the delivery of consistent, value-driven analysis services that support effective technology planning and successful delivery outcomes.

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers .

For more information about this role, please contact [e-mail].

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