Technology Delivery Manager

Vicinity Centres; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Birthday leave

VCX securities

Parental Leave

Job summary

Vicinity Centres is seeking an experienced Technology Delivery Manager to lead a portfolio of complex technology and transformation initiatives. You will oversee planning, delivery, and governance, building a high-performing delivery team and partnering with senior stakeholders to align resources with business outcomes.

You will drive portfolio planning, reporting, and financial management, ensuring delivery is on time and within budget, while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading complex technology, transformation and enterprise-wide change programs.
• Proven success managing multiple projects and competing priorities within a portfolio environment.
• Strong people leadership experience, including developing and mentoring project delivery teams.
• Demonstrated experience in portfolio governance, resource planning and operational delivery.
• Strong financial management experience including budgeting, forecasting and cost control.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a diverse portfolio of technology and transformation initiatives from planning through to successful delivery.
• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Project Managers, creating a strong community of practice.
• Lead portfolio planning, resource allocation and capacity management across multiple initiatives.
• Partner with stakeholders to prioritise work and align resources to business outcomes.
• Establish and continuously improve project governance, delivery frameworks and reporting practices.
• Oversee project and program budgets, forecasting and resource planning.

Skills

Portfolio governance

Stakeholder management

People leadership

Delivery leadership

Budgeting and forecasting

Risk management

Executive reporting

Analytical thinking

Education

PM certifications (PMP/PRINCE2)

Job description

We're reimagining the way Australians live, work, and play. We own and manage some of the most recognisable and loved retail destinations across Australia.

We’re evolving our portfolio into destinations that offer a broad selection of retail, residential, and office spaces. Through our diverse portfolio, data-led decision-making, and nationwide development pipeline, we do things differently.

We are Vicinity.

Lead the delivery of strategic technology initiatives that shape the future of our business.

We're seeking an experienced Technology DeliveryManager to join our Technology team and play a pivotal role in delivering a portfolio of complex technology, transformation and business change initiatives. This is a leadership role responsible for overseeing multiple concurrent programs and projects, driving delivery excellence, and building a high-performing project management capability across the organisation.

Working closely with senior stakeholders across Technology and the broader business, you will ensure strategic initiatives are delivered on time, within budget and aligned to business objectives, while fostering a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration and accountability.

What You'll Be Doing

Lead Strategic Program Delivery

• Oversee a diverse portfolio of technology and transformation initiatives from planning through to successful delivery.
• Ensure appropriate delivery methodologies are applied, whether Agile, Waterfall or Hybrid.
• Monitor program performance, manage dependencies and proactively address risks and issues.
• Provide clear and impactful reporting to senior leaders and key stakeholders.

Build and Lead a High-Performing Delivery Team

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Project Managers, creating a strong community of practice.
• Drive consistency in project management standards, tools, governance and delivery frameworks.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning and delivery excellence.
• Support capability uplift through coaching, mentoring and development initiatives.

Drive Portfolio Planning and Governance

• Lead portfolio planning, resource allocation and capacity management across multiple initiatives.
• Partner with stakeholders to prioritise work and align resources to business outcomes.
• Establish and continuously improve project governance, delivery frameworks and reporting practices.
• Ensure compliance with risk, governance and organisational standards.

Partner with Stakeholders Across the Business

• Build trusted relationships with business leaders, sponsors and technology teams.
• Influence decision-making through clear communication, commercial thinking and delivery expertise.
• Facilitate alignment across diverse stakeholder groups to drive successful outcomes.

Manage Financial Performance

• Oversee project and program budgets, forecasting and resource planning.
• Ensure financial accountability and optimise investment outcomes.
• Track performance against budget and proactively manage cost risks.

What We're Looking For

Experience

• Significant experience leading complex technology, transformation and enterprise-wide change programs.
• Proven success managing multiple projects and competing priorities within a portfolio environment.
• Strong people leadership experience, including developing and mentoring project delivery teams.
• Demonstrated experience in portfolio governance, resource planning and operational delivery.
• Strong financial management experience including budgeting, forecasting and cost control.

Technical Knowledge & Capability

• Deep understanding of Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid delivery methodologies, and when to apply each effectively.
• Strong project governance, risk management and portfolio management expertise.
• Ability to establish and embed best-practice delivery frameworks and processes.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence at all levels of an organisation.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level reporting.
• Relevant project management or delivery certifications (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2, Agile certifications) are highly regarded.

About You

You are a strategic and commercially minded delivery leader who thrives in complex environments. You bring a collaborative approach, enjoy developing people, and have a passion for improving delivery maturity and organisational capability.

You are known for your ability to:

• Build trusted stakeholder relationships.
• Navigate complexity and ambiguity.
• Balance strategic thinking with execution.
• Drive accountability and high performance.
• Deliver outcomes that create meaningful business value.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to influence how technology is delivered across the organisation while leading impactful programs that drive business transformation. You'll join a collaborative team environment where innovation, continuous improvement and professional growth are encouraged and supported.

If you're passionate about leading people, delivering complex programs and elevating project delivery excellence, we'd love to hear from you.

Why Vicinity?

Our benefits program focuses on creating an awesome place to work in which our people are rewarded and recognised. This includes:

• Flexible working options
• Birthday leave & purchased additional leave
• $1,000 worth of VCX securities rewarded for eligible team members
• Generous Parental Leave

We live and work by our values of Respect, Integrity, Customer Focus, Collaboration and Excellence. They are the foundation to everything we do and provide us a north star with which we can shape meaningful places where communities connect.

At Vicinity we embrace and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment where we attract, retain and develop our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

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Note: To be eligible to apply for this position, you must have existing, relevant Australian work rights. At the later stages of the recruitment process the shortlisted candidate/candidates will be required to undergo a Criminal History Background/Police Check as a mandatory part of the process. Additional qualification checks may also be required dependant on role and level.