Programme Director

Datacom; Auckland; On-site; NZD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working

Flexible hours

Professional development

Job summary

Datacom is seeking a Programme Director to own end-to-end delivery of a complex enterprise programme, reporting to senior leaders and shaping decision‑making. You will lead governance, manage budgets, risks, and multi‑vendor delivery, guiding Programme Managers and aligning to strategic priorities.

Ideal candidate brings 15+ years in Programme Management, strong commercial discipline, and PRINCE2/PMI/SAFe certs, with executive communication skills.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in Programme Management in IT environments.
• 10+ years delivering complex programmes in multi‑vendor settings.
• Proven ability to lead large programmes with governance and commercial accountability.

Responsibilities

• Set goals and roadmaps for enterprise programmes aligned to business objectives.
• Lead planning, governance, and delivery to ensure quality outcomes.

Skills

Programme Management

Multi-vendor delivery

Executive stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Communication skills

Project management tools

Agile

Waterfall

Education

PM Certifications

Agile Certifications

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Our Why

Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people's lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow.

About the Role (your why)

As a senior leader within Datacom's delivery leadership team, the Programme Director is the sole accountable leader for one of our most complex, high-value enterprise programmes. You will own the programme end-to-end, setting the vision, driving delivery, and ensuring outcomes are realised at scale. This is not a shared leadership model; you are the single point of strategic, commercial, and delivery accountability.

You'll bring together strategic clarity, technology leadership, commercial discipline, and operational excellence to create coherence across multiple workstreams. Critically, you will operate confidently at the executive level, reporting directly to senior leaders, shaping decision‑making, and providing clear, insight-driven guidance that keeps the programme aligned to organisational priorities.

Your leadership sets the tone, direction, and delivery rhythm, turning ambition into execution, complexity into clarity, and delivery into sustained value.

What you'll do

At the moment, as Programme Director you will be focused on:

• Setting goals for programmes aligned to organisational objectives and creating programme roadmaps.
• Leading programme planning, structuring, and delivery governance to ensure quality outcomes.
• Managing complex multi‑platform technical delivery environments, including project teams and senior stakeholder engagement.
• Overseeing programme schedules, budgets, risks, and resources to align with contractual and commercial agreements.
• Facilitating organisational change management to achieve expected business benefits.
• Guiding and mentoring Programme Managers to deliver success across multiple workstreams.
• Driving stakeholder communications, reporting, and decision‑making through clear metrics and delivery documentation.
• Supporting pre‑sales activities, bid development, and future programme strategy improvements.
• Ensuring programmes remain aligned with Datacom's strategic priorities, risk frameworks, and delivery standards.

We are an agile company and are keen to respond to customer, technology, and internal stakeholders' changing requirements. This means our roles often evolve to meet those needs.

What you'll bring

• 15+ years' experience in Programme Management within diverse, dynamic IT service environments.
• 10+ years managing complex programmes using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Demonstrable experience successfully leading and delivering large‑scale programmes within complex multi‑vendor environments, including managing delivery dependencies, commercial relationships, governance, and outcomes across multiple delivery partners.
• Strong commercial, financial, and contractual delivery governance skills.
• Proven experience in risk management, senior stakeholder engagement, and team leadership.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence at Executive and C‑suite level.
• High competency with project and programme management tools.
• Programme management qualifications such as PRINCE2, PMI, MSP, PgMP, PMP or equivalent.
• Agile principles certification such as PSM1, CSM, SAFe or equivalent.

Nice to have

• Certified Project Director (CPD) or related qualification.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, IT, or a related discipline.
• Scaled Agile (SAFe) certification, Lean and Facilitation qualifications.
• Experience applying Datacom's core values to foster growth and success.

Why join us here at Datacom?

Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand's largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have maintained a dynamic, agile, small‑business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size.

It's our people who give Datacom its unique culture and energy. From the moment you meet us, you'll see we're passionate about collaboration and doing great work. We care about our people and provide a range of benefits such as social events, chill‑out spaces, remote working, flexible hours, and professional development opportunities.

You'll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect with talented people, and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat‑structured environment.