Programme Director

Datacom; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Employee Assistance Program (DataCare)

Learning & career development

Employee discounts

Job summary

Datacom is seeking a Programme Director to own a major enterprise programme end-to-end, reporting to senior leaders and driving delivery excellence across multiple workstreams.

You will unite strategic clarity, technology leadership, and commercial discipline to achieve outcomes at scale, with executive-level engagement and a strong delivery rhythm.

Qualifications

• 15+ years' experience in Programme Management in IT services.

Responsibilities

• Set programme goals aligned to organisational objectives.
• Lead programme planning, structuring, and delivery governance.
• Manage complex multi-platform delivery environments with senior stakeholders.
• Oversee schedules, budgets, risks, and resources to align with contracts.
• Facilitate organisational change management to achieve business benefits.
• Mentor Programme Managers across multiple workstreams.
• Drive stakeholder communications, reporting, and delivery documentation.
• Support pre-sales activities, bid development, and future programme strategy.
• Ensure programmes align with Datacom's priorities, risk frameworks, and delivery standards.

Skills

Programme leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Agile & Waterfall

Governance & budgeting

Risk management

Executive communication

PM tools proficiency

PRINCE2/PMI certified

SAFe / Agile certs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/IT or related

CPD or related qualification

Tools

MS Project

Job description

About us

At Datacom, we combine technology, expertise, and talented people to help organisations thrive in a rapidly changing world. As one of Australasia's leading technology providers, we work with customers across industries to solve real-world problems and deliver meaningful outcomes.

Description

At Datacom, we combine technology, expertise, and talented people to help organisations thrive in a rapidly changing world. As one of Australasia's leading technology providers, we work with customers across industries to solve real-world problems and deliver meaningful outcomes. Whether we're supporting governments, enterprise organisations, or growing businesses, we're committed to creating meaningful outcomes for our customers, communities, and each other.

About The Role

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

• 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.

Culture And Benefits

Join a team where you'll be supported to grow your career, prioritise your wellbeing, and make a genuine impact. From industry-leading learning and development opportunities to parental leave, wellbeing support, and employee benefits, we're committed to helping our people thrive both professionally and personally. We're passionate about creating a workplace where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to do their best work. Whether you're developing new skills, tackling complex challenges, or collaborating with some of the best minds in the industry, you'll be part of a team that values curiosity, innovation, inclusion, and making a genuine difference.

Why you will love working here

• Paid parental leave


• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (DataCare)


• Ongoing learning, certifications, and career development opportunities


• Access to industry-leading learning platforms and future skills training


• Recognition programmes that celebrate great work


• Great employee discounts and financial wellbeing benefits
  
• Meaningful work that makes a real impact