Director, Technical Program Management

Aristocrat; Nevada; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Aristocrat is seeking a Director of Technical Program Management to shape strategic planning, governance, and delivery across the enterprise. This role drives maturity, standardization, and executive reporting while balancing structure and agility to achieve measurable business outcomes.

You will lead a high-performing team, collaborate with cross-functional partners, and advance the delivery operating model, ensuring data quality and efficient, scalable workflows across complex initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Technical Program Management, PMO, Delivery Excellence, or related enterprise roles.
• 5+ years leading enterprise delivery governance and PMO capability functions.
• Proven track record improving delivery maturity via standards and measurement.
• Deep understanding of delivery methodologies and lifecycle management.
• Experience implementing enterprise delivery platforms and dashboards.
• Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and executive engagement.
• Ability to influence without direct authority in evolving environments.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field; PMP/SAFe/MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the enterprise delivery operating model with governance standards and rhythms.
• Lead delivery maturity by assessing practices, closing gaps, and driving improvements.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to drive adoption of standards, tools, and reporting.
• Define strategy for enterprise reporting, insights, and executive dashboards.
• Lead platform lifecycle management including enhancements, migrations, and retirement.
• Identify opportunities to simplify workflows and improve data quality and automation.
• Build and lead a Delivery Excellence team with clear priorities and standards.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Executive engagement

Leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

M365

Jira

Power BI

Job description

At Aristocrat, we are committed to delivering world-class gaming experiences that bring happiness to millions of people globally. We are seeking a Director, Technical Program Management to help shape how strategic work is planned, governed, measured, and delivered across the enterprise. This role leads the evolution of our delivery operating model, establishing scalable governance, execution standards, and operating rhythms that improve how complex initiatives are delivered.

You will build the standards and structures that enable teams to execute consistently, drive adoption across the organization, and provide senior leaders with trusted data and insights that support confident decision-making. Beyond process, this role improves organizational delivery maturity, strengthens reporting integrity, and champions modern, efficient ways of working.

The ideal candidate brings a strong mix of enterprise delivery leadership, governance, operational excellence, change enablement, and executive presence, with a proven ability to balance structure and agility while delivering measurable business outcomes.

What You'll Do

• Own and evolve the enterprise delivery operating model, including governance standards, delivery lifecycle expectations, decision rights, operating rhythms, and execution practices across strategic initiatives.
• Lead organizational delivery maturity by assessing current practices, closing capability gaps, and driving continuous improvement across processes, tools, data, and ways of working.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to drive adoption of delivery standards, tools, reporting practices, and governance expectations, supported by clear enablement materials, training, and feedback loops.
• Define the strategy for enterprise delivery reporting, insights, and executive dashboards that support prioritization, planning, governance, and decision-making.
• Lead platform lifecycle management, including enhancements, integrations, migrations, adoption, and retirement of legacy solutions.
• Identify opportunities to simplify workflows, reduce manual effort, improve data quality, and strengthen automation and operational efficiency.
• Build and lead a high-performing Delivery Excellence team, setting priorities, expectations, quality standards, and a culture of continuous improvement.

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years in Technical Program Management, PMO, Delivery Excellence, Business Operations, or related enterprise functions.
• 5+ years leading enterprise delivery governance, operating model development, reporting, tooling, or PMO capability functions.
• Demonstrated success improving organizational delivery maturity through standards, processes, enablement, measurement, and continuous improvement.
• Strong understanding of delivery methodologies, portfolio and program management practices, lifecycle management, and operational excellence.
• Experience implementing, governing, or modernizing enterprise delivery platforms, reporting ecosystems, and dashboards.
• Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and executive engagement skills.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and bring structure and clarity to ambiguous, evolving environments.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Business, Engineering, Technology, Operations, or a related field.
• Preferred: experience with M365, Jira, Power BI, or comparable platforms, and certifications such as PMP, SAFe, Lean Six Sigma, or an MBA.

This job description may have been reviewed and enhanced using AI-assisted tools to improve clarity, consistency, and inclusivity. All final content, role requirements and hiring decisions remain subject to human review and approval by Aristocrat.

Compensation Philosophy

We offer a comprehensive pay and benefits package designed to stay competitive in the market, support your wellbeing, and recognise your contribution to our success. Our approach is underpinned by a pay-for-performance belief in rewarding individual impact. Your specific compensation package will be determined by factors such as your skills, experience, qualifications, and location.

Depending on your role and location, you may be eligible for annual bonuses and incentives, health and wellbeing benefits, paid time off, retirement plans, insurance coverage, and other local or statutory benefits.

Specific details about compensation and benefits for this position will be discussed during the recruitment process.