eResearch Program Delivery Manager

Location: ACT, SA, VIC
Contract: 12 month contract with 2 x 6 Months extension
Eligibility: Must be able to obtain Negative Vetting Level 1

Are you a skilled Program Delivery Manager with a passion for digital science and scientific computing solutions? This is your opportunity to lead high-impact eResearch initiatives supporting the advancement of scientific and technological capability. As an eResearch Program Delivery Manager, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the planning, execution, and management of complex projects that drive innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Program Leadership: Lead the planning, execution, and monitoring of eResearch programs, ensuring successful delivery of S&T capability through Digital Science and Scientific Computing solutions.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and researchers to define program scope, deliverables, resources, and schedules.
• Budget and Resource Management: Oversee program financials, including securing and allocating resources, monitoring spend, and making necessary adjustments to stay within budget.
• Team Leadership: Guide multiple eResearch project managers, ensuring successful delivery of program goals and outcomes. Foster collaboration between internal and external teams.
• Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate program risks and issues, ensuring overall program integrity and quality assurance.
• Change Management: Partner with organizational change managers to develop and implement effective communication and change management artefacts to support program delivery.
• Governance Compliance: Apply agreed-upon frameworks to ensure solutions are defined, developed, and managed in a consistent, governed manner.

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Proven Leadership: A strong track record of successfully leading projects and programs to completion on-time, on-schedule, and within budget.
• Methodology Expertise: Familiar with Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and other project management methodologies with the ability to tailor approaches to the needs of each program.
• Analytical Problem-Solving: Ability to think creatively and analytically to solve complex problems and make informed, decisive decisions in a dynamic environment.
• Strong Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication, including presenting to executive sponsors and engaging with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels.
• Organisational Excellence: Strong organisational skills with experience leading, motivating, and managing diverse teams while holding them accountable for results.
• Experience with Budget Management: Proficiency in managing project budgets, financial resources, and third-party contributions.

Essential Criteria:

• Experience in presenting to executive sponsors and communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven organisational and leadership skills in managing teams and ensuring performance accountability.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall) and the ability to apply them as needed.
• Demonstrated success in leading projects/programs to be on-time, on-budget, and with positive outcomes.
• Experience working creatively and analytically to resolve business problems, identify priorities, and make decisions.

For more information or for a confidential discussion, please contact Lorena Orp at or alternatively please APPLY NOW!

About Ignite:

At Ignite, we pride ourselves on being a leading recruitment agency in Australia, providing temporary, contract, and permanent recruitment services at all levels of seniority for businesses in both the public and private sectors. Our expertise spans various industries, including IT and Digital, Government, Business support, Engineering, and Information Management recruitment.

We have an enviable track record of being a top 10 recruitment supplier to the federal government and have built strong client relationships over the past four decades. Our extensive talent database, with over 870,000 candidate records, combined with our national resource centre, means we deliver effective and efficient recruitment services. Ignite is dedicated to delivering exceptional recruitment across Australia’s public and private sectors.

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