Senior Technical Project Manager

Job Description

Seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager with experience in delivering technical large mission critical systems.

The department

The need for a connected healthcare system is greater than ever. Better use of data and technology is helping people live healthier lives with greater control and access to important health information. Since 1 July 2016 an organisation has been working to improve outcomes through digitalsystems and a national digital strategy. Their focus is on engagement innovation clinical quality and safety aiming to make data and technology beneficial for patients consumers and healthcare professional

Job details

The role of the Senior Project Manager is to manage the endtoend delivery of large systems delivery projects that are part of the Agencies modernisation agenda. The Senior Project Manager will create and manage detailed integrated project plans to plan and track project delivery lead and manage the technical scope and design align dependencies and deliverables and minimise risk. The position informs the appropriate Agency Governance by providing timely updates on the project and escalate dependencies risks and issues with appropriate mitigation strategy.

Key duties and responsibilities

This role will require a Senior Project Manager with technical experience in managing the delivery of complex systems solutions and modernisation enhancement and transformation projects with many complex dependencies. The Senior Project Manager role will include (but not be limited to) responsibility for the following

1. 1. • End to end management and delivery of technical projects from the requirements through design build testing and implementation and handing over to the operations team.
      • Exceptional stakeholder management across different levels internally and externally in a multivendor environment
      • Strong technical leadership and management to understand analyse and critique the technical aspects of the solution being delivered clearly communicate risks and issues and represent constraints and dependencies in the project delivery timelines and critical path.
      • Identify and communicate impact of dependencies on wider technology roadmap.

Align to the Agencies governance and project delivery processes working in and adapting both waterfall and agile methodologies as required for successful and efficient delivery.

Technical skills:

• Technical delivery of large mission critical systems.
• Implementation of large Oracle database solutions
• Delivering complete solution software & systems development technical products services & solutions infrastructure and operations.
• Working in a complex technical multivendor environment with experience of management and leading the delivery across all parties
• Complex dependency management identifying mapping and managing key project dependencies liaising and communicating with any dependent projects across the Agency on project delivery status such as slippage risks/issues etc.
• Working in multi cloud environments for example Azure OCI AWS etc.
• Detailed understanding experience and leadership of projects following the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Exceptional technical project management abilities.
• Strong governance focus and stakeholder management communication and guiding at senior exec level.
• Superior understanding & consistent application of project management competencies including scope time cost quality HR communications cost risk procurement and integration.
• Strong conceptual abilities coupled with a strong knowledge of the organisations business requirements.
• Effective leadership and people management skills coupled with skills in communicating with end users.
• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking skills.
• Sound understanding of the Agencys project governance framework.
• High level interpersonal issue resolution and change management skills.

Contract: 12 Months Contract with 2 x 12 months extension options

Security Required: Must have a Baseline Security Clearance required

Location ACT NSW QLD and Hybrid

How to Apply

Please upload your resume to apply. Candidates will need to be willing to undergo preemployment screening checks which may include ID and work rights security clearance verification and any other client requested checks

Closing date: Sunday 27 April 2025 by 9am Canberra time

Call Joanne Finchett onor email for any further information