About the Role
Lead the successful delivery of a portfolio of initiatives, ensuring outcomes align with business strategy and deliver measurable value. Oversee planning, execution, governance, financial management, and stakeholder engagement for on-time, within-budget, and high-quality delivery.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of initiatives, ensuring effective prioritization, dependency management, and proactive resolution of risks and issues.
- Provide delivery leadership and strategic advice on delivery approaches, governance, reporting, and execution best practices.
- Drive portfolio planning, estimation, and sequencing activities to maintain a sustainable delivery pipeline aligned with business priorities.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with delivery teams, business stakeholders, senior leaders, and external partners.
- Lead, coach, and develop Project Managers and Business Analysts, fostering accountability and delivery excellence.
- Ensure consistent application of delivery frameworks, governance standards, and controls, with clear reporting on delivery performance.
- Optimize resource capacity and capability across the portfolio to meet delivery commitments and manage future demand.
- Champion continuous improvement and industry-leading delivery practices, identifying trends and opportunities to enhance organizational performance.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in Delivery Lead, Program Manager, Senior Project Manager, or equivalent roles leading complex technology, transformation, or enterprise delivery initiatives.
- Proven experience delivering portfolios, programs, or projects end-to-end, with accountability for scope, schedule, budget, governance, risk, and business outcomes.
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex stakeholder environments, influencing senior leaders and driving alignment across business, technology, and external partners.
- Experience leading and developing delivery teams, including Project Managers and Business Analysts, while fostering a high-performance and continuous improvement culture.
- Strong track record in portfolio planning, dependency management, resource optimization, and delivery reporting.
- Knowledge of payments, banking, financial services, or technology environments, including relevant operational, regulatory, and industry considerations.
Skills
- Delivery leadership
- Portfolio management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Risk management
- Issue resolution
- Financial management
- Governance
- Team leadership
- Coaching
- Continuous improvement
- Agile methodologies
Location
- Australia
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
About the Company
- Australian Payments Plus (AP+) is shaping the future of payments in Australia, aiming to deliver more innovation to the payments ecosystem for the benefit of businesses, government, and consumers.
- Our solutions include Australia’s domestic debit network, real-time payments infrastructure, secure bill payments, digital identity verification, QR payments, and open wallet solutions.
- We believe in the power of passion, pride, and purpose, driven by a shared mission to make a difference in the world of payments.
Equal Opportunity
- We want to remove all barriers to inclusion so if you need advice or support with your application, we’re here to help. Please reach out to recruitment@auspayplus.com.au We also encourage you to let us know your pronouns at any point during the recruitment process.
