Senior Project Manager - Enterprise Service Transition

Aspirante is partnering with Queensland Government's Child Safety Department to appoint an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the transition of a major enterprise platform from remediation into stable, sustainable and business-owned operations.

Reporting to the Executive Director, you will establish the governance, operating model, roadmap and service arrangements needed to move the platform from project-led delivery into BAU.

The Role

Working across business, technology, operational and vendor teams, you will:

- Develop and manage the BAU transition roadmap.
- Establish governance forums, decision pathways and executive reporting.
- Coordinate readiness assessments, assurance activities and transition gates.
- Maintain a prioritised roadmap covering remediation, releases, defects and system dependencies.
- Clarify business ownership, accountabilities and service support arrangements.
- Implement the future operating model and sustainable BAU planning cycles.
- Monitor service health, incidents, risks, user experience and performance.
- Develop practical dashboards, benefits measures and continuous improvement processes.
- Coordinate workforce transition, capability uplift and knowledge transfer.
- Manage senior stakeholders, multidisciplinary teams and external vendors.

Aspirante is partnering with Queensland Government's Child Safety Department to appoint an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the transition of a major enterprise platform from remediation into stable, sustainable and business-owned operations.

Reporting to the Executive Director, you will establish the governance, operating model, roadmap and service arrangements needed to move the platform from project-led delivery into BAU.

The Role

Working across business, technology, operational and vendor teams, you will:

- Develop and manage the BAU transition roadmap.
- Establish governance forums,



decision pathways and executive reporting.
- Coordinate readiness assessments, assurance activities and transition gates.
- Maintain a prioritised roadmap covering remediation, releases, defects and system dependencies.
- Clarify business ownership, accountabilities and service support arrangements.
- Implement the future operating model and sustainable BAU planning cycles.
- Monitor service health, incidents, risks, user experience and performance.
- Develop practical dashboards, benefits measures and continuous improvement processes.
- Coordinate workforce transition, capability uplift and knowledge transfer.
- Manage senior stakeholders, multidisciplinary teams and external vendors.

About You

You will be a senior Project, Program or Transition Manager with demonstrated experience moving complex enterprise systems from project delivery into BAU.

You will bring:

- Proven project-to-BAU or service-transition experience.
- Experience with enterprise application remediation or stabilisation.
- Strong operating model, governance and assurance capability.
- Experience establishing business ownership and accountability structures.
- Robust executive, operational and technical stakeholder management skills.
- Experience developing roadmaps, prioritisation processes and readiness assessments.
- Knowledge of service performance, continuous improvement and benefits tracking.
- Experience managing vendors, workforce transition and capability uplift.
- A track record delivering within complex, regulated or risk-sensitive environments.

Queensland Government or broader public-sector experience will be highly regarded.

This is an opportunity to shape the long-term success of a major departmental platform and establish the structures, ownership and capability needed for sustainable service delivery.

Location: Brisbane CBD

Contract period: 31/08/2026 to 30/06/2027, + possibility for an extension

Applications close: COB Wednesday, 12 August 2026

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📌 Senior Project Manager - Enterprise Service Transition (Queensland)
🏢 Aspirante
📍 Queensland