Program Director

Permanent Opportunity

Sydney | Hybrid

Prospect

- We are partnering with a global financial services organisation seeking an experienced Program Director to provide strategic oversight across a portfolio of major Australian client programs.
- This is a senior leadership position responsible for overseeing approximately five significant client portfolios/programs simultaneously, each containing complex business, technology and operational delivery.
- The role requires someone who understands complex financial services delivery, can challenge experienced Program and Delivery Leads, and is equally comfortable operating with senior internal executives and client stakeholders.

Responsibilities

- Provide strategic oversight across approximately five major client programs and portfolios.
- Work closely with individual Program Directors and Delivery Leads to ensure programs remain aligned to agreed outcomes, milestones and client commitments.
- Maintain a consolidated view of delivery health, risks, dependencies, resources and priorities across the portfolio.




- Identify issues that cut across individual programs and intervene where additional leadership or escalation is required.
- Challenge delivery teams constructively and ensure appropriate action is taken when programs begin to move off track.
- Support Program Directors with major escalations, client challenges and critical delivery decisions.

Experience

- Extensive experience as a Program Director, Portfolio Director, Head of Programs or senior Delivery Executive.
- Experience working within an Investment, Superannuation and/or Wealth Management environment.
- Proven experience overseeing multiple large-scale programs concurrently.
- Deep understanding of complex, multi-year financial services transformation programs.
- Strong portfolio governance, risk, dependency and financial management capability.
- Experience managing and influencing senior Program Directors and Delivery Leads.
- Strong executive and client-facing stakeholder management capability.
- The ability to quickly identify where a program is genuinely struggling and determine the appropriate intervention.

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