We are currently seeking an experienced

Portfolio Hypercare Manager

to join our client, a leading Queensland energy organisation, and play a key role in a major technology transformation program.

Experience within energy, utilities, network operations, operational technology or another safety and reliability-focused environment is essential

The Opportunity: Working closely with the Portfolio Director, senior leadership team, project teams, operational stakeholders, IT support teams, vendors and business users, you will take ownership of the Hypercare function across multiple implementation waves.

You will establish and maintain a consistent Hypercare framework, ensuring teams are ready for go-live and that operational, technical and business issues are effectively managed through stabilisation and transition into business-as-usual support.

As the central point of coordination between business, technical and vendor teams, you will help minimize operational risk, improve user confidence and adoption, accelerate issue resolution and ensure successful handover into ongoing support.

Key responsibilities include:

Develop and maintain Portfolio-level Hypercare plans, schedules and support models for each go-live

Coordinate Hypercare readiness activities across project teams, operational stakeholders, IT support, training teams and vendors

Ensure support resources, tools, processes and escalation pathways are in place ahead of go-live

Lead the day-to-day execution of Hypercare across multiple implementation waves

Coordinate onsite, remote and vendor support resources

Facilitate Hypercare stand-ups,



operational reviews, triage discussions and decision forums

Oversee the triage, prioritisation, escalation and resolution of business, technical and operational issues

Coordinate Level 1, 2 and 3 support activities across internal teams and vendors

Manage key risks, issues, dependencies and service impacts throughout the Hypercare period

Develop and maintain Hypercare dashboards, reporting and performance insights

Provide regular updates and recommendations to senior leadership and governance forums

Define and assess Hypercare exit criteria

Coordinate operational handover and secure formal acceptance from business-as-usual support owners

Prepare close-out reporting, lessons learned and recommendations to improve future implementation waves

Drive continuous improvement across Hypercare processes, documentation, reporting and governance

About You:

Demonstrated experience coordinating post-go-live support, operational readiness, service transition or complex technology implementations

Solid experience leading multidisciplinary teams in complex delivery environments

Proven ability to establish operating rhythms, governance, reporting and escalation pathways

Strong experience across IT service management,



incident management, defect management and/or service transition

Ability to translate technical and operational information into clear actions and executive-level reporting

Experience coordinating vendors and working within defined support or service-level arrangements

Demonstrated experience managing Hypercare or post-go-live support for operational or safety-critical systems

Comfortable supporting cutover and early Hypercare periods, including after-hours, weekend and on-call requirements when required

Strong facilitation skills, with the ability to lead stand-ups, triage sessions, decision forums and stakeholder check-ins

A practical, calm and people-focused approach to supporting teams through operational change

Experience coordinating multiple overlapping releases or implementation waves will be highly regarded

Experience with adoption monitoring, training reinforcement and post-go-live change support will be advantageous

Relevant Project Management accreditation such as PRINCE2 or MSP

ITIL Foundation or equivalent IT service management accreditation

This role would suit a

Portfolio Hypercare Manager / Service Transition Manager / Operational Readiness Lead / Senior Technology Delivery professional

who enjoys bringing structure and calm to complex go-live environments and is confident coordinating technical teams, business stakeholders and vendors through the transition into BAU.

For more information, please reach out to Kris Hair from Sharp & Carter

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📌 Portfolio Hypercare Manager (Brisbane)
🏢 Agrifutures
📍 Brisbane