Program Director - Point of Sales Transformation

About the Company

Our client is a national retailer with a large store network across Australia. They are replacing their point of sales platform nationally and require an experienced Program Director on a 6 month daily rate contract to lead it.

About the Role

Candidates must have hands‑on experience leading a point of sale transformation in a multi‑site retail environment. This is non‑negotiable.

Benefits

- Own a high profile, business-critical program end to end, from vendor selection through to national rollout
- Genuine executive and steering committee visibility
- Broad scope spanning delivery, vendor and SI management, integration, and store readiness
- 6 month daily rate contract

Duties / Key Responsibilities

- Own end to end delivery of a national POS replacement across the store network, from vendor selection and design through build, pilot, and phased rollout, on time and on budget
- Lead a blended team of internal IT, retail operations, systems integrator, and vendor resources, setting governance, cadence, and clear accountability across every workstream
- Partner with Retail Ops, Finance, Supply Chain, and Digital to ensure the new platform integrates cleanly with ERP,



inventory, payments, and ecommerce, and supports a consistent omnichannel customer experience
- Drive store readiness and change, including training, cutover planning, hypercare, and rollout sequencing that minimises trading disruption in peak and non‑peak periods
- Report to the executive and steering committee on progress, risk, spend, and benefits realisation, making hard calls and escalating early

Skills and Experience

- Proven delivery of a point of sale transformation or replacement program in a multi‑site retail environment
- Significant, demonstrable experience in Program Management across vendor selection, build, pilot, and national rollout
- Experience managing systems integrators and vendors alongside internal teams
- Strong understanding of how POS integrates with ERP, inventory, payments, and ecommerce platforms
- Experience leading store readiness, training, cutover, and hypercare at scale
- Demonstrated ability to engage and influence stakeholders at Executive and Steering Committee level
- Solid commercial judgement across budget, risk, and benefits realisation

📌 Program Director (Sydney)
🏢 Allura Partners
📍 Sydney