Profectus is seeking an experienced Program Director to lead a multi-year registry modernisation program within an Australian Government agency. The program spans more than 20 projects across three workstreams and around 350 people, and is replacing an ADABAS/Natural mainframe, Siebel CRM and Lotus Notes environment with Dynamics 365, OutSystems/.NET, Databricks, Boomi, AWS and Azure. The work covers program leadership, steering committee and assurance reporting, financial and advantages management, and building the agency's own program leadership capability.
Key Responsibilities
Provide overall program leadership in support of the Senior Responsible Officer across three workstreams and more than 20 projects
Oversee integrated plans, business cases, finances, benefits and resourcing
Lead reporting to and engagement with the Program Steering Committee and external governance and assurance bodies
Identify and treat risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies (RAID) early and drive corrective action
Lead and develop workstream leads and project managers, and manage overall program staffing
Work as one team with agency executives and other delivery partners across engineering, data, product and change
Make sure legislative, policy and regulatory decisions remain with the agency and are escalated appropriately
Coach agency program leaders and build succession for key leadership roles
Establish program leadership practices,



playbooks and forums the agency can sustain after partner exit
Track and report capability uplift and dependency reduction against agreed transition criteria
Required Experience
15+ years in program delivery
Leading large technology-enabled business transformation programs ($50m+ or 200+ people)
Leading programs in the Australian Public Service or a regulated environment at SES-facing level
Recovering or stabilising complex programs and restoring stakeholder confidence
Financial, schedule and benefits management across multi-year funding cycles
Delivery in hybrid agile and waterfall environments
Executive communication, influence and steering committee management
Legislative or regulatory reform programs, registries or licensing systems
Legacy-to-cloud modernisation, including mainframe to modern platforms
MSP, PRINCE2, SAFe or equivalent certification
Security Clearance Requirements
Must be an Australian Citizen
Must have a current AGSVA Baseline Security Clearance (minimum)
Working Arrangements
Onsite at client premises
Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane or Traralgon (VIC)
Why Profectus
Profectus partners with Australian Government agencies to deliver trusted ICT capability across complex delivery programs. We take a long term, relationship driven approach, supporting our people across the full lifecycle of their engagement while contributing to outcomes of national importance.
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📌 Program Director (Canberra)
🏢 Profectus
📍 Canberra