- Position available across QLD, ACT, VIC, NSW
- Australian Citizenship Required

DFP Recruitment is seeking a Technical Delivery Manager to join a Federal Government client.

The Technical Delivery Manager will lead the delivery of complex backend and API initiatives within a large-scale enterprise environment. This role is responsible for driving Agile delivery outcomes, collaborating with business and technical stakeholders, managing priorities across multiple workstreams, and ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality digital services and integrations.

Key duties and responsibilities

- Managing multiple scrum teams in an Agile, DevOps environment.
- Facilitating the team's delivery workflow and promoting continuous improvement.
- Managing and prioritising the backlog in collaboration with the Project Manager, Product Owner and other key stakeholders, including consuming channel teams such as the mobile app.
- Maintaining the team momentum, identifying and removing blockers that inhibit progress.
- Working closely with project leads to prioritise, plan and report on work schedules.
- Managing project scope and timeline via sprint and release planning in line with wider organisational commitments
- Coordinating API changes with consuming teams, including versioning, deprecation and release sequencing with the mobile app and portals.
- Tracking the progress and performance of the team, finding and reporting any areas skills or knowledge gaps and making sure deadlines are achieved effectively




- Resource and capacity planning - Allocate and optimise technical resources to meet delivery timelines.
- Fostering a positive team culture that aligns with NDIA values and team goals.
- Helping to build a productive environment where team members have accountability for the product.
- Manage Incident and problem resolution for responsible services, working with other operations teams.
- Ability to manage and drive change initiatives across teams ensuring minimal disruption to ongoing operations.
- Manage competing priorities and strategic directions, with an ability to remain calm under pressure and respond flexibly to change and uncertainty
- Managing the governance, stage gates and reporting of the project against
- Agency frameworks and escalating concerns, as necessary
- Coaching team members in agile frameworks and scrum practices.

Essential criteria

- At least 3 years’ proven experience managing end to end technical project delivery, ensuring timelines and quality standards are met.
- Agile and Devops: At least 2 years’ practical experience as a scrum master facilitating the delivery of complex IT projects within a large and complex program using Agile methodologies (such as Scrum or Protected)




- Experience effectively managing competing priorities and strategic directions, with an ability to remain calm under pressure and respond flexibly to change and uncertainty.
- Proven ability to engage with business stakeholder and internal technical teams to align technical solutions with business goals and drive delivery.
- Proven experience managing and prioritising a product backlog in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Strong experience and understanding of testing strategies, automation and quality control measures to ensure robust solution delivery

Desirable criteria

- Experience working with and supporting teams who are adopting the use of AI tools to support workforce capability, productivity and team effectiveness.
- Experience with API technologies and enterprise integration patterns will be well regarded, plus experience with any of these technologies: CICD pipelines, building services on AWS Cloud platforms, git, Infrastructure as code, cyber security, and development and coding best practices.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications; and an industry recognised qualification in project management, such as PMP, Prince2, or SAFe Agile.
- Understanding of ITIL frameworks and service delivery processes

Applicants new to DFP may be asked to provide additional information including work rights status via a survey link – if requested, we ask that you provide this information in order to expedite your application.

DFP welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diver

📌 Manager Technical Delivery (Sydney)
🏢 Dfp Recruitment
📍 Sydney