Apply: Program Director

Reference: BH-166505
Our client a leading NSW Government Department are looking for a Program Director to join their team on a 6 month initial contract with potential for extension.

The role involves driving  and managing  the delivery of safe, successful and compliant programs on time, on budget, to specified scope and maintain a reliable efficient passenger train service.

This is a senior appointment that requires experience in Transformational change in a unionised environment, along with strong leadership and management skills, ideally in a civil infrastructure or rail environment.

Key accountabilities:
  • Model good leadership, visible commitment and promotion of program to inspire direction and delivery, develop people, and drive change through whole program and project lifecycle.
  • Work with all Stakeholders to identify roles to support the delivery of the Program strategy including the IR strategy and consultation plans. In particular working closely with Workplace Relations, Communications, People and Change and technical specialists and engaging working groups.
  • Develop and manage the delivery of large scale multiple complex programs, building flexibility and commerciality into the program management and approach to ensure that the program can be clearly tracked for budget, schedule, resourcing, critical points of impact, cross over, sequencing, overall progress and the timely delivery of program outcomes
  • Lead transformational change to both internal and external stakeholders with potential resistance to change as well as structural and cultural change together with industrial risks and issues
  • Identify and coordinate program interdependencies, risks, variations and issues
  • Drive effective governance, develop operating plans and coordinate interface solutions
  • Coordinate and manage the Operational Integration activities required for the Program.
Key knowledge and experience:
  • Relevant tertiary qualifications in engineering, business management, built environment or demonstrated substantial industry experience in the delivery of major large-scale transport infrastructure related fields.
  • Qualification in Program Management, change management or equivalent practical experience
For further information on this role or to confidentially apply, please contact Lauren Atkinson on 02 8227 9200 or apply directly via the Apply for this job button. Only WORD FORMAT resumes will be accepted.
Company Background:

Ethos BeathChapman (EBC) is a global group of executive recruitment experts in Australia, Asia and EMEA, with a broader network beyond. We connect exceptional people to exceptional companies.

EBC’s mid-sized agility and solutions-focused approach enables us to flex where traditional recruitment agencies have failed, and scale beyond the reach of boutiques. Our multidisciplinary expertise covers corporate and specialised functions across Finance, Technology, Commerce and Government recruitment markets, among others.

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