Program Delivery Manager (Operational Readiness) (Brisbane City)

Program Delivery Manager (Operational Readiness) Req. Id: 11505 Date: 28 May 2026 Location: Brisbane, QLD, AU, 4000 Company: Queensland Rail Queensland Rail is a leading railway operator committed to safety, reliability and innovation. We are seeking a Program Delivery Manager to lead operational readiness for a portfolio of externally delivered mega rail projects. About this role As Program Delivery Manager (Operational Readiness), you will lead a team of operational readiness professionals responsible for planning, coordinating, and integrating readiness activities across a portfolio of mega rail projects. You will maintain program controls, align readiness inputs with delivery milestones, and partner with senior internal and external stakeholders to ensure seamless transition of new infrastructure into safe, reliable operations. This is a permanent full‑time position based in our Brisbane CBD office. Key responsibilities
- Deliver integration and operational readiness activities across defined projects, workstreams or configuration state transitions.
- Establish and maintain program controls for allocated scope including schedule, resourcing, risks, issues, dependencies and quality.
- Coordinate and integrate integration inputs from operations, maintenance, safety, assurance, access planning, fleet and depots, training, customer, ICT and asset management.
- Manage delivery interfaces with internal stakeholders and external delivery partners for assigned projects or configuration states.
- Review, consolidate and prepare project deliverables required for configuration state transitions, such as procedures, operational instructions, readiness artefacts and evidence packs.
- Support Railway Configuration Change (RCC) governance by coordinating inputs, consolidating evidence and tracking conditions, actions and commitments for assigned configuration states.
- Contribute to integrated planning and sequencing by supporting the Delivery Manager Network Transition with insight into upcoming configuration states, delivery impacts, constraints and readiness risks within allocated scope. What you can bring to the role
- High level of skill in end‑to‑end delivery of complex program and project workstreams.
- High level of skill in applying program control disciplines to maintain delivery confidence, including managing schedule, risk, dependencies, competing priorities and performance visibility across assigned scope.
- High level of skill in enabling operational readiness through effective inputs across multiple business areas and operational stakeholders.
- High level of skill in stakeholder engagement and influencing.
- High level of skill in clear, structured written and verbal communication. Benefits
- Highly competitive salary plus 12.75% super.
- Prospect to be part of megaprojects once in a generation.
- In a rail industry leader with a collaborative and engaged workplace.
- Genuine work‑life balance.
- Free City train travel to and from work and access to other free or discounted SEQ rail travel.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing holistic and contemporary health and wellbeing programmes. We are committed to a barrier‑free recruitment process and work environment. If you require any accommodations to participate fully in our recruitment experience, please let us know. Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rqaqc