Senior Delivery Manager (Melbourne)

At AustralianSuper, we truly care about our colleagues. We know work and life are intertwined. That’s why we support the diverse needs of everyone and have policies that enable us all to thrive and be truly flexible. We ensure diversity is celebrated for the opportunity it provides us all to learn and grow and deliver better outcomes for members. We are dedicated to building a high‑performance environment underpinned by a strong risk culture, ensuring we deliver the best outcomes for our members. Your New Role We have a 12‑month max‑term contract role for a Senior Delivery Manager to join the newly formed Technology, Digital & Data team. The role is accountable for the end‑to‑end delivery of new products and enhancements for the assigned Data technology platforms. You will lead and deliver change for complex programmes & projects impacting the platforms, whilst maintaining cadence for ongoing BAU change on the platforms in alignment with BAU resource allocations. Reporting to the Senior Manager, this role sits within the Data Services Engineering team and is key to leading primarily Data and AI initiatives in partnership with domain stakeholders to deliver value in an iterative fashion. The successful candidate will have proven experience in hands‑on Delivery Management of highly technical Data projects whilst also being able to ideate, shape and manage expectations with stakeholders. Equally, critical to success is an understanding of Agile ways of working and adopting a continuous delivery mindset in shaping use cases, prioritising and delivering with transparency and efficiency. Key Responsibilities
- Drive demand management, promoting early engagement with Enterprise Technology to assess technology impacts, dependencies and do‑ability.
- Manage the facilitation of technology costs and timeframe estimates for input to business case and/or lean canvas.
- Pro‑actively engage to create, prioritise, maintain, and manage backlog within the portfolio, showcasing scrum mastery and management of agile ceremonies.
- Utilise consistent agile practices across the portfolio to help shift the team from delivering technical outcomes to business value.
- Partner closely with Technology teams to orchestrate technology outcomes in line with defined priorities. What You’ll Need
- Deep experience managing highly complex technology projects and/or portfolio management, including applications and infrastructure experience.
- Strong experience in delivering initiatives utilising agile techniques and waterfall.
- Strategic thinking with proven experience in leading high‑profile projects.
- Resilient, engaging and passionate about motivating employees to drive exceptional business and individual performance, and an ability to lead and motivate cross‑functional, multi‑disciplinary teams.
- Developed stakeholder relationship skills, including ability to initiate, maintain and develop relationships with staff from all levels of the Fund.
- High level facilitation skills and capable management of group dynamics that lead to the effective facilitation, guidance and negotiation of successful outcomes.
- Commercially astute, with robust financial management, supplier management and negotiation skills.
- Keen interest and ability to explore emerging and formed advanced technologies such as AI and modern Data Warehousing.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related degree.
- Agile certification such as Scaled Agile. Life at AustralianSuper AustralianSuper is committed to colleague development, and we support our people with ongoing learning, coaching and training, as well as career opportunities across our expanding global organisation. We offer generous leave entitlements and promote a blended working environment in which all roles can flex, and we're happy to discuss what this looks like for you. We cultivate a workplace that champions safety, respect, inclusiveness and diversity. We are committed to supporting our diverse workforce in a way that is inclusive and embraces diversity in all its forms. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or the role, please let our recruitment team know. What's Next Apply now, if you share our values of Energy, Integrity, Generosity of Spirit and Excellent Outcomes and would like the opportunity to work in a challenging, growing and rapidly evolving team to deliver outstanding results. Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent residency status is required. Progress powered by purpose. Agencies please note: this vacancy is being managed directly by AustralianSuper's Talent Acquisition team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional support. Thank you. Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at AustralianSuper by 2x. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rrajt