Manager Program Delivery

• $168,512.00 per annum + 12% superannuation


• Full Time, ongoing position


• Wadawurrung/Geelong based role (Hybrid work from home – 3 days a week in office)

Purpose  

The Manager Program Delivery is accountable for the execution of the technology projects particularly in the health and safety domain. A number of projects related to licensing, field operations, myworksafe portal are executed during given Financial Year. The Manager Program Delivery is accountable for the successful delivery of these projects and requires deep understanding of both technology and business change impacts, with demonstrated capability to manage blended delivery approaches across waterfall and agile methodologies and strong understanding of business change impacts.

The Manager Program Delivery will collaborate with peers at an Executive level across relevant programs within Strategic Delivery and key stakeholders within the business to ensure sequenced delivery of the business solutions to enable the Strategic outcomes. This role is expected to engage, manage and influence internal and external stakeholders ranging from project teams and vendors, through to Executive level to support the successful delivery of their part of the Program.

Key accountabilities 

• Lead the planning and delivery of an integrated roadmap of strategic initiatives, in partnership with Executive leaders and Strategic Delivery stakeholders, executing on deliverables that underpin the WorkSafe’s Strategic Plan. With clear business change management and adoption strategies integrated throughout delivery


• Establish and maintain clear line of sight from project deliverables to intended business benefits and outcomes, with measurable success criteria, benefits realisation planning, and post-implementation reviews to validate value delivery and inform continuous improvement


• Lead, empower, coach and support a multidisciplinary team within a matrix delivery environment to ensure that planning and scoping decisions are aligned to support delivery of the program in accordance with WorkSafe’s enterprise architecture


• Negotiate with and influence leaders and executives within key business areas and across Strategic Delivery to ensure successful outcomes for the approved projects in Health and Safety Domain


• Working with Senior leadership establish and maintain vendor governance and performance management frameworks, ensuring clear accountability for deliverables, scope management and commercial outcomes aligned to SOW/PO’s


• Build sustainable internal capability through structured knowledge transfer, skills development and structured transition from vendor and contractor dependency, ensuring Worksafe retains Intellectual property and institutional knowledge


• Provide leadership, specialist technical advice and guidance to delivery teams to support successful program delivery, contributing to fostering a positive and collaborative team culture

Please ensure you click here to view the Position Description here for additional information on accountabilities for this role.

About you

You hold extensive experience (minimum of 10 years), managing programs within large and complex organisations with demonstrated experience managing end-to-end technology programs where business change, user adoption and operational readiness are critical success factors, not just technical delivery. Additionally, you will also possess:

• Proven confidence in verbal communication with the successful ability to deal with people at all levels of an organisation, including liaising with a wide range of diverse stakeholders


• Experience operating matrixed delivery environments with demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and navigate complex stakeholder dynamics


• Extensive program and project lifecycle experience understanding the planning and delivery of projects in their entirety


• Proven capability across blended delivery methodologies (waterfall, agile, hybrid), with pragmatic application of appropriate approaches based on initiative characteristics, organisational readiness and risk profile


• High level of written and oral communication skills with excellent attention to detail in written work


• High competency in scheduling & dependency mapping


• Demonstrated experience in vendor management

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualifications, preferably at a post graduate level


• Accreditation in PRINCE2, PMBOK, Agile or related project methodology disciplines


• Technology platform experience (e.g., Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, enterprise integration) beneficial but not essential – Priority given to delivery leadership and business change over technology specialisation

Working with Us

At WorkSafe, we aspire for every employee to feel connected, safe and valued in their team, for teams to feel valued in the workplace, and for WorkSafe to be valued in the community.

We believe that a diverse workforce is the key to delivering the best outcomes for the Victorian community and strongly encourage applications from all people, including First Nations people and people with disability, diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, sexualities and genders. 

What’s next?

Applications close 11:00pm on Thursday 26th February 2026. Click the link to apply and join us in making a difference to Victorian lives.

Only applications submitted via the WorkSafe Careers website will be considered.

Preferred candidates will be required to satisfactorily complete a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and/or other checks as required for the position as part of the recruitment process.

Eligibility for ongoing employment with WorkSafe Victoria requires Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency.

Due to the volume of applications received, individualised feedback will only be provided to candidates who progress to interview stage.

To ensure a fair and open recruitment process, we request that you complete your written application and any online interviews without the use of AI tools. We want to understand your professional skills, experience and capabilities. We acknowledge that candidates may choose to use AI as part of background research.

For further enquiries please contact Talent Acquisition Specialist – Rebecca McPherson via email on [email protected]