Position: Project Manager and Senior Project Manager – Talent Pool
Award: Health Manager Level 3 and Health Manager Level 4
Competitive salary packages: Commencing from $132,236 + super, commensurate with experience
Employment Type: Multiple Temporary Full-time opportunities up to 2029
* Opportunity to work from our modern Chatswood, St Leonards office
* Allocated day off per month, salary packaging, discounted fitness passport and more!
* Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day through digital innovation
Applications Close: 11:59pm, Friday 27th February 2026
About Us – Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR), NSW Health
Be part of the team leading the largest digital transformation in Australia's public health history. NSW Health's SDPR program is transforming the way patient care is delivered and experienced - creating a single, secure, holistic, and integrated view of patient information across the entire state.
By connecting every corner of the NSW public health system, this groundbreaking program empowers clinicians and care teams with real-time access to unified patient data - enabling safer, more transparent, and quality care for every person, anywhere.
About the Opportunity
The Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR) Program is entering a critical phase, with Tranche A moving into Go-Live - where years of planning and design translate into real-world clinical impact and transform how clinicians and patients access and use health information.
To support this and future milestones, we are establishing talent pools for the following positions within the newly formed Project Delivery Office (PDO) of the Single Digital Patient Record Implementation Authority (SDPRIA)
Project Manager (Health Manager Level 3)
* Attractive salary from $132,236 to $141,229 + 12% Super, commensurate with experience
* To find out more about this opportunity, view the Role Description.
Senior Project Manager (Health Manager Level 4)
* Attractive salary from $147,653 to $175,917 + 12% Super, commensurate with experience
* To find out more about this opportunity, view the Role Description.
In these roles, you will play a key role in delivering, adopting and optimising business, ICT and digital initiatives at scale. You'll drive end-to-end project delivery, working closely with clinical, technical and executive stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget and to quality standards. Senior Project Managers will also provide leadership, guidance and strategic oversight across complex and large-scale initiatives.
If you are motivated to apply your project management expertise to deliver meaningful, system-wide change at one of the most significant digital health transformations in NSW, we invite you to join our Project Management Talent Pool.
In this role you will:
* Lead the end-to-end delivery of clinical, digital and ICT projects within the SDPR program
* Plan and control project scope, schedules, resources, risks and dependencies
* Coordinate delivery across clinical, operational, technical and vendor teams
* Oversee cross-stream interdependencies to ensure alignment with program milestones
* Provide effective governance, reporting and engagement with executive stakeholders
* Deliver configuration, integration and implementation workstreams across the program
* Manage change impacts, issues and escalation pathways in complex environments
* Support smooth service transition from project delivery into business-as-usual operations
* Embed continuous improvement in project delivery practices, tools and standards
* Contribute to the delivery of multiple SDPR tranches and concurrent initiatives
About You
We are looking for someone who:
* Has proven experience delivering medium to large, complex projects in a large, multi-stakeholder organisation, ideally within health, government or a similarly regulated environment.
* Brings recognised Project Management qualifications (e.g. PRINCE2, PMBOK, Agile) or equivalent demonstrated experience delivering projects to scope, time, cost and quality.
* Is highly organised and outcomes-focused, with strong capability in managing competing priorities, risks and dependencies.
* Communicates with influence and credibility, building trust and effective partnerships across teams, directorates and agencies.
* Is committed to fostering a positive, performance-driven workplace culture and continuously improving project delivery practices.
* For Senior Project Manager roles, you bring extensive experience leading ICT/digital projects, with strong knowledge across ITIL disciplines such as Service Transition, Service Operation and Continual Service Improvement.
You will succeed in this role if you:
* Enjoy working in an environment where no two days are the same.
* Are motivated by tight deadlines and problem solving on the go.
* Can juggle multiple priorities while staying calm and outcome focused.
* Thrive when collaborating with others to deliver results in a fast-moving space.
Need more information?
* Check out our diversity and inclusion commitment
* Learn more about Single Digital Patient Record
Working at SDPR
Our people are at the heart of who we are. We support our people with great benefits so they can enrich health in millions of ways every day:
* Professional growth and career development
* Allocated day off per month
* Salary packaging
* Various health and wellbeing programs to support our team
How to apply
Share with us your cover letter and most up to date resume (up to 5 pages), highlighting your relevant skills and experience and answer the targeted question below.
Targeted Question – Please describe your experience delivering ICT and/or digital projects, including your involvement in clinical systems, enterprise platforms or service transitions, and how you have led and influenced project teams and stakeholders to deliver outcomes in complex environments.
We recognise that AI tools are increasingly being used to assist with resumes and applications. While we accept their use, we're eager to see your personality and get to know the person behind the application!
Role-specific enquiries: If you have any questions about the role, please contact the hiring manager Shemah Appleton via
General recruitment and adjustment enquiries: If you require assistance, have any questions about the recruitment or require adjustments to the recruitment/interview process, please contact Joe Lusaynon via
Additional information
* This role may require evening, night, weekend and/or shift work, in accordance with operational needs and Award provisions.
* This recruitment may be used to create a Talent Pool for similar future roles (ongoing or temporary) that may arise over the next 18 months.
* To be eligible for this role you must have current Australian work rights (Australian citizen, permanent resident, New Zealand citizen with a current passport, or hold a valid visa with permission to work in Australia).
* 'Exempt' is defined as a fixed term contract with a length greater than 13 weeks.
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