Reference no: 498479
Work type: Continuing - Full Time
Location: Wagga Wagga
Categories: Management
* Take ownership of a high-profile program with strategic influence
* Work across sectors: tertiary, industry and government
* Relocation support to regional NSW
The role
* Full Time, Continuing
* Level 8 - $113,948 to $128,980 p.a. (plus 17% superannuation)
* Wagga Wagga
The BioSolutions Program Manager leads a range of agricultural innovation projects aimed at making farming more sustainable. This includes managing everything from early-stage research to testing and demonstrating new technologies. The role involves working closely with researchers, startups, industry partners, and university teams to bring ideas to life and ensure projects are delivered successfully.
Day-to-day, the Program Manager oversees budgets, partnerships, and compliance, while building strong relationships across the university and externally. They need to be a confident communicator, a skilled organiser, and someone who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment focused on real-world impact.
About you
You're a driven and collaborative leader who thrives in fast-paced, innovation-focused environments. You bring a unique mix of technical insight, commercial thinking, and people skills to every challenge.
* You have strong experience in program or project management, ideally in ag-tech, research, or innovation.
* You're confident engaging with diverse stakeholders, from startups to researchers, and building lasting partnerships.
* You combine commercial acumen with a pragmatic mindset, and you're comfortable managing budgets, compliance, and governance.
* You're a clear communicator with the ability to lead teams, unite people around a shared vision, and deliver real-world impact.
As part of this recruitment, a pre-employment functional screening is required.
About us
We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia we have gumption, we have soul and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish.
The Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University – our ethos. It comes from traditional Indigenous Australian knowledge, but it also speaks to the mission of universities – to develop and spread wisdom to make the world a better place.
Harnessing technology, we thrive as a distributed yet connected community, welcoming and engaging with people across Australia and the world.
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Charles Sturt University is committed to building a diverse workforce as shown through our Athena Swan Bronze Award, our Australian Workplace Equality Index Bronze Award and our membership of a range of diversity focused organisations including Diversity Council Australia and Pride in Diversity. We encourage applications from First Nations people, carers, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, neurodivergent people, and people of all age groups, genders and sexualities for all roles.
To apply
Click the Apply button and complete your application online and upload a copy of your CV. You will be asked to respond to three (3) targeted questions. If you experience difficulties applying online or for further information on completing the application process please visit our how to apply page or contact us.
This position is open to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents; or applicants who hold a current valid work visa commensurate with this position.
Further information
Additional information is available in the position description or by contacting:
Recruitment specific enquiries: Rebecca Dwyer | Talent Acquisition Consultant |
Job specific enquiries: Matthew Muller | Director, Cool Soils and Sustainability |
Closing Date: 11pm, 27 November 2025
Advertised: 13 Nov :00 AM - AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 27 Nov :00 PM - AUS Eastern Daylight Time