The Australian Digital Health Agency is offering an exciting opportunity for a senior leader with extensive project management experience to elevate program and project delivery across a dynamic, future-focused organisation.
If you're passionate about innovation, transformation, and leading high-performing teams, we’d love to hear from you.
About the Agency
As the steward for digitally enabling Australia’s health system, the Agency plays a key role in coordinating national engagement, delivery, and adoption of digital health to facilitate person-centred, connected healthcare. Our responsibilities span national digital health services and systems, including My Health Record, Electronic Prescriptions, and the MyHealth App.
At the Australian Digital Health Agency, we celebrate the agility of remote work while fostering collaboration with your colleagues. Join us to grow, develop, and advance your career without the need to relocate or compromise your current lifestyle. We promote an inclusive workplace culture where everyone at the Agency lives our values in pursuit of a healthier future for all Australians. Our passion and commitment to reconciliation demonstrates our dedication to create inclusive environments, and social responsibility, all to support you in seamlessly balancing life and career.
About the Role
Policy, Programs and Engagement Division: Embark on a career with our Policy Programs and Engagement Division, a hub of excellence that drives national programs and portfolio priorities. We inform policies and manage external stakeholder relationships, fostering a collaborative network based on trust. This is your chance to be a pivotal force in an environment where policy, technology and health outcomes converge.
We are seeking a visionary and strategic leader to head our Project Management Practice. As the Director, you will play a pivotal role in establishing and leading the Program and Project Management Centre of Excellence (CoE), driving capability uplift, and embedding best practices across the Agency’s Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO).
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the design and implementation of the Project Management CoE
* Embed the Agency’s Project Portfolio Management Framework (PPMF) across programs and projects
* Provide expert guidance on project planning, business cases, financial estimation, and delivery approaches
* Drive capability uplift through coaching, training, and mentoring
* Manage project/program resourcing and workforce planning
* Ensure governance and reporting standards are met
* Foster collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
* Contribute to continuous improvement and strategic planning
What You’ll Bring
* Proven leadership in program and project delivery within public sector, ideally in digital health or complex environments
* Expertise in project governance, assurance, and benefits realisation
* Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
* Relevant tertiary qualifications and certifications (e.g., PRINCE2, MSP, PMP, Agile, P3O)
Apply Now and be part of a team that’s making a real difference and lead the transformation of project management in digital health!
Eligibility
* Ability to obtain and maintain national police check.
* Australian Citizenship is a condition of eligibility.
* Ability to obtain and maintain a baseline security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a higher clearance if required by the Agency.
Our Benefits
* Ask us about our 2025-26 salary increases, annual performance reviews and superannuation employer contribution of 15.4%.
* Salary packaging (also known as salary sacrifice) is available.
* Work From Home & Attractive Flexible Working Arrangements: All staff can apply for flexible work arrangements that offer a range of options for how, when and where you work.
* Generous leave opportunities including Parental (primary & secondary), compassionate, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Leave, Cultural, Emergency Response, Defence, and Half Pay option.
Additional Information
The position maybe filled in Brisbane, Canberra or Sydney. Locations outside of these cities may be considered. To apply, submit your resume and a cover letter.
Please contact the recruitment team at careers@digitalhealth.gov.au with queries relating to the application process
Order of Merit: Applicants rated as suitable will be placed in a merit pool that may be used to fill similar ongoing or non-ongoing positions throughout the Agency for up to 18 months.
Closing Date: Sunday 10 August 2025, 11pm
Salary: $143,753 - $170,194 plus 15.4% superannuation
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