Program Director

Program Director

Permanent Opportunity

Sydney | Hybrid

Opportunity

· We are partnering with a global financial services organisation seeking an experienced Program Director to provide strategic oversight across a portfolio of major Australian client programs.

· This is a senior leadership position responsible for overseeing approximately five significant client portfolios/programs simultaneously, each containing complex business, technology and operational delivery.

· The role requires someone who understands complex financial services delivery, can challenge experienced Program and Delivery Leads, and is equally comfortable operating with senior internal executives and client stakeholders.

Responsibilities

· Provide strategic oversight across approximately five major client programs and portfolios.

· Work closely with individual Program Directors and Delivery Leads to ensure programs remain aligned to agreed outcomes, milestones and client commitments.

· Maintain a consolidated view of delivery health, risks, dependencies, resources and priorities across the portfolio.

· Identify issues that cut across individual programs and intervene where additional leadership or escalation is required.

· Challenge delivery teams constructively and ensure appropriate action is taken when programs begin to move off track.

· Support Program Directors with major escalations, client challenges and critical delivery decisions.

Experience

· Extensive experience as a Program Director, Portfolio Director, Head of Programs or senior Delivery Executive.

· Experience working within an Investment, Superannuation and/or Wealth Management environment.

· Proven experience overseeing multiple large-scale programs concurrently.

· Deep understanding of complex, multi-year financial services transformation programs.

· Strong portfolio governance, risk, dependency and financial management capability.

· Experience managing and influencing senior Program Directors and Delivery Leads.

· Strong executive and client-facing stakeholder management capability.

· The ability to quickly identify where a program is genuinely struggling and determine the appropriate intervention.

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