Digital Delivery Manager

About the Company

Douglas Partners Pty Ltd is an employee-owned and Australian industry-leading geotechnical, environmental and groundwater consultancy employing over 650 people throughout 19 offices, with 14 NATA-accredited laboratories across Australia.

Our core values of People, Integrity, Improvement, Excellence guide everything we do. We prioritise safety, foster an inclusive culture, act with integrity, continuously strive for improvement and are committed to sustainability and excellence in all our work.

To learn more about our company values, visit www.douglaspartners.com.au

About the Role

Douglas Partners has built a genuinely impressive digital capability spanning field operations, project administration, reporting, data and emerging technologies - and now we're looking for someone to take it further.

As Digital Delivery Manager, you'll own execution: turning the technical direction set by our Head of IT into real, working outcomes. You'll manage our internal development team, grow our citizen development programme, and keep external development partners accountable to quality and deadlines. This is a hands-on role for someone who wants to be in the delivery, not watching from the sidelines - writing and reviewing code, shaping how work gets scoped and sequenced and making sure what we build actually holds up.

If you're energised by the idea of building a digital function from a strong foundation - with real autonomy and a clear path to grow into a senior technology leadership role - this is built for you.

Key Responsibilities

Delivery Management

• Own the digital delivery pipeline end-to-end, from scoping through to deployment, working with the Head of IT and IT Committee on prioritisation

• Manage multiple concurrent workstreams with clear scope, realistic timelines and strong stakeholder communication

• Maintain visibility of risk and dependencies across all active work, engaging IT project managers on larger initiatives

• Deliver value through configuration, extension and integration of existing systems - not just new builds

Team & Capability Leadership

• Lead and grow our internal development team, setting standards and supporting professional development

• Build and govern our citizen development programme, empowering staff to build digital solutions within the right guardrails

• Manage external development partners to a high standard of delivery accountability and quality

Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with the Head of IT, Internal Projects Lead and business unit leads to identify and prioritise digital opportunities

• Translate business needs into clear, well-defined specifications before development begins

• Build genuine credibility across the business through reliable delivery and a real understanding of how we operate

Quality & Governance

• Ensure solutions integrate cleanly with core platforms including Deltek Vantagepoint and the Microsoft ecosystem

• Maintain consistency and manage technical debt across all delivered work

• Set documentation standards so solutions stay maintainable and transferable and help shape delivery frameworks as the function grows

About You

You're a delivery-focused technologist who's just as comfortable writing and reviewing production code as you are leading a team and talking to senior stakeholders. You've led digital, product or technology delivery before - perhaps as a development team lead, digital delivery manager or in an IT/systems role within professional services or an operationally complex business.

You'll bring:

• Hands-on C# / .NET development experience, with exposure to Blazor or a comparable modern .NET web stack (ASP.NET Core, Razor)

• Confidence working in Azure DevOps - Boards, Repos (Git), and CI/CD pipelines

• Experience deploying and operating applications in Azure, and a track record of setting code-quality standards

• Working knowledge of how business systems connect - data flows, API integrations and platform dependencies

• Familiarity with low-code tools like Power Automate or PowerApps, and a genuine interest in where AI and automation add real value

• Strong people leadership skills, and the ability to scope, prioritise and sequence work against competing demands

• A natural curiosity about how organisations work - you want to understand the business, not just manage a backlog

Why Join Us

• Build, don't just maintain - take a strong existing digital capability and genuinely expand it

• Real autonomy in a hands-on role, with the backing of a clear technical direction from our Head of IT

• A defined path to grow into a senior technology leadership role as the function scales

• Join an employee-owned company where our People, Integrity, Improvement and Excellence values are more than words on a wall

• Work across a modern Microsoft-based stack (C#/.NET, Blazor, Azure, Azure DevOps) solving real problems for a growing, industry-leading consultancy

How to Apply

If this sounds like your next move, we'd love to hear from you. Click Apply to submit your resume and a cover letter telling us why you're the right fit for this role.