Senior Project Manager

3 weeks ago


Canberra, Australia Australian Capital Territory Full time

Overview

Senior Project Manager — Full-time Permanent. Digital Canberra delivers and supports digital government services that are easy to access, save time, and are safe to use. Join Digital Canberra and help deliver smart, secure, and seamless digital services that improve the people that live and work in our city and surrounding area.

At Digital Canberra, you’ll work with passionate technologists, policy experts, and designers to build and sustain services that matter. We value curiosity, collaboration, and creativity, and we’re committed to helping you grow.

This position leads the delivery of assigned projects and works collaboratively across all areas of DDTS, and with stakeholders across the ACT Government to ensure effective delivery of projects and digital initiatives. The Senior Project Manager may supervise staff directly and has a matrix reporting structure to the Senior Director, Project Management Practice and DDTS Project Responsible Officer and/or Executive.

This position requires a current ACT Government Baseline security clearance or the ability to obtain and hold one.

Refer to the Position Description for further information about this role. You may wish to speak to the listed Contact Officer if you have any queries once you have reviewed the Position Description. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

Opportunities for flexible working options could include hybrid working, being a combination of working from home, designated office based and FlexiSpace working locations across the ACT, part-time hours, flexible start, and finish times.

Eligibility/Other requirements

- Highly developed knowledge and experience in the delivery of projects in two or more of the following areas: COTS implementation, ICT infrastructure commissioning, software development, and/or business improvement.
- Tertiary level qualifications and/or certification in Project Management and Program Management are highly desirable. These include one or more of: Diploma of Project Management, PRINCE2 Practitioner, PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner, Agile Project Management (AgilePM) Practitioner, Certified ScrumMaster, Management of Successful Programmes (MSP) Foundation.

Notes: This position requires a current ACT Government Baseline security clearance or the ability to obtain and hold one.

A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.

How to apply: Submit a copy of your curriculum vitae and a two-page pitch that addresses the “What You Require” section of the Position Description.

Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now button below.

Digital Canberra was established on the 1 July 2025, amalgamating positions which previously were advertised under Chief Ministers and Economic Development Directorate and ACT Health Directorate.

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