Program Manager

Program Manager, Transformation
- Be a key player in steering organizational transformation
- 12 month Fixed-Term Contract
- Melbourne or Sydney based

We're REA
- REA Group

is not your average digital business. From humble beginnings in a garage in Melbourne’s east in 1995, we have grown into a leading global digital business, specialising in property.

With bold and ambitious goals, we are changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step - whether that's finding or financing your next home.

Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we’re proud to be named in Australia’s “Top 5” Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.

About the role

Imagine yourself as a key player in steering organizational transformation, championing innovation, and leading the charge in implementing transformational programs that are critical to achieving our strategic goals. This role entails working closely with the existing Integration and Transformation team in ensuring the successful scoping and delivery of some key enterprise-wide initiatives.

We are on the lookout for someone who embodies a strategic mindset, coupled with exceptional project and change management skills. Your ability to collaborate effectively and influence cross-functional teams will be vital in this role.

Your initial focus of this role will be on providing project governance and delivery management of existing strategic initiatives underway including:

- Program Propel: A key initiative focusing on Privacy, Data Management, and Security, ensuring our organization stays ahead in these critical areas.
- Project Elevate: This project is centered around optimizing our Finance processes, enhancing efficiency, and driving financial excellence.
- Emerging Transformation Projects: You will also have the opportunity to lead and contribute to new transformation projects across REA.

Key Responsibilities:
As a Program Manager - Transformation, you will play a key role in partnering with various teams across REA to deliver strategic initiatives. You will provide program and project governance expertise to support the planning and delivery of these initiatives. Your specific deliverables and responsibilities will include:

- Oversee the governance of Program Propel, coordinating the planning and delivery of the program, and regularly updating stakeholders on progress.
- Define project plans, create an overall roadmap, establish milestones, and track progress to ensure timely and budget-compliant delivery of workstreams.
- Lead program meetings and prepare updates for key stakeholders, including Steering Committee packs, GIF updates, and Quarterly Business Review updates.
- Facilitate workshops with business stakeholders, ideating and designing solutions, agreeing on priorities, and gaining alignment.
- Work with the Risk partner to document all risks, monitor them, and ensure appropriate mitigating measures are in place.
- Collaborate with the Finance partner to manage program financials, addressing any budget variations and ensuring financial accountability.
- Establish and maintain relationships with internal teams, clients, stakeholders, and third parties/vendors, ensuring effective collaboration and alignment of business requirements.

The REA experience

The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we’ll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow. We’re committed to your development - both professionally and personally. Your experience with us is something we take seriously.

We offer:

- A hybrid and flexible approach to working - Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers
- Programs to support mental, emotional, financial and physical health & wellbeing
- Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity.
- Hack Days so you can bring your big ideas to life
- Performance recognition programs because hard work should never go unnoticed

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking - be it cultural and ethnic backgrounds, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other identity or lived experience. We know diverse teams are critical to maintaining our success and driving new business opportunities. If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't neces