Programme Director

Our Why
Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow.

About the Role (your why)
As part of Datacom’s leadership delivery team, the Programme Director plays a key role in ensuring our most complex and strategic programmes deliver successful outcomes for our clients and for Datacom. You’ll oversee and direct the overall integrity and coherence of our programmes of work, bringing together strategic, technological, commercial and operational priorities to deliver quality and value at scale.

What you’ll do
At the moment, as Programme Director you will be focused on:

• Setting goals for programmes aligned to organisational objectives and creating the programme roadmap(s).
• Leading programme planning, structuring, and delivery governance to ensure quality results.
• Managing complex multi-platform technical delivery environments, including project teams and senior stakeholder engagement.
• Overseeing programme schedules, budgets, risks, and resources to align with contractual and commercial agreements.
• Facilitating organisational change management to achieve expected business benefits.
• Guiding and mentoring Programme Managers to deliver success across multiple streams.
• Driving stakeholder communications, reporting, and decision-making through clear metrics and delivery documentation.
• Supporting pre-sales activities, bid development, and future programme strategy improvements.
• Ensuring programmes remain aligned with Datacom’s strategic priorities, risk frameworks, and delivery standards.

We are an agile company, and are keen to respond to customer, technology, and internal stakeholders’ changing requirements — this means our roles often evolve to meet those needs.

What you’ll bring

• 10+ years’ experience in Programme Management in diverse, dynamic IT service environments.
• 5+ years managing complex programmes using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Strong commercial, financial, and contractual delivery governance skills.
• Proven experience in risk management, senior stakeholder engagement, and team leadership.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• High competency with project/programme management tools.
• Programme management qualifications such as PRINCE2, PMI, MSP or equivalent.
• Agile principles certification such as PSM1 or CSM.

Nice to have:

• Offshore team management experience.
• Certified Project Director (CPD) or related qualification.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business, IT, or related disciplines.
• Scaled Agile (SAFe) certification, Lean and Facilitation qualifications.
• Experience applying Datacom’s core values to foster growth and success.

Why join us here at Datacom?
Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have maintained a dynamic, agile, small-business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size.

It’s our people who give Datacom its unique culture and energy — from the moment you meet us, you’ll see we’re passionate about collaboration and doing great work. We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours and professional development courses to name a few.

You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect, and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment.