Technical Project Manager

About Us

The Department of Government Services (DGS) was established on 1 January 2023 to improve everyone’s experience of doing business and interacting with the Victorian government. We bring important day-to-day services together in one department to make things easy and seamless for Victorians and businesses. 

We are doing this by connecting and digitising our systems and platforms across state and local government as well as streamlining our corporate and procurement services. You can find out more about our Ministers, leadership and entities here: Department of Government Services 

About the Branch

Portfolio Delivery is a key enablement function across the Department of Government Services. The function delivers projects a through a centralised project and change management practice. Portfolio Delivery implements the DGS project governance framework, tools and reporting that apply across all projects bringing consistency and control

About the Role

As a Technical PM, You will provide key leadership to guide the successful delivery of programs and projects through the provision of strategic and operational support, including operational reporting, risk, issue and dependency tracking, quality control and collaboration and engagement.

Key Accountabilities

1.     Implement the overall direction of the project and solve new and/or complex problems, particularly with reference to stakeholders 

2.     Plan, organise, lead, and direct the work of others to ensure successful delivery of the project. 

3.     Manage a diverse set of resources to deliver IT programs; develop strategies and evaluate project and business outcomes 

4.     Guide project team to identify risks, issues and dependencies while ensuring effective controls are identified and actively managed 

About You

1. Proven ability to lead large and complex portfolios of work in a customer led and technology and digitally driven environment. 

2. Extensive expertise and experience in leading the design and delivery of complex programs within an agile development environment.  

3. Proven ability to establish and maintain effective governance and assurance processes and practices within complex and highly regulated environments. 

This role is a 12 months fixed term position. This position is only open to applicants with relevant rights to work in Australia.

For more information, please see the Position Description. 

Apply before the advertised closing date 11:59pm on 3 April 2026. All applications should include:  

·       a resume; and  

·       a cover letter which addresses the key selection criteria (within three pages).

Other relevant information

To be eligible for appointment to this role, applicants will possess corresponding work rights for the advertised employment period. Appointment to an ongoing role is only available to an Australian/New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident.  Preferred applicants will be required to undertake pre-employment screening, including a Declaration and Consent form, a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check. DGS actively promotes diversity, inclusion and an equal opportunity workplace. We welcome applicants from all diverse backgrounds, including people with disabilities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. All roles at DGS can be worked flexibly, however it may differ from role to role. 

The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees and clients and consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OH&S Act), to support this DGS has a COVID-19 Vaccination policy which strongly recommends all DGS employees be fully vaccinated.