Our client is a government organisation with a national remit, delivering critical digital services that support complex regulatory and operational outcomes. With a strong focus on modern, agile delivery and continuous improvement, the organisation is currently undertaking a significant digital transformation program. You will be joining a collaborative, purpose-driven environment that values innovation, transparency, and high-quality service delivery, while offering flexible hybrid working arrangements based in the ACT.
About the Role
The ICT Delivery Manager will play a key leadership role within a multi-disciplinary digital delivery team responsible for developing and enhancing spectrum-focused digital products. Reporting to a senior project leader, you will own and drive operational excellence across the delivery pipeline, ensuring incremental value is delivered to business stakeholders and end users.
This role will see you leading agile delivery activities end-to-end, including planning, development, delivery and early support of complex digital solutions. You will be responsible for facilitating agile ceremonies, managing delivery schedules, leading and supporting team members, and embedding a culture of continuous improvement.
You will work closely with Product Owners, business analysts and senior stakeholders to understand objectives, undertake discovery and scoping where required, and triage and prioritise work effectively. The role also involves coordinating with external vendors to manage system interdependencies and ensure successful end-to-end outcomes.
Clear communication is critical to success in this position. You will proactively keep stakeholders informed through established forums and provide transparent, self-service visibility of delivery progress, risks and issues using tools such as Azure DevOps.
This is a hybrid role based in the ACT, with an expectation of working on-site several days per week alongside core collaboration days.
The Successful Candidate
To be successful in this role, you will be an experienced ICT Delivery Manager with a strong background in agile delivery, ideally within complex digital or government environments. You will bring:
- Proven experience delivering digital initiatives from ideation through to implementation using Scrum and agile frameworks
- Strong leadership capability, with the ability to guide, motivate and develop cross-functional delivery teams
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication and executive presentation skills
- A hands-on, proactive approach with a strong “get it done” mindset
- Experience managing complex delivery schedules, risks, dependencies and system interdependencies
- A collaborative style, with the ability to influence and build trusted relationships across business and technical teams
- Curiosity, openness to change, and the confidence to challenge constructively
- A strategic mindset with a clear bias for action and continuous improvement
Why partner with Whizdom?
We’re Whizdom. We view you as an extension of our strong, dependable brand and have differentiators which really are different! The Whizdom way:
- We pay our contractors same day you submit your timesheet!
- We are Level 3, DISP certified and have signed the Veteran Employment Commitment and been awarded the highest level of compliance to this important initiative, proactively assisting veterans transitioning from the forces to civilian roles. We’ve been lucky enough to win industry awards for our high level of process compliance and are ISO 9001 certified. Our commitment to reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions has been accredited in line with large global organisations.
- We value diversity and welcome applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability.
Location: The role is based in Canberra ACT.
Contract terms: 12 months from commencement date, plus rolling extensions at our clients discretion.
Experience Level: Senior – EL1 Equivalent
Security Requirements: Must be an Australian Citizens with an active Baseline or higher security clearance.
How to Apply: Please upload your resume to apply. Please note you will need to complete selection criteria to complete this application process. We will be in touch with instructions for suitably skilled candidates.
Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification and any other client requested checks.
Applications open until 8am 20 April 2026.
Reach Damien on 0480 002 503 or damienm@whizdom.com.au for any further information.
