Senior Project/Program Manager and PMO Leader

Summary & Overview:

This candidate is a highly experienced Senior Project/Program Manager and PMO Leader with 32+ years across mining, engineering, construction and major transformation environments. Most recently, they spent approximately eight years with a major mining organisation, progressing through Information Management, Value Management Office and PMO leadership roles.

They have led large teams, established governance frameworks and overseen enterprise transformation programs exceeding $4B in combined delivery value.

They would suit Senior Project Manager, Program Manager or PMO Lead opportunities and are adaptable across industries, bringing strong strategic planning, governance, budgeting, transformation and stakeholder engagement experience.

Why hire:

The candidate combines strong communication and stakeholder engagement with structured program delivery and people leadership. Key achievements include leading PMO functions across major mine, rail and port transformation programs, overseeing an improvement portfolio with $800M in potential savings, developing PMBOK-based governance frameworks, and previously managing a 40-person team with $14M+ annual OPEX. They have also delivered across major infrastructure projects including a $1.2B stadium development and associated transport infrastructure.

Areas for development/review:

After significant tenure within mining, the candidate is now open to applying their capability across other industries and operating environments. Their experience is particularly strong in transformation, PMO, governance and strategic delivery, so opportunities should ideally provide sufficient scale, ownership and leadership responsibility.

Education and Certifications:

Strong practical grounding across PMBOK, PRINCE2, Agile and Lean methodologies, with extensive experience in project controls, change management, business process improvement, governance and portfolio/value management.

Availability and remuneration expectations:

The candidate has finished with their previous employer following redundancy and is available to interview immediately, with a start date from September. They are open to permanent or contract opportunities, targeting approximately $200K permanent or the relevant contract rate. Based NOR, they are comfortable with opportunities from the northern suburbs through the CBD and towards the airport, with hybrid working preferred. They are an Australian/UK dual citizen.