Senior Manager - Program Design

The University of Sydney

Strategic planning and strategy design
Leadership engagement and co-design
Complex project management
This is a 3-year full time, fixed term opportunity to shape leadership practice and drive University-wide transformation

Job Summary

  • This is a 3-year full time, fixed term opportunity to shape leadership practice and drive University-wide transformation.
  • The Senior Manager – Program Design will design and deliver participatory processes that enable leaders to collectively identify challenges and inform strategic direction.
  • The role offers a competitive remuneration package including 17% superannuation and operates within a newly formed portfolio focused on culture, leadership, and diversity, equity and inclusion aspirations.

Matching Summary

This is a 3-year full time, fixed term opportunity to shape leadership practice and drive University-wide transformation.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • strategic planning and strategy design
  • leadership engagement and co-design
  • complex project management
  • stakeholder management
  • facilitation and synthesis
  • system-aware leadership practice

Nice-to-have

  • advanced communication and negotiation skills
  • collaboration and inclusive leadership
  • analytical and problem-solving capability

Key Requirements

  • academic qualifications or equivalent experience
  • experience in strategic planning or strategy design
  • experience managing large-scale complex projects
  • unrestricted work rights in Australia
  • experience managing diverse internal and external stakeholders

Work Rights

Unrestricted work rights in Australia required

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