Program Manager

At NCS Australia, we are more than a technology services company—we are a team of innovators, problem-solvers, and creators shaping the future. With a strong presence across the APAC region, we partner with government and enterprise organisations to tackle complex challenges and deliver solutions that drive real, lasting impact. We are passionate about unlocking value through technology. By focusing on people, committing to quality, and challenging traditional thinking, we believe technology services can be done better. Our team brings this to life by advising, transforming, and managing technology to help our clients and communities thrive. We love big ideas and bold thinkers. Bring your ambition and your creativity—together, we will turn them into extraordinary opportunities. Ready to make tomorrow with us? Explore our opportunities and join a team that is redefining what’s possible. Lead the end-to-end delivery of a major enterprise data migration and transformation program. Manage multiple workstreams, delivery teams, risks, issues, dependencies, and program outcomes. Drive program planning, execution, migration readiness, cutover activities, and transition to business-as-usual operations. Manage complex cross-program and cross-divisional dependencies to ensure successful delivery. Partner with senior business and technology stakeholders to align priorities and resolve delivery challenges. Oversee data migration activities, including data lineage, data dependencies, migration sequencing, reconciliation, and legacy platform decommissioning. Provide high-quality program reporting, insights, and recommendations to executive stakeholders. Manage program financials, including budgets, forecasts, actuals, and resource planning. Ensure delivery milestones are achieved while minimising business disruption and operational risk. Essential Skills & Experience Proven experience leading large-scale technology transformation programs with end-to-end delivery accountability. Extensive experience delivering complex data migration and data platform transformation programs. Hands-on experience managing data dependencies, lineage, cutover planning, and legacy platform decommissioning. Proven ability to manage cross-functional, cross-program, and enterprise-wide dependencies. Strong program reporting, budget management, forecasting, and financial oversight capabilities. Experience with Google Data Platform (GDP) and cloud-based data environments highly desirable. Desirable Insurance industry experience. Experience delivering enterprise data and analytics transformation programs. Exposure to Greenplum, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or similar modern data platforms. Why join us: NCS Australia is where you can feel at home, nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together, one day at a time. Our benefits include paid parental leave, initiatives focused on your well-being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint, industry and partner training programs, special interest groups, and an AI-driven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career, we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth. NCS Australia is an equal-opportunity employer, and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we serve.We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Veterans, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community. At NCS Australia, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply. Agencies: We’ve got this. We request that you do not contact NCS employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team. NCS exclusively accepts resumes from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal. Agencies that submit resumes must have a valid fee agreement and be assigned to the particular requisition by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes that are submitted outside of this process will become the sole property of NCS. If a candidate is hired outside of this process, no fee or payment will be given. Work rights and background checks: To be eligible for a position with us, applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process, including probity and police checks