Director, Technical Program Management
Aristocrat is seeking a Director, Technical Program Management to help shape how strategic work is planned, governed, measured, and delivered across the enterprise. This role leads the evolution of the delivery operating model, establishing scalable governance, execution standards, and operating rhythms that improve how complex initiatives are delivered.
The Director will build the standards and structures that enable teams to execute consistently, drive adoption across the organisation, and provide senior leaders with trusted data and insights that support confident decision-making. Beyond process, this role improves organisational delivery maturity, strengthens reporting integrity, and champions modern, efficient ways of working.
- Own and evolve the enterprise delivery operating model, including governance standards, delivery lifecycle expectations, decision rights, operating rhythms, and execution practices across strategic initiatives.
- Lead organisational delivery maturity by assessing current practices, closing capability gaps, and driving continuous improvement across processes, tools, data, and ways of working.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to drive adoption of delivery standards, tools, reporting practices, and governance expectations, supported by clear enablement materials, training, and feedback loops.
- Define the strategy for enterprise delivery reporting, insights, and executive dashboards that support prioritisation, planning, governance, and decision-making.
- Lead platform lifecycle management, including enhancements, integrations, migrations, adoption, and retirement of legacy solutions.
- Identify opportunities to simplify workflows, reduce manual effort, improve data quality, and strengthen automation and operational efficiency.
- Build and lead a high-performing Delivery Excellence team, setting priorities, expectations, quality standards, and a culture of continuous improvement.
- 10+ years in Technical Program Management, PMO, Delivery Excellence, Business Operations, or related enterprise functions (required).
- 5+ years leading enterprise delivery governance, operating model development, reporting, tooling, or PMO capability functions (required).
- Demonstrated success improving organisational delivery maturity through standards, processes, enablement, measurement, and continuous improvement (required).
- Strong understanding of delivery methodologies, portfolio and program management practices, lifecycle management, and operational excellence (required).
- Experience implementing, governing, or modernising enterprise delivery platforms, reporting ecosystems, and dashboards (required).
- Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and executive engagement skills (required).
- Ability to influence without direct authority and bring structure and clarity to ambiguous, evolving environments (required).
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Business, Engineering, Technology, Operations, or a related field (required).
- Experience with M365, Jira, Power BI, or comparable platforms (nice-to-have).
- Certifications such as PMP, SAFe, Lean Six Sigma, or an MBA (nice-to-have).
- Pay range of $115,500 - $214,500 per year.
- Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Paid time off.
- 401(k) plan with employer matching.
Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an Australian gaming and technology company and one of the world's largest providers of gambling products. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and headquartered in Sydney, it designs and manufactures electronic gaming machines and casino-management systems, and runs sizeable online real-money gaming (Aristocrat Interactive) and mobile games (Pixel United) businesses. Founded in 1953, the group employs more than 7,000 people across over 20 locations worldwide. It is the largest gaming-machine manufacturer in Australia and among the biggest slot-machine makers globally.