Program Manager
Aristocrat is seeking an experienced program delivery leader to join the Global Product Strategic Delivery Team. This role involves leading sophisticated, cross-functional programs that support the company's product portfolio and strategic business priorities.
The Program Manager is responsible for translating objectives into structured delivery plans and driving disciplined execution. They ensure programs are delivered with clear governance, transparency, accountability, and measurable outcomes.
As a trusted partner to operational heads, the Program Manager provides structure in ambiguous situations and influences alignment across matrixed teams. They operate with a high degree of autonomy while proactively managing risks, dependencies, and commitments.
- Lead end-to-end delivery of sophisticated, cross-functional programs with multiple interconnected workstreams, clear business outcomes, and enterprise visibility.
- Translate strategic objectives into actionable delivery plans, achievements, success measures, governance routines, and ownership models.
- Partner with functional leaders and colleagues across departments to align priorities, resolve ambiguity, and maintain focus on program outcomes in matrixed environments.
- Establish and maintain program artifacts, dashboards, reporting, and performance metrics that provide clarity and support informed decision-making.
- Proactively identify, assess, raise, and drive resolution of risks, issues, dependencies, decision points, and delivery constraints.
- Facilitate governance forums, program reviews, and decision-making routines that promote timely escalation, clear accountability, and disciplined execution.
- Influence cross-functional teams without direct authority by clarifying scope, sequencing, commitments, trade-offs, and success measures.
- Contribute to continuously improving standards, delivery methodologies, tools, templates, and reporting practices while mentoring less experienced team members.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Information Systems, Finance, Product, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered (required).
- 6+ years of experience leading sophisticated programs, critical initiatives, enterprise delivery efforts, or related cross-functional work (required).
- Proven success operating as a program leader across multiple functional areas, preferably in product, technology, gaming, digital, or similarly complex environments (preferred).
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to frame complex issues, risks, decisions, dependencies, and trade-offs clearly for leadership and cross-functional team members (required).
- Demonstrated ability to influence without authority, build trust with partners, and gain alignment in ambiguous or fast paced situations (required).
- Solid understanding of program management practices, governance models, risk and dependency management, performance tracking, and implementation methodologies (required).
- Experience working with globally distributed teams and within environments involving regulatory, compliance, operational, or commercialization constraints (required).
- Advanced proficiency with enterprise delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Smartsheet, and Power BI (required).
- Ability to work mostly autonomously while validating key decisions with leadership or senior peers when programs involve business-critical outcomes (required).
- 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.