**Job Title:** Program and Project Management Lead
We're dedicated to fostering a culture of inclusivity and innovation at ING Australia, with the support and resources you need to succeed.
This is an exciting new opportunity for an experienced Program and Project Management Lead to join our team in a permanent role, based in Sydney.
As a senior leader in our Transformation and Change function, you'll play a crucial role in driving ING's growth, development, and achievement of strategic objectives.
You'll collaborate closely with leaders and teams across one or more Business Units to achieve excellence and enable success.
Additionally, you'll report to the Head of Transformation, who reports to the COO.
Your primary purpose is to drive excellence in the program and project management capability to enable lasting impact through well-executed delivery.
**Key Responsibilities:
* Be a trusted partner to business stakeholders, working with Executive Sponsors, Initiative Owners, Tribes and Centres of Excellence to enable successful delivery with experience, discipline and expertise.
* Lead and develop a high-performing team of professionals, ensuring a pipeline of talent, balancing internal and external resources to offer diverse experience and abilities to support execution of our varied portfolio.
* Act as the guild leader for all Program and Project Managers across ING, providing practice leadership and embedding lessons learned from retrospectives and post implementation reviews.
* Support the design and mobilisation of cross-tribe and complex initiatives, including digital transformation, process improvement, regulatory & risk and change management and adoption of technology capabilities.
* Support execution by removing impediments, ensuring swift escalation of delivery issues through portfolio wide channels and in recovery of at-risk programs.
* Collaborate with the Organisational Change and Capabilities Hub team to evolve project management and delivery governance, standards and artefacts and streamline execution.
* Build a culture of agility and accountability within the team, ensuring team members are focused on achieving business outcomes, continuously learning and are open to evolving their practices.
**Requirements:
* Proven experience working across the organisation engaging with teams and leaders, including Board level and influencing them on program design and execution.
* Business acumen, ability to understand key business drivers and how to support execution of strategic objectives.
* Expert program management skills and demonstrated understanding of related disciplines including risk, assurance, change management and benefits management.
* Strong experience in planning, controlling and implementing projects and programs in diverse domains.
* Demonstrated experience utilising both agile and waterfall methodologies to successfully deliver projects.
* Experience in applying a structured methodology and leading change management activities.
* Experience building and coaching high performing teams.
**What We Offer:
* Over 16,000 professional and personal development courses to choose from.
* Discounted ING Health Insurance.
* An additional Rest Day to support your wellbeing.
* An IMPACT day to volunteer on approved sustainability activity.
**About Us:
At ING, we want to make life simpler and more worthwhile – for everyone who banks with us, for the people who work with us, and the community at large, too.
We've built a culture that's fun, friendly and supportive – it's the kind of place where you can be yourself and make the most of whatever you have to offer.
We give people the freedom to think differently, take ownership of their work, and make great things happen.
We're here to help you get ahead.
And with our global network, there's plenty of scope to take your career in new directions, perhaps even ones you've never considered.