AddressWe're MYOB, a business management platform designed to unleash the potential of businesses across Australia and New Zealand! As the #originalstartup, our roots are in finance and accounting software, but today we are so much more. We help our Aussie and Kiwi customers unleash their full potential, giving them the tools to Start, Survive and Succeed: all in the one place.
We're always on the hunt for those who bring a different perspective, diversity of thought and the drive to make our culture even better. Take your career to a new dimension at MYOB.
About the Team
Our Tech team are true heroes. They've taken our legacy success and transformed it into an extraordinary SaaS platform to support SME and Enterprise businesses in ways they never knew they needed. By joining the Tech team, you'll be an integral part of building our all-in-one business management platform.
The Role
As the Technical Program Manager you will be responsible for defining project objectives, developing detailed program delivery plans, coordinating teams, managing vendor relationships, ensuring technology change management practices, and supervising program performance.
In this exciting new role, you will play a key part in ensuring MYOB actualises the benefits of simplified processes and automation through technical optimization and innovation.
The opportunity
As a Program Manager you play a meaningful role leading and managing a sophisticated program of work aligned with MYOB's SaaS journey. You will work closely with Technical and Stream Leads to deliver programs and provide a view of all cross-vertical and functional dependencies for the delivery teams and take the lead role during MYOB's quarterly planning cycles.
This is 12 month fixed term role, where you will drive the transparency of programs in flight and collaborate with SLT across multiple channels.
You will also be responsible for:
- Understanding the business needs and objectives and ensuring that the software delivery project aligns with those needs.
- Developing project plans with clear timelines, milestones, and deliverables within the defined scope, budget, and schedule.
- Managing any changes to scope, timelines, or budgets in an agile manner, and communicate them effectively to stakeholders.
- Coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure that all necessary resources are available.
- Identifying and mitigating risks, communicating progress and status updates to stakeholders,
- Ensuring that MYOB adheres to industry best practices, security standards, and compliance regulations.
- Facilitating communication between stakeholders and teams, requirements and scope are clearly defined and understood by all parties involved.
- Coordinating work assigned to the development teams through full software life cycle to include estimation, code, design, and unit tests.
If you have significant experience in the following areas, we would love to learn more about you:
- Deep understanding of agile principles, practices, and ceremonies, and experience managing projects in an agile context, including the ability to plan and track progress using agile tools such as JIRA.
- Ability to inspire and motivate a team of developers, testers, and other stakeholders towards a common goal, lead by example, set a clear vision, and communicate effectively.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, clearly articulating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders,
- Ability to build strong relationships at all levels of the organization, including executives and end-users, and to manage their expectations effectively.
- Experience with risk and issue management with the ability to develop and implement contingency plans as needed.
- Continuous improvement mindset, identifying opportunities for process improvement and implement changes that lead to increased efficiency and quality.
- Ability to think creatively and analytically to solve complex technical and business problems, and anticipate and proactively address potential roadblocks or issues.
- Strong understanding of software development processes, technologies, and best practices
Our Culture & Benefits
Our values have stood the test of time. If you want to work and collaborate where opinions are valued, and your ideas can make a difference, come to a place where Your Work Matters.
See what it's like to work at MYOB and what we're all about.
Do your best work in a flexible work environment, right down to financial assistance to set up your home office…it's called Flexperience, and it's designed by you and your team!
Our partnership with Smiling Mind helps support the wellbeing of our team members and customers
Drive your own learning via conferences, in-house training, LinkedIn Learning, study assistance and a strong focus on leaders creating a learning environment
A multitude of leave options including up to an additional four weeks of purchased leave, generous parental leave, domestic violence leave, transgender leave, volunteer leave, study leave, plus more!
Communities built around 'Wellness', 'Belonging' and the 'Planet' where you can make a meaningful contribution
Access to best-in-class discounts and vouchers from leading retailers, and a lot more.
We are proud to be a Circle Back Initiative Employer and we commit to responding to every applicant.
MYOB are an equal opportunity employer and we champion diversity. Don't meet every single requirement of this role? Still apply! Research tells us that that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At MYOB we believe that the right hire is someone who makes an addition to our culture, rather than someone who fits in and conforms to our status quo. Moving to 'Culture Add' means adding team members who not only value MYOBs standards and workplace culture, but also bring an aspect of diversity that positively contributes to MYOB. So, if you're excited about this role, or about MYOB, we'd still love to hear from you!
