Delivery Manager in Richmond, Australia

We’re REA

REA Group  is not your average digital business. From humble beginnings in a garage in Melbourne’s east in 1995, we have grown into a leading global digital business, specialising in property.

With bold and ambitious goals, we are changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you’re at on your property journey, we’re here to help with every step – whether that’s finding or financing your next home.

Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we’re proud to be named in Australia’s “Top 5” Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.

Where the team fits in

This Delivery Manager role leads the Channels and Search tribe within the Experience Engine portfolio in Consumer. The Consumer Channels & Search tribe own many of the critical platforms that power the realestate.com.au consumer-facing website and apps.

Each platform is treated as a product, with a dedicated squad who fully own their product from strategy through to execution, covering product development, operations, custodianship, and support.

What The Role Is All About

In this role you will be responsible for the tribe engagement and delivery across your portfolio of products. You will take the lead at the inception phase to ensure that initiatives are scoped, planned and resourced appropriately. You will manage your team’s budget and have full accountability for cost and workforce optimisation. Your responsibilities will include:

• Portfolio/program management using agile methods and cross-disciplinary teams

• Project scoping and planning across multiple squads both within your tribe and beyond

• Monitor, control and report on progress of all tasks including prioritisation to ensure on-time delivery of key milestones and overall Initiatives

• Effective risk and issue management

• Stakeholder management and communication across all layers of the organisation

• Building happy and productive teams

• Budget and resource management across multiple teams

• Designing and managing effective delivery processes

• Contributing to the leadership team of your area

• Financial reporting including responsibility for capex and opex expenses

• Manage, Negotiate and execute on any third party related IT Services and or Products relating to the Tribe

• Driving a culture of operational excellence to ensure our systems are healthy and maintained and any incidents are effectively managed

• Line management and mentoring of 20+ team members

• Contributing to the REA project delivery knowledge base through blog posts, brown-bag sessions and coaching less experienced members of the team

• Leading the Delivery Lead community of practice for REA Group

Who We’re Looking For

• Demonstrated experience in Program Management, Delivery Management or a comparable role

• At least 8 years of industry experience in Project Management in a software development environment

• Extensive experience in Agile Software Delivery

• Experience in P&L Management

• Commercial experience in Vendor Management desirable but not mandatory

• Experience in managing Stakeholders across large programs of work

• Strong Workshop & facilitation skills to help drive successful outcomes

• Ability to look at tricky situations through a solutions-focused lens

The REA Experience

The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we’ll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow. We’re committed to your development – both professionally and personally. Your experience with us is something we take seriously.

We offer:

• A hybrid and flexible approach to working

• Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers

• Programs to support mental, emotional, financial and physical health & wellbeing

• Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity.

• Hack Days so you can bring your big ideas to life

• Performance recognition programs because hard work should never go unnoticed

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking – be it cultural and ethnic backgrounds, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other identity or lived experience. We know diverse teams are critical to maintaining our success and driving new business opportunities. If you’ve got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don’t necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch.

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