IT Delivery and PMO Lead

What we can do for you:

At Specsavers, we know that to reach your full potential you need to work somewhere that will bring out your best. We pride ourselves on offering a workplace with a supportive, driven, flexible and inclusive culture.

In 2025, we were proudly recognised as one of Australia’s Best Places to Work for the third consecutive year and ranked 12th on Fortune’s list of the World’s 25 Best Workplaces.

Here’s a taste of just some of our perks:

• Quarterly bonus scheme
• Two free pairs of glasses each year
• On-site free parking
• Birthday, Volunteer, Professional Development and Paid Parental Leave
• Health & Wellbeing programs
• Fully funded social club – provides a wide range of activities throughout the year

So, if you like the sound of working for a company that’s dedicated to improving the lives of both their people and customers - we think you’d look good at Specsavers. 

About the role and team

We're looking for an experienced IT Delivery & PMO Lead to join our ANZ Technology team in Port Melbourne. Reporting to the Head of Change Delivery, you'll lead a team of Senior Project Managers, Project Managers and Project Coordinators while driving the evolution of our Technology Project Delivery and PMO practice.

This leadership role shapes and drives project delivery excellence across the ANZ technology portfolio. You'll establish delivery standards, governance frameworks and consistent ways of working, while partnering closely with business and technology leaders, the Global and Regional Change Transformation Management Office (CTMO) and IT PMO teams to enable transparent, predictable and high-quality delivery.

This role operates primarily during standard business hours, although regular meetings with global stakeholders may be required outside of local working hours.

The essential experience and skills we are looking for:

• A minimum of 10 years’ experience delivering complex projects and programs across applications, infrastructure, cloud, business transformation and SaaS environments.
• Proven leadership of high-performing project teams, with at least 5 years’ people management experience coaching and developing PMs and Project Coordinators.
• Strong PMO capability, including establishing governance frameworks, reporting standards, controls and delivery best practices.
• Experienced in waterfall, agile and hybrid delivery methodologies, tailoring approaches to project size, complexity and risk.
• Skilled at influencing senior stakeholders, managing vendors and building trusted relationships across business and technology teams.
• Broad understanding of project delivery disciplines, including business analysis, architecture, testing, change management and service operations.
• Experience with portfolio prioritisation, resource planning and investment governance, as well as collaboration with global teams, offshore partners and international vendors.

About Us
At Specsavers we believe a diverse, inclusive and flexible culture enables our people to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. When it comes to flexibility, we understand that one size doesn't fit all. Our flexible working at Specsavers enables us to work in ways that support our lifestyle to help us balance our career with the other important things in life.
Creating a great place to work for our people is pinnacle to us and along with our Behaviours is at the core of everything we do, ensuring our people feel good, cared for and smart. We like to think it’s a fun and positive place to work – why not have a look for yourself https://join.specsavers.com/au/department/support-office/ 
  Applicants for the role are required to have current working rights as per, relevant government legislation.