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Role highlights

• Contribute to nationally significant digital health initiatives that support better health outcomes for Australians.
• Support the planning and delivery of complex projects by turning priorities into clear, achievable work plans.
• Work collaboratively with diverse teams and partners to support trusted and effective data sharing across the health system.

About CSIRO

As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.

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The opportunity

The Australian e‑Health Research Centre (AEHRC) is CSIRO’s national digital health research program, bringing together world‑class research, innovation, and partnerships to support better healthcare outcomes for Australians. Our work spans digital health and biomedical informatics, including virtual care, evidence‑based digital health solutions, and improvements to the efficiency of health systems in Australia and internationally. With over 100 scientists and engineers across Australia, AEHRC is the nation’s largest digital health research program.

This is a unique opportunity to play a central project-focused technical role within the AEHRC, supporting the Sparked and Smart Forms programs to advance national digital health interoperability. As Technical Project Manager, you will work at the intersection of business, technology, and standards, helping translate strategic objectives into practical, well‑governed technical delivery. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across Australia, contribute to the development and adoption of open data exchange standards, and help ensure delivery remains on track through strong planning, coordination, and reporting. Your work will directly support trusted, scalable digital health solutions that improve healthcare outcomes nationwide.

Your high-level duties will include:

• Coordinate and track technical delivery across multiple workstreams, ensuring alignment with program objectives.
• Translate business and domain needs into technical deliverables, plans, and priorities.
• Provide day‑to‑day operational guidance, supporting teams to remove blockers and manage dependencies.
• Monitor progress, risks, issues, and technical debt, producing clear reports and documentation.
• Engage and collaborate with diverse stakeholders to support knowledge sharing and standards adoption.

Role particulars

Location and office arrangements: Brisbane (Herston), QLD (preferred); Sydney (Westmead), NSW. Flexible working options available.

Salary: AU$135,571k - AU$158,863k per annum (pro rata for part-time), plus 15.4% superannuation

Tenure & work schedule: Specified term until 30 June 2027, with possible extension; full time

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As the successful candidate, you will bring:

Essential criteria

• A relevant bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 7 years’ experience in program or project management.
• Experience managing, implementing, and delivering successful projects in a technical environment, preferably within complex or regulated domains such as healthcare.
• Your ability to lead technical teams in delivering complex solutions, ensuring alignment between business goals and technical execution. Skilled in translating requirements into delivery plans, managing risks, and driving accountability across engineering and stakeholder groups.
• Your ability to multi-task, coordinate complex scheduling, and execute activities within required timeframes and to stakeholders’ expectations.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to maintain collaborative working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Knowledge and understanding of the healthcare IT domain, particularly in systems interoperability and integration.

Applications that also demonstrate experience working in healthcare or digital health settings, supporting agile delivery, and contributing to standards‑based or cloud‑enabled technology environments will be highly regarded.

For full details about this role, and other criteria, please review the Position Description.

Not sure if you meet all the criteria?

While it is CSIRO policy that the successful candidate must meet all the essential criteria, there are many ways to demonstrate this. Don’t let the list discourage you. If you are unsure about applying, please reach out to the contact person in the Position Description.

Setting you up for success

We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible to everyone. We recognise that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. Please contact Cristina O’Brien via email at cristina.obrien@csiro.au and let us know how we can support you.

Life at CSIRO and flexible work arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. We can discuss flexible work arrangements with you during the recruitment process. CSIRO also offers a range of leave entitlements, benefits and career development opportunities. To find out more, visit Careers at CSIRO.

Inclusion and belonging

Solving Australia's greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment opportunity organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.

CSIRO holds Gold Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.

Eligibility

Applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens, New Zealand Citizens, Australian Permanent Residents currently residing in Australia. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Child safety

CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.

How to apply

Please apply online and submit a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) and CV that demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the essential requirements of this role.

Applications close

Sunday 22nd March 2026, 11:00pm AEST