Role: Program Manager EPMO

Location: Murarrie, Brisbane

Employment Type: Fixed Term, 12 months

At Goodstart, we're not just Australia's largest provider of early learning and care – we're a passionate community of 15,000 team members across more than 660 centres, dedicated to nurturing over 60,000 children every day. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, our mission is to improve the lives of Australia's children and their families.

As part of our Centre Support Team, you'll be at the core of this mission, supporting our centre teams to create impactful, high-quality early learning experiences. Your work will help shape the future, ensuring every child gets the best start in life.

About the role

We’re looking for a Program Manager to lead the delivery of a complex program of work within our Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO).

This role isn’t just about delivering projects—it’s about bringing together multiple workstreams, ensuring alignment to strategy, and driving real business outcomes across both our centres and support office.

You’ll oversee a program spanning key ICT domains such as Identity, Networks, Data and Cyber Security, working alongside project leads, technical teams and senior stakeholders to ensure everything lands as intended.

Your Impact:

• Lead the end‑to‑end delivery of a multi‑stream program, ensuring alignment to Goodstart’s strategy
• Manage interdependencies across projects and balance competing priorities
• Provide clear program reporting (status, risks, issues and outcomes) to senior stakeholders
• Embed strong governance, structure and delivery discipline across the program
• Partner with change teams to support successful adoption
• Build strong relationships across ICT and the broader business
• Identify risks early and keep delivery on track

What Goodstart can offer you:

• Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid work arrangements, as agreed upon with your line manager, ensuring a seamless work-life balance
• Not-For-Profit Salary Packaging benefits which reduce your taxable income to increase take home pay
• Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
• Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
• Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more.

• Free annual flu shot (optional)
• Option to purchase extra leave for even greater work life balance  
• First Nations Support and Cultural Leave

• Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes
• Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance the progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years.

You’ll bring to the table:

• Strong experience delivering complex programs across multiple workstreams
• A proven ability to bring structure and clarity to large, moving pieces of work
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders and influencing outcomes
• Experience across ICT environments (e.g. infrastructure, data, cyber, platforms)
• A pragmatic, solutions‑focused approach with a bias for action
• Ability to stay calm, focused and outcome‑driven in busy or high‑pressure environments
• Experience working across both Agile and waterfall delivery models
• Qualifications or certifications in program/project management (e.g. PRINCE2, MSP, Agile) will be highly regarded.

How to apply

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We review applications as they are submitted. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible for your best chance to progress to the next stage of the process. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all positions – for further information and support, email deadlycareers@goodstart.org.au

Have a question? Contact our Talent Acquisition Team on 1800 222 543 or via email recruitment@goodstart.org.au

Supporting our people and protecting our children

We’re an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We’re also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.

Safety is our priority and we will take any action necessary to ensure that all children can feel safe and be safe, and are safeguarded from abuse, neglect and harm. As a Child Safe Organisation, all of our candidates must have or obtain a valid working with children check.