Lead Program Manager, Engineering Operations

Who is Quantium?

Quantium is a world leader in data science and artificial intelligence. Established in Australia in 2002, Quantium is a global team of more than 1,200 people across 14 locations with a unique blend of capabilities across product and consulting services to help businesses unlock value from data and analytics. Quantium partners with the world's largest corporations to forge a better, more intelligent world.

Role Overview

We are searching for a Lead Program Manager to join us in Sydney. This is a high-impact, lead-level individual contributor role working in close partnership with the Head of Engineering to help shape how engineering operates, aligns, and delivers at scale. As Quantium’s engineering organisation continues to grow, the challenge is ensuring teams can move with clarity, alignment, and momentum across an increasingly interconnected environment. This role exists to help engineering leadership navigate that complexity. While delivery experience is important, this is not a traditional project or program management role. Success in this position comes from systems thinking, strong partnership with technical leaders, sound judgement, and the ability to help a complex engineering organisation operate more effectively as it scales.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with Engineering Managers and senior engineering leaders to improve alignment, execution, and operating effectiveness across teams
• Create lightweight operating mechanisms that improve planning, prioritisation, visibility, and decision-making without adding unnecessary process
• Bring clarity and momentum to ambiguous or cross-cutting initiatives where ownership, priorities, or direction are still emerging
• Surface risks, dependencies, and delivery trade-offs early, helping leaders make better and faster decisions
• Improve visibility into engineering work, helping stakeholders understand progress, impact, constraints, and investment areas
• Support engineering through change, including evolving structures, priorities, AI-enabled ways of working, and new operating rhythms

The superpowers you will bring to the team

• Deep understanding of how modern software engineering organisations build, ship, and operate systems at scale
• Experience helping engineering organisations navigate complexity, ambiguity, alignment challenges, and cross-team execution
• Strong judgement around when teams need structure, and when process becomes friction
• High trust and credibility with engineers and technical leaders, earned through technical fluency and pragmatic decision-making
• Strong systems thinking, with the ability to connect strategy, execution, organisational dynamics, and outcomes
• Proven ability to influence without authority and turn complex or ambiguous situations into shared understanding and action

What could your Quantium Experience look like?

Working at Quantium will allow you to challenge your imagination. You will get to solve complex problems using rigor, precision and by asking great questions – but it also means you can think big, outside the box and push your problem-solving skills to the max.

By Joining The Quantium Team, You’ll Get To

• Forge your path: So many of our team have moved around different teams or offices. You’ll be in the driver’s seat, and we empower you to make your career your own.
• Find your kind: Embrace diversity and connect with your tribe.
• Make an impact: Leave your mark. Your contributions resonate, regardless of your role or rank.

We’ve Got Some Pretty Sweet Perks

• Flexible work arrangements: Achieve work life balance at your own pace with hybrid and flexible work arrangements.
• Continuous learning: Our vision is empowering analytics talent to thrive, fostering collaboration and co-creation of best practice.
• Remote working: Embrace the opportunity to work outside of your assigned home location for up to 2 months every year.

Apply now and let's forge a better, more intelligent world together!

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