Delivery Manager - Enterprise Engineering - Hawthorn East

We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with over 115,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you’ll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you’ll also get to see your impact.

About the team

Our Technology team is the backbone of the business, building and maintaining the information technology infrastructure that support Coles Group. As a part of the Technology team, you get the opportunity to work through complex, challenging, meaningful problems using large data sets and new technologies to expand your skills and experience.

At Coles, we’re transforming the way we deliver technology to support our customers, team members and communities. As a Delivery Manager in our Enterprise Engineering team, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering strategic technology initiatives that drive business value and operational excellence.

About the role:

As a Delivery Manager – Enterprise Engineering, you will:

• Contribute to the development of domain technology roadmaps and the overall Technology strategy, articulating long-term vision and deliverables using horizon planning.
• Lead business case development for all initiatives within the Enterprise Engineering delivery portfolio, ensuring alignment with strategic Technology and Enterprise objectives.
• Support business case development for initiatives requiring Enterprise Engineering capabilities.
• Drive investment planning, prioritisation and dependency management across the delivery portfolio, ensuring the highest value initiatives (financial, customer, risk remediation etc.) are delivered first.
• Standards Formation: Define and develop standards for specific domains (e.g. SLAs, applications, data, integration, technology, security, business), and recommend adjustments to policies, products or projects to achieve target business outcomes.
• Program Planning: Lead the overall transformation program plan including objectives, success measures, resource requirements and business case development, ensuring alignment with the technology roadmap.
• Program Delivery: Oversee and coordinate delivery of multiple concurrent projects and/or enterprise engineering deliverables into other projects, managing risks, blockers and interdependencies.
• Continuous Improvement: Champion improvements to policies, processes, delivery outcomes and culture, and lead the transition to new methodologies such as Agile.
• Information & Business Advice: Provide leadership and insights on the technology landscape and external industry trends.
• Financial Management: Contribute to setting financial targets, monitor performance through reporting, and conduct analysis to assess outcomes.

About you and your skills:

You’ll bring a strong mix of technical delivery expertise, strategic thinking and people leadership, including:

• At least 10 years of IT experience in roles such as Project Manager, Delivery Manager, Program Manager or Consultant, in both waterfall and agile environments.

• At least 5 years of engineering or integration delivery experience, working in ambiguous and challenging environments. 
  
  

• Proven experience delivering large programs of work and minor works, including transition to BAU.
• Advanced understanding of the broader technology operational environment (processes, procedures, toolsets, operating systems, etc.).
• A passionate people leader with experience managing diverse teams across varying delivery cadences.
• Strong ability to define and execute strategies that align technology deliverables with business goals.
• Exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and manage relationships across all levels of the organisation.
• Experience using metrics to drive behavioural change and improve customer outcomes.
• Ability to translate complex technical solutions into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success in launching high-quality, business-critical products in complex enterprise environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence outcomes and direction.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority.
• Strong stakeholder management experience, including with senior leaders.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  
  
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What’s in it for you?

• Flexible working options: We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
• Office perks: Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
• Discounts: Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
• Reward through recognition: Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform ‘mythanks’. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
• Opportunities for learning and development: No matter where you start within our diverse business, you’ll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
• Paid parental leave: We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
• Investment in your future: Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.

About the recruitment process

We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. For further information and additional contact details visit the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site or email inclusionrecruitment@coles.com.au

Job ID: 166047

Employment Type: Full time