Contract: Senior Producer (project manager / delivery manager)

The role

This producer manages scope, budget, timelines, and people for projects including digital products, website design, and AI tool development. You will lead delivery, coordinate team inputs, and manage stakeholder communication.

What you will do

• Leading delivery on one or more projects end to end
• Keeping scope, budget and timelines on track
• Stepping into an existing team partway through a project
• Writing or refining a statement of work
• Tracking assumptions, risks and dependencies
• Running stand-ups, workshops and client check-ins
• Coordinating research, design and development inputs
• Providing extra delivery leadership or capacity
• Supporting in identifying, scoping and bidding for new business opportunities

Required qualifications

• 8 or more years delivering digital research, design or technology projects
• Experience in quickly onboarding into new contexts, environments and tools
• Ability to work and lead work independently
• Comfort with feedback in both directions
• Confident stakeholder communication
• Comfort managing scope, budget and timelines under real time pressure
• Experience across agile and waterfall methodologies
• Familiarity with common delivery tools like Jira and Asana
• Experience delivering projects for government and/or not-for-profits

Nice to have

• Significant experience with budgets of $500k+

Before you apply

• Send a resume
• Send a short cover note answering why you are a good fit
• Send a short cover note describing a time you gave or received tough feedback

About the company

Portable is an Australian innovation partner for public good. They develop technology and design solutions for government agencies, nonprofit organisations, and socially minded businesses.