Technology Delivery Lead - Focus Partners Australia & Escala Partners

Position Overview:

The Technology Delivery Lead is responsible for taking Focus Partners Australia's (FPA) technology and business projects from plan to landed outcome. This is an autonomous hands-on delivery role. This role is accountable for establishing a lean project management discipline and run projects properly with a clear plan, defined ownership, sensible governance and adoption built in from day one. Implementing structure so that our initiatives deliver real value rather than stalling after go-live.

With a significant pipeline of work to deliver across the Accounting, Credit and Wealth service lines, the role will support projects across all three. Critically this role blends delivery leadership with business analysis. You will both shape requirements and drive delivery, working closely with the Head of Technology and Data, internal and external stakeholders.

The role owns the delivery discipline that makes projects succeed, and partners closely with Operations on change and adoption.

*Employment type: Full-time contract - 12 months

Key Responsibilities:

Project delivery

• Own the end-to-end delivery of assigned technology, data and AI projects across the Accounting, Credit and Wealth service lines, from planning through to a landed, adopted outcome
• Build and maintain clear, practical project plans with milestones, owners, dependencies and delivery dates,
• Run a consistent delivery rhythm, including working sessions, status updates, risk management and stakeholder reporting
• Apply lean, fit for purpose governance rather than heavy process, in line with agreed minimum standards (clear owner, plan, dependencies, RACI, and a way to track whether it is landing)

Business analysis and requirements

• Capture and document business requirements by working directly with teams across the service lines, including advisers, client services, operations and support functions
• Map current state and future state processes, identify pain points and pinpoint the specific opportunities to improve, automate or simplify
• Translate business needs into clear requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria for internal and vendor build

Delivery governance and controls

• Own the project artefacts that keep delivery on track: RAID log, decision log, action tracker, dependencies and status reporting
• Plan and coordinate UAT, including test planning, coordination of testers, defect tracking and sign off
• Track benefits and outcomes so we can show the value each initiative delivers
• Maintain a clear view of the project roadmap and dependencies across the portfolio

Vendor and partner coordination

• Coordinate specialist delivery partners through their scope of work, holding them to agreed deliverables, timelines and quality
• Support statement of work definit