Digital Health Program Manager - Smart Health Checks & Sparked

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Role highlights

 

• Lead nationally significant digital health programs transforming virtual care and system efficiency
• Shape national health innovation through strategic partnerships and program leadership
• Translate cutting-edge research into scalable, real-world healthcare solutions

 

About CSIRO

As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.

 

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The opportunity 

Join CSIRO’s Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC) as a Program Manager driving nationally significant digital health innovation. You will lead the operational delivery of the Smart Health Checks program while providing strategic coordination and oversight across the Sparked FHIR Accelerator. Working with multidisciplinary teams, government, and industry partners, you will ensure impactful, scalable solutions that enhance healthcare delivery, efficiency, and outcomes. This role blends hands-on program leadership with high-level governance, contributing to Australia’s digital health transformation and supporting the translation of research into real-world adoption and measurable benefits.

Your high-level duties will include: 

• Maintaining program and project delivery governance and management approaches across internal and external stakeholders.
• Consolidating and documenting core program and project components including planning, scheduling, resourcing, budgets, risks, opportunities, and quality requirements.
• Engaging with relevant government agencies and key partners to ensure program objectives align with industry needs and government policy.
• Leading stakeholder management structures and engagement activity to support discovery of growth and impact opportunities.
• Managing the integration of program outcomes into business-as-usual, addressing user readiness, system compatibility, and benefits realisation.

 

Role particulars

Location and office arrangements:  Herston, Brisbane, QLD (preferred); major CSIRO sites in Sydney, NSW, Canberra, ACT or Melbourne, VIC

Salary: AU$163k - AU$180k per annum (pro rata for part-time), plus 15.4% superannuation

Tenure & work schedule:  Specified term until 30 June 2027; full time; options for flexible work

Reference:  102947

 

As the successful candidate, you will bring:

 

Essential criteria

 

• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. project management, business, digital health) and/or equivalent relevant experience, and demonstrated experience in managing and delivering large, complex programs or projects. 
• Experience managing and delivering research or development programs, with accountability for effective planning, governance and achievement of agreed outcomes.
• Experience operating in lean or agile environments, with the ability and willingness to move between “hands-on” project delivery and strategic-level oversight, working across the full delivery lifecycle.
• Experience developing and delivering complex multi-functional projects that deliver software systems in a health domain. 
• The ability to establish and maintain effective, collaborative relationships with key internal and external stakeholders across multiple organisations.  
• The ability to plan, prioritise and coordinate complex activities, managing competing demands to deliver agreed outcomes within required timeframes.
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills including:
  • the ability to build and sustain relationships with colleagues and clients from diverse cultural backgrounds and
  • to prepare and present project artefacts (e.g. schedules, project reports, evaluation data) to support delivery of project objectives.

 
For full details about this role, and other criteria, please review the Position Description. 

 

Not sure if you meet all the criteria?

While it is CSIRO policy that the successful candidate must meet all the essential criteria, there are many ways to demonstrate this. Don’t let the list discourage you. If you are unsure about applying, please reach out to the contact person in the Position Description.

 

Setting you up for success

We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible to everyone. We recognise that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. Please contact Cristina O’Brien via email at cristina.obrien@csiro.au and let us know how we can support you.  

 

Life at CSIRO and flexible work arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. We can discuss flexible work arrangements with you during the recruitment process. CSIRO also offers a range of leave entitlements, benefits and career development opportunities. To find out more, visit Careers at CSIRO.

 

Inclusion and belonging

Solving Australia's greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment opportunity organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.

 

CSIRO holds Gold Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.

 

Eligibility 

Applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens, New Zealand Citizens, Australian Permanent Residents currently residing in Australia.  Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.   

 

Child safety 

CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy. 

 

How to apply 

Please apply online and submit a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) and CV that demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the essential requirements of this role.

 

Applications close 

Sunday 24 May 2026, 11:00pm AEST