Senior Solution Design Manager

Australian Citizens residing in Australia only respond. Contract start 01 October 2023 to 12 months, 2 x 12 months extensions. Australian Citizen, Clearance, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne role. Send your responses to ****** Services Australia is seeking to identify suitable Candidates to perform the role of Business Analysts, Systems Analysts and Solution Design Managers up to manager levels to support the agency to document business requirements, capture business needs, and design, create, evaluate, and document ICT solutions in new and existing ICT systems. Solution Design Managers are responsible for the successful planning and implementation of ICT solutions to support the overall business goals and objectives of the functional area. They are responsible for engaging and liaising with the business areas and customers to articulate process improvements and problem resolutions. Solution Design Managers exercise a considerable degree of independence, with decision making substantially dependent on their high-level judgement and consideration of wider agency implications. They drive innovation, change in workplace practices, and organise work in the context of competing priorities and strategic direction. The level of Security Clearance required for a Role will be confirmed at the time of Contract. Job Title Senior Solution Design Manager APS Equivalent Level EL1 Main Duties Duties may include, but not limited to, some or all of the following: oversee the operations and management of a team, including managing business performance, established priorities, and managing resources and workflow align the value chain with portfolio, development, and solution packaging develop and execute a solution vision for product expansion drive innovation, continuous improvement, and manage and lead change translate market trends, insights and customer needs into relevant solutions review and analyse existing application effectiveness and efficiency to ensure they meet end user requirements develop strategies to identify and resolve system issues use progress against business outcomes, key performance indicators and quality assurance reports to inform overall management, strategic direction, and future planning identify and leverage best practice pipeline growth activities, including business planning, development, execution, and measurement set direction by contributing and aligning to local business plans and ICT strategies oversee, review, and advise on a range of written material, including technical and corporate documentation negotiate, engage, and manage relationships with other agencies and service providers to build service delivery capability collaborate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders to achieve project outcomes attend interagency meetings and forums to influence business outcomes and share information manage finances, contracts, procurement, resources, and expenditure within area of responsibility oversee team contribution to costings process Main skills/attributes Skills for the Information Age (SFIA) required: Business process improvement BPRE - Level 6 Consultancy CNSL - Level 6 Emerging technology monitoring EMRG - Level 5 Enterprise and business architecture STPL - Level 5 Innovation INOV - Level 6 Software design SWDN - Level 5 Solution architecture ARCH - Level 5 Stakeholder relationship management RLMT - Level 6 Systems design DESN - Level 6 Ability to: understand linkages and develop long term strategic plans for the work area while considering work in the context of future priorities develop and manage key strategic relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders resolve conflict using appropriate strategies, ensuring suitable outcomes for the parties involved negotiate and influence effectively to achieve quality outcomes understand the audience and context, anticipate responses and effectively tailor communication and communication styles undertake objective, critical analysis and distil the core issues work significantly independently under broad direction and act collaboratively make balanced decisions using professional judgement, risk evaluation and in the context of ambiguity and a changing environment Every application requires to address selection criteria as part of application submission. Please complete the below forms. Candidate Application form Candidate Referee Report