About us

Transport for NSW is the lead agency of the NSW Transport cluster. Our role is to lead the development of a safe, efficient, integrated transport system that keeps people and goods moving, connects communities and shapes the future of our cities, centres and regions. We work with several government agencies to coordinate road, rail, bus and maritime services, always keeping the safety and comfort of our customers at the heart of what we do.

About SCATS at TfNSW

Implemented in nearly 30 countries and more than 185 cities around the globe, the Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS) is the worlds leading intelligent transportation system that utilizes advanced technology and innovative software to manage the flow of traffic across some of the most complex transport networks in the world. The goal is to ease congestion, reduce greenhouse gases, improve productivity and ultimately, to save lives. Experiencing unprecedented levels of investment, the SCATS business is undertaking a fundamental transformation that will place it in a strong position to take advantage of a burgeoning and profitable market. This is your opportunity to be part of building world class organization utilizing the very latest approaches to delivering innovative software services that takes advantage the latest in digital intelligent transport technologies.

The opportunity

We have a new opportunity for a Planning Manager, temporary full time role upto 30th June 2024 within SCATS division. This role with SCATS is responsible for providing software development and system expertise while working with key stakeholders to build exceptional organisational capabilities in agile scrum software development, while delivering on ambitous customer centric product roadmap. The role takes the lead in managing and supporting several newly established agile teams to deliver the product roadmap and to establish collaborative, innoavative and adaptive ways of working, firmly focused on delivering value to our customers.

Your role will include:

Support several newly establish agile scrum teams and their scrum masters to continuously improve their ways-of-working within and between teams and across multiple functions, including product and customer support. 

Ensure the product vision for SCATS is achieved and customer priorities are met, by working with the agile teams and key stakeholders to accelerate the delivery of the SCATS road map.

Maximise the effectiveness of SCATS’ product delivery effort, by working with Product and Technology team leaders, manage the allocation of product and technology staff into topic-streamed agile development teams, within relevant resourcing and budget constraints.

Lead key planning and continuous improvement forum to build shared understanding, increase coordination, increase velocity and maximise value delivery.

Ensure forward visibility of key dates and milestones, by defining weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual schedules for sprints, program increments, product demonstrations, releases and other key agile events.

Develop and manage key relationships across the transport cluster, NSW government agencies and external relationships, and manage stakeholder communications

For more information please view a copy of the role description.

About you

Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience.

Extensive experience working on Agile programs using Scrum.

Experience in managing, coaching and developing agile teams and team members.

Experience leading organisational change and establishing new ways of working.

Strong knowledge of project management including governance and various project methodologies.

Strong communications and ability to communicate at all levels including translating technical info to non-technical audience and vice versa.

Ability to build relationships quickly, influence & negotiate.

Experience in planning of resources preferably in an IT environment.

Salary and Benefits

The salary for this position is TfNSW Grade 9 ($138,670.00 - $155,309.00) per annum plus superannuation and leave loading.  

For more information on Employee Benefits at TfNSW please click here. 

How to apply

To apply for this position, please answer all questions within the online application process and submit a resume. 

Applications Close: 11.59 PM Sunday, 10th April 2022

We are the community we serve

We are committed to being an inclusive, diverse and flexible workplace where differences are valued. We welcome people of all backgrounds, experience and abilities.We enable our people to work in ways that work for them and their teams. Working virtually and from different locations including regional locations, staggering work hours and job sharing are just some of the ways our people can work flexibly.

Please contact the Talent Specialist below if you require any adjustments to be made to how you interact with us throughout the recruitment process or would like to discuss flexible work options.

For any enquiries, please email Srivatsa Lakshmi Narayana at Srivatsa.Lakshminarayana@transport.nsw.gov.au

Apply today to register your interest!

Find out more about Transport for NSW at https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/about-us

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