Senior Test Manager in Sydney

As the steward for digitally enabling Australia’s health system, the Agency plays a key role in coordinating national engagement, delivery, and adoption of digital health to facilitate person-centred, connected healthcare. Our responsibilities span national digital health services and systems, including My Health Record, Electronic Prescriptions, and the MyHealth App.

A Senior Test Manager – System Integration position has been created in the Solution Delivery team in response to the Agency transitioning the System Integration function from a key external delivery partner.

• Manage test delivery with vendors and internal staff to ensure that across projects the delivery remains within scope, schedule, cost, and quality targets as defined with project teams.
• Analyse and report on test activities and results, and escalate issues and risks to project.
• Manage the development of test plans, test cases and supporting test data and/or requirements.
• Identify, manage and document defects, programming errors and operational characteristics that are inconsistent with stated requirements and design specifications, including managing defect triages and meetings.
• Oversee all test phases across value streams and projects.
• Experience in automation testing, API testing, and test management tools would be highly desirable.

What You’ll Bring

• 5 - 10 years’ experience managing a technical testing team.
• Strong technical skills/understanding with experience in delivery of large mission-critical systems, various cloud environments and large databases and applications like Oracle.
• Experience in standard development, delivery and operational processes like SDLC, COBIT, Prince2, ISO9001, ITSM, SIAM or similar.
• Working with and implementing project delivery and testing tools in a DevOps/DevSecOps framework.
• Degree in IT, Engineering or related field is desirable.
• Professional certification and minimum 1 year practical experience in CMMi or TMMi.
• Ability to obtain and maintain national police check.
• Australian Citizenship is a condition of eligibility.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Baseline security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a higher clearance if required by the Agency.

Salary packaging (also known as salary sacrifice) is available. Our Wellbeing Sessions & Employee Assistance Program will give you the best opportunity to balance work and life. Work From Home & Attractive Flexible Working Arrangements: All staff can apply for flexible work arrangements that offer a range of options for how, when and where you work. Collaborative workspaces with new technology available within central locations. Generous leave opportunities including Parental (primary & secondary), compassionate, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Leave, Cultural, Emergency Response, Defence, and Half Pay option. TOIL: in lieu of reasonable hours worked is offered to EL classified staff.

The position may be filled in Brisbane, Sydney or Canberra. To apply, submit your resume and a cover letter. Please contact the recruitment team at careers@digitalhealth.gov.au with queries relating to the application process. For all queries relating to the responsibilities of the position, please contact Omar Razi at omar.razi@digitalhealth.gov.au.

Closing Date: 7 September 2025, 11:00pm. Salary: This role offers between $120,486 - $137,417 plus 15.4% superannuation depending on skills and experience.

Order of Merit: Applicants rated as suitable will be placed in a merit pool that may be used to fill similar ongoing or non-ongoing positions throughout the Agency for up to 18 months.