ProductionLead

About Portable We are Australia’s leading innovation partners for public good – developing technology and design solutions that power the public and the people who serve it. We seek out areas of acute social need and work with government agencies, nonprofit organisations, and socially-minded businesses to make transformational change. There are currently 65+ of us – researchers, strategists, designers, technologists, and producers – working from our head office in Collingwood and remotely from co-working spaces and homes across Australia. This role sits within one of our Digital Product teams – a cross-discipline delivery team that operates as its own business unit, focused on end-to-end digital product delivery. Then there’s you! You’re an experienced delivery leader who thrives at the intersection of people, partnerships, and pace. You know how to hold the shape of complex digital work – keeping partners engaged, teams focused, and delivery on track – while also lifting your eyes to the horizon to spot what’s coming next. You’ve led people across a range of levels, and you know that great delivery is fundamentally about great leadership. You’re equally comfortable supporting a junior team member through a tricky moment as you are pushing back constructively with a senior stakeholder. Fast-paced environments energise you rather than exhaust you – and you’ve got the stories to prove it. You’ll lead a number of team members within a multidisciplinary delivery team, play a meaningful role in winning and shaping engagements, and contribute to a practice that genuinely cares about the impact of what it builds. What you’ll do On a normal week, you might: Support your team through active project delivery – tracking progress, managing risks, and keeping engagements on time and on budget across multiple concurrent workstreams. Review scopes and statements of work, identifying dependencies, risks, and delivery timelines before the work kicks off. Run one-on-ones and support