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• Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health (CEIH) – Cancer Data & intelligence (CANDI)
• Salary: $127,859 – MAS3 – Full Time / Term Contract Up to 12 months

Overview:

• The Cancer Data & Intelligence (CANDI) Platform is a bold, statewide transformation program reshaping how cancer care is delivered in South Australia. By unifying cancer-related data from both public and private providers into a single, enterprise-scale platform, CANDI will unlock real-time insights, smarter clinical decision-making, and evidence-based improvements in cancer outcomes for all South Australians.
• As the CANDI Program Manager, you will provide strategic leadership for program delivery—establishing and leading the Program Management Office (PMO), delivery frameworks, and governance that ensure CANDI is delivered on time, within budget, and to quality standards. You will drive planning and execution across multiple concurrent workstreams, manage risks and dependencies, and enable transparent reporting and benefits realization for this landmark investment.
• Working in close partnership with the CANDI Technical Lead and CANDI Clinical Business Lead, you will ensure delivery mechanisms support both technical excellence and clinical value realization—aligning program governance, stakeholder engagement, and operational readiness to achieve measurable impact across the cancer care ecosystem.
• You will join the Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health (CEIH)—a team that values innovation, collaboration, transparency, knowledge sharing, and respect. Here, you will help shape solutions that truly make a difference.

About You:

You are a leader who thrives in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. You bring:

• A proven ability to establish and lead a PMO, with robust governance, standards, and program controls across multiple workstreams.
• Deep experience delivering large-scale technology programs in government or highly regulated environments, balancing hybrid (traditional and agile) delivery approaches.
• Strong skills in scheduling, risk and issue management, dependency tracking, benefits realization, vendor management, and executive/governance reporting.
• Demonstrated capability to coordinate operational readiness (e.g., security, privacy, compliance assessments) and ensure quality assurance across workstreams.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement, bringing together technical, clinical, and business teams to deliver outcomes that matter.
• Knowledge of the South Australian health system context and formal compliance processes.

About Us:

The Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health provides leadership and advice on clinical best practice with a focus on maximising health outcomes for patients, improving care and safety, monitoring performance, championing evidence-based practice and clinical innovation, and supporting clinical collaboration.

The Commission brings together expertise from clinicians, consumers, health partners, and other stakeholders to maximise health outcomes for patients.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if you have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working, including part-time arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

Job ref: 930541

Criminal History Screening Requirement

• A ‘National Police Certificate’ NPC (also known as a ‘Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check’ NCCHC) for employment involving no contact with vulnerable groups is required for this position (general employment).
• A DHS ‘Working with Children Check’ (WWCC) is required for this position.

Immunisation Risk for this position is Category C (minimal patient contact)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Enquiries

Katherine Enderling
Program Director, Cancer Data and Intelligence
Phone: 08 8226 0883
E-mail: Katherine.enderling@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

Friday, 27 February 2026 – 05:00 PM

Attachments

• 930541 - CANDI Program Manager - Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health - Role Description.pdf
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