Program Manager - AEPCC
Job Description
18/6/2026
Parkville/WFH location Onsite parking + close to public transport
Part to full time, ongoing position 0.8-1.0 considered
Oversee a large scale Clinical Quality Register Lead a small team
About Orygen
Orygen is Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health and the largest translational research organisation dedicated to youth mental health in the world.
For over 30 years, Orygen has led groundbreaking early intervention and developed evidence-based models of care to improve the mental health outcomes of young people aged 12-25.
About the job
The Program Manager will be responsible for setting up and overseeing expansion of a large-scale Clinical Quality Registry (CQR) project collecting data on young people with psychosis, establishing data linkage to other datasets and developing training materials and risk prediction tools.
Reporting to the Professorial Fellow, Early Psychosis you will:
Lead project delivery — Manage timelines, budgets and delivery across four key work packages, ensuring smooth execution and problem‑solving.
Oversee research operations — Coordinate governance groups, ethics/governance submissions, reporting and research management systems.
Supervise project staff — Provide leadership and support to registry, implementation, communications and lived‑experience team members.
Engage stakeholders — Maintain strong relationships with funders, partners and internal teams, ensuring clear communication and expectations.
Support organisational outputs — Contribute to publications, assist with funding applications and uphold organisational values.
