International Program and Trials Manager

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 International Program and Trials Manager will lead the end-to-end coordination, delivery and monitoring of the MOST-Nexus program across multiple work packages, countries and partner organisations. This role will also manage and coordinate project activities across other research initiatives as a part of our international and domestic partnership’s portfolio.

Reporting to the Director, Digital Service Transformation and Research you will:

• Lead and manage the MOST-Nexus program, overseeing project plans, budgets, timelines, risk registers, and milestones across all work packages.
• Coordinate collaboration between international and domestic partners, technical teams, healthcare providers, and youth mental health experts.
• Drive strategic alignment, global partnership opportunities, and commercialisation planning in line with organisational priorities.
• Oversee governance, compliance, ethics, and regulatory requirements, while tracking recruitment, data security, KPIs, and research outputs.
• Manage communications, onboarding, and stakeholder engagement, fostering a collaborative team culture and proactive problem-solving.

Skills and experience

The following criteria must be met for consideration for this position:

• Tertiary level qualifications in fields such as clinical trial research, biomedical sciences, psychiatry, psychology, public health, or a related discipline with subsequent experience.
• Extensive senior project management experience in global clinical trials, digital health, health innovation, or research translation, managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
• Skilled in matrix-style environments, overseeing budgets, compliance, risk, reporting, and using project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
• Strong stakeholder management with interdisciplinary teams, international collaborators, funders, and youth leaders, with excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Knowledgeable in youth mental health systems, digital innovation, implementation science, regulatory frameworks, and scaling health solutions globally.

Benefits

• $130,000 - $150,000 pro rata commensurate with skills and experience + 12% superannuation and $15,900 in NFP salary packaging + $2,600 meals and entertainment card.
• Make a real impact on young people in a dynamic, youth-centered environment.
• Support Orygen's mission for youth mental health and contribute to positive social change.
• Embrace the freedom of a hybrid work model, combining remote work with on-site collaboration.
• Work in a state-of-the-art facility co-designed with young people to advance youth mental health.

How to apply

If you’re ready to make a difference in youth mental health and be part of a collaborative, innovative team, apply now.

For the full position description, visit https://www.orygen.org.au/getmedia/d7f238f2-8edd-4b7d-973d-52c36c0e91d7/Position-Description-International-Program-and-Trials-Manager-08Aug2025.pdf.aspx

This is a part- or full-time (0.8-1.0) 12-month contract.

Applications will close on 1st September (9am), unless a suitable candidate is found sooner.

Before applying at Orygen, it’s important to understand that you may encounter sensitive information related to mental health as part of your work. Being aware of this and how it could affect you is essential in deciding if this is the right opportunity for you.

Orygen is committed to providing diverse, equitable and inclusive environments for Staff and anyone connected to Orygen. We strive to continue building a culturally safe workplace where our values underpin the way we work and our commitment to First Nations people of Australia, young people and their families, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ people and CALD communities. We strongly encourage applications from First Nations people.

Orygen is a child-safe organisation and is committed to promoting and protecting the safety and well-being of all young people and embedding safeguarding practices into all our programs and services. All employment appointments are subject to holding a valid working with children check and successful police check.